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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Tejas, post: 4560121, member: 84905&quot;]Hi, I’m German and married with two children. I just crossed the threshold where I spend most of my life outside Germany (UK and Switzerland). I’m an economist and great admirer of F.A. Hayek (not to be confused with Salma Hayek, whom I also admire, but for different reasons). I work for a central bank, so money is close to my heart. I started collecting coins as a kid, when an Italian guest worker gave me a 10 Centesimi coin of 1867. The coin was in terrible condition, but I was hooked right away. I never stopped collecting. Even as a student with no money I collected low value Russian dengas from Ivan I to Peter I.</p><p><br /></p><p>Over the years, I had hundreds of ideas for numismatic articles, but only managed to publish four (too busy, too distracted, too many excuses). My main interest is the migration age, but I have collections also of Celtic, Roman, Russian, Georgian, Armenian and German medieval coins. I love history in general and family research is another favorite pastime of mine. My avatar (this ominous dark knight with an arrow piercing his hat) shows my family coat of arms. I’m currently “working” on an article about a rare (unique?) coin of the penultimate Gothic king Baduila-Totila, which I hope to finish sometime later this year (or next?).</p><p><br /></p><p>I also collected other stuff (stone tools, antiquities, fossils), but coins are by far my main interest. What fascinates me most are coins of ephemeral kingdoms such as Gepids, Burgundians etc., i.e. things that most people have never even heard of. From my perspective coin “collecting” is a bit of a misnomer, I think of it as coin hunting. I love it when my “prey” is next to unavailable on the mainstream market. For example, I recently bought a coin (srebrennik/nogata) of Kievan Grand Prince Sviatopolk the Damned through various contacts in Ukraine and Belarus.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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