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<p>[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 2717257, member: 19463"]Mine is Alexandria mint and has a misspelling GLORAI for GLORIA on the reverse. The coin was shown in an article in The Numismatist magazine at a time when the ANA had a piece on ancients each issue but the article did not mention the spelling as I recall. I have a clipping of their image but neglected to write down the date of the issue. If anyone happens to be reading 30-40 year old Numismatists and runs across it, let me know.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]614535[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>This is something that happens online. I corresponded for several years with a Pat wrongly assuming Patrick when it turned out to be a Patricia. You can write to someone about coins without knowing a person's name (I only know TIF as Ms. This Is Fun), age, gender, ethnicity, occupation or blood type if any of you find these things deal breakers. </p><p>This works in person for some people more than others. A Naval officer member of the Washington DC club years ago was nervous being around and avoided talking to a man at meetings because both had been in service and the other guy was a retired Lieutenant General. We had been 'Coin Club Friends' for several years before we knew what each other did for a living. For all I know one of you may be a Big Name Politician or Multi-Billionaire. That is OK as long as you post good words.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 2717257, member: 19463"]Mine is Alexandria mint and has a misspelling GLORAI for GLORIA on the reverse. The coin was shown in an article in The Numismatist magazine at a time when the ANA had a piece on ancients each issue but the article did not mention the spelling as I recall. I have a clipping of their image but neglected to write down the date of the issue. If anyone happens to be reading 30-40 year old Numismatists and runs across it, let me know. [ATTACH=full]614535[/ATTACH] This is something that happens online. I corresponded for several years with a Pat wrongly assuming Patrick when it turned out to be a Patricia. You can write to someone about coins without knowing a person's name (I only know TIF as Ms. This Is Fun), age, gender, ethnicity, occupation or blood type if any of you find these things deal breakers. This works in person for some people more than others. A Naval officer member of the Washington DC club years ago was nervous being around and avoided talking to a man at meetings because both had been in service and the other guy was a retired Lieutenant General. We had been 'Coin Club Friends' for several years before we knew what each other did for a living. For all I know one of you may be a Big Name Politician or Multi-Billionaire. That is OK as long as you post good words.[/QUOTE]
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