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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TypeCoin971793, post: 2597119, member: 78244&quot;]Before I start my top 10, I will give a few honerable mentions. Picking out a favorite 10 were just as hard as remembering which coins were bought in 2016. To see why, here is a picture of all of my favorites that I had to narrow down from:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]566256[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>I really liked these coins, and felt they shouldn&#039;t be excluded.</p><p><br /></p><p>These are in no particular order. I love them all the same.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Cherronesos Hemidrachm</b></p><p>[ATTACH=full]566245[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>This one would be right your alleys as it is within most of your collecting interests. This is one of the six Ancient Greek coins I bought during my dabbles in that area, and it one of the four I kept (you will see the other three later). I bought this hemidrachm primarily because of the cool pentagram on the obverse, and the lion portrait on the obverse was very cool. It was much smaller than I was expecting, but still extremely interesting nonetheless.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>China, Northern Song Dynasty</b></p><p><b>Chong Ning Thong Bao 10-Cash</b></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]566246[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>This one makes the list because 1) it is a huge and impressive coin in-hand, 2) the patina and wear are very attractive, and 3) the Slender Gold Script calligraphy is beautiful. This one issue is probably my favorite of the North Song varieties, though many of the seal script varieties of other reign titles are not far behind.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>China, Southern Song Dynasty</b></p><p><b>Duan Ping Tong Bao, 5-Cash</b></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]566248[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>This one made the list because of pretty much the same reasons as the above coin. However, this one is much rarer (try to find one for sale!). I saw it on eBay for cheap and bought it to trade for another coin. When it arrived, I fell in love with it, and I regretted having to trade it away. However, the dealer had apparently sold the coin I was after, so I got to keep this scarce coin.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>China, Eastern Han Dynasty</b></p><p><b>Wu Zhu, Partially Clipped</b></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]566250[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>When I saw this one for sale from one of my dealers of Chinese coins, I pounced on it. I have seen and handled hundreds of Wu Zhus that had their outer parts cut out, and they are called &quot;clipped.&quot; However, I had never seen one whose clipping was not complete. I found it a fascinating piece to study and see how the clipping was done, and to easily show others the process as well.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>China, Zhou Dynasty</b></p><p><b>Bronze Imitation Cowrie</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>[ATTACH=full]566251[/ATTACH] </b></p><p><br /></p><p>I was excited to finally get one of these for my collection of imitation cowries. They are very scarce, and it took me a few years to finally get one within my price range. Not much is known about exactly when they were made, but it is possible that they predated any other bronze forms of currency, given the economic importance of cowries back into the Shang era.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>AE Unit of Philip II</b></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]566253[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]566254[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>I bought this one to represent Alexander III&#039;s father, Philip II. I read about how Philip II had won the Chariot race in the Olympic Games of 359 BC, and he celebrated his victory by putting horse themes on the reverses of all of his coinage. This was fascinating to me, and made me want to try to buy this type. This particular example has great detail in Apollo&#039;s head and in the horse. For my price range, this was the nicest example I could buy.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now stay tuned for my top 10. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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