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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Silverlock, post: 7897065, member: 98181&quot;]Early in my collecting career I bought a group of uncleaned coins confident I could identify them all. Nope. Not a chance. I gained huge respect for the dealers and collectors who identify these things for us. It’s a heck of a lot harder than it looks. </p><p><br /></p><p>I was recently asked by a metal detectorist mate of mine if I thought a find (legally made) was of a rare emperor. Now that I’ve been at it for some years I confidently told him it could not be of that emperor (wrong coin type). Who is it? No problem, I assured him. </p><p><br /></p><p>Nope. Not a chance. Though it was in decent shape, the inscription could have gone about a dozen ways — darn those hard carved characters — and none made any sense. The portrait is never my strong suit anyway, but this could have been my next door neighbor for all I could tell. </p><p><br /></p><p>Now I’m even more in awe of you guys. If it was left up to me all the coins in my collection would be labelled: Obverse: Portrait of Dead Roman Dude, words around the perimeter read: It’s Good To Be King. Reverse: Fit woman holding cup, words around the perimeter read: Soy Double Latte For Diana With One ‘N’[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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