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<p>[QUOTE="Al Kowsky, post: 4698490, member: 97383"]Over the weekend I was able to locate the 1st Republican denarius I bought in 1966 at a coin show in Rochester, NY, for $15.00, pictured below. The following year I joined the U.S. Army and forgot about the coin until many years later. It's one of the few coins I've managed to hang onto for over 50 years <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1154371[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1154373[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>When I got home I showed the coin to my father who was reading his favorite paper, the New York Times. My father who pretended to have an interest in old coins asked me "What did you pay for it <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie12" alt="o_O" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />?" I told him $15.00 and he said "You paid too much" and went back to his paper <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie4" alt=":mad:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />. Ironically he was right <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie3" alt=":(" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />. I went upstairs to my room and pulled out one of my books on Roman coins, pictured below, and found a similar coin on page 42 that listed for 3 Pounds and 10 Shillings ($8.99 in 1969 U.S.dollars) <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie88" alt=":sour:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />. Never the less I was still happy with the coin <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1154378[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1154379[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The coin market was a different world in 1969, and I wish I had overpaid for many other coins I saw in those days <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie11" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />. Notice the famous Ides of March denarius on the cover, it listed for 1,000 Pounds ($2,577.00 in 1969 U.S. dollars) <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie57" alt=":jawdrop:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />! If we could only go back in time <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie85" alt=":smuggrin:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.... The back of the dust jacket on the book has some interesting info too. My book listed for 40 Shillings (a little over $5.00), that I paid $6.00 for <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie50" alt=":happy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />. David Sear's book <b>Roman Coins and Their Values</b> listed for 30 Shillings ($3.86 <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie52" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />).</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1154385[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The coin pictured below sold at <b>CNG E-Auction 471</b> for $224.00.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1154390[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>L. Pomponius Cn f. 118 BC. AR Serrate Denarius: 19 mm, 3.95 gm, 5 h. Crawford 282/4 var. (reverse legend), Sydenham 522 var. (same). VF.</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p>These coins are not rare but they're very popular with collectors and there are many varieties to choose from. Do any other <b>CT</b> members have this coin type <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie12" alt="o_O" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Al Kowsky, post: 4698490, member: 97383"]Over the weekend I was able to locate the 1st Republican denarius I bought in 1966 at a coin show in Rochester, NY, for $15.00, pictured below. The following year I joined the U.S. Army and forgot about the coin until many years later. It's one of the few coins I've managed to hang onto for over 50 years :). [ATTACH=full]1154371[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1154373[/ATTACH] When I got home I showed the coin to my father who was reading his favorite paper, the New York Times. My father who pretended to have an interest in old coins asked me "What did you pay for it o_O?" I told him $15.00 and he said "You paid too much" and went back to his paper :mad:. Ironically he was right :(. I went upstairs to my room and pulled out one of my books on Roman coins, pictured below, and found a similar coin on page 42 that listed for 3 Pounds and 10 Shillings ($8.99 in 1969 U.S.dollars) :sour:. Never the less I was still happy with the coin :D. [ATTACH=full]1154378[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1154379[/ATTACH] The coin market was a different world in 1969, and I wish I had overpaid for many other coins I saw in those days :rolleyes:. Notice the famous Ides of March denarius on the cover, it listed for 1,000 Pounds ($2,577.00 in 1969 U.S. dollars) :jawdrop:! If we could only go back in time :smuggrin:.... The back of the dust jacket on the book has some interesting info too. My book listed for 40 Shillings (a little over $5.00), that I paid $6.00 for :happy:. David Sear's book [B]Roman Coins and Their Values[/B] listed for 30 Shillings ($3.86 :hilarious:). [ATTACH=full]1154385[/ATTACH] The coin pictured below sold at [B]CNG E-Auction 471[/B] for $224.00. [ATTACH=full]1154390[/ATTACH] [B]L. Pomponius Cn f. 118 BC. AR Serrate Denarius: 19 mm, 3.95 gm, 5 h. Crawford 282/4 var. (reverse legend), Sydenham 522 var. (same). VF. [/B] These coins are not rare but they're very popular with collectors and there are many varieties to choose from. Do any other [B]CT[/B] members have this coin type o_O?[/QUOTE]
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