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Message:: [QUOTE="tcore, post: 247852, member: 2949"]codydude815, I have a couple of recommendations for you. When I was first getting started in ancients, I read "Ancient Coin Collecting" by Wayne G. Sayles. It's an excellent introduction to ancients. From there, you can branch out into his other Ancient Coin Collecting volumes or read some other different books. Secondly, you can collect "Greek and Roman coins" and many do...however, once you get into it, you may find that the subject area of those two broad categories is far too vast and you may want to then specialize on a certain area or range...or not, up to you. Look at coins on VCoins often. You can learn a lot just by looking around. Also, I have no idea what part of Illinois you live in, but if you can ever get down to O'Fallon, IL (suburb of St. Louis), there is an excellent shop there that sells ancients called Pantheon Galleries that is run by Bob Novack. You will love looking around in there! PM me for any details you might want. Have fun! Oh, and just like U.S. coins, it all depends on what you decide to collect.  Ancients aren't necessarily more expensive than U.S. coins.  I bought most of my ancients for under $25.[/QUOTE]