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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2240143, member: 19463&quot;]The other interesting statistic I saw in the piece was that &#039;more than&#039; 20 kinds of coins were included.&nbsp; If they were evenly divided (I&#039;m sure they were not) that would average ~ 300 pounds of each so you might expect to find more than your weight in duplicates of any coin selected at random. </p><p><br /></p><p>Most of us will not become specialists in cash.&nbsp; The question will remain for each of us whether we want to learn enough about these to make it reasonable to buy coins of any scarcity/value or if our needs in the field can be satisfied by what medoraman refers to as &quot;quarter a piece&quot; coins.&nbsp; I am hardly ready to value minor variations or even clear differences based of a language I do not read.&nbsp; I know enough to find 95% of the coins I have (maybe 500?) in Hartill and have yet to find one with a rarity under 10 (10-16 are levels of common).&nbsp; Most of mine came from Frank Robinson group lots. This thread discusses coins that are not like these super commons but were issued by authorities as far from the mainstream as you can get. Sogdian coins are interesting simply from the fact that they exist at all.&nbsp; Sogdian rarities are another matter altogether.&nbsp; I&#039;m not prepared to put in the study needed to appreciate/separate the rare ones but I am glad to have the ~500-2000 year old &quot;quarter a piece&quot; things (even though I won&#039;t require more than my weight in any of them). </p><p><br /></p><p>Below is one I bought separately (more than a quarter but not much).&nbsp; I especially wanted it because my wife collects bells and the same characters appear on both.&nbsp; I don&#039;t have a good photo of the bell (not actually as old as its inscription).&nbsp; I have no idea if the coin is official or a private copy. </p><p>Xuan De (Ming) 1426-1435 AD, H.20.123</p><p>Until I feel comfortable with the under $5 coins, I have no place buying the $500 ones. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]441674[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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