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<p>[QUOTE="medoraman, post: 1961886, member: 26302"]Its an extremely nice example of the type, Big Red. I have seen very few so well struck.</p><p><br /></p><p>You have to forgive our jadedness here. I get it too. We get so used to these ancient and medieval coins, we forget how awe inspiring and wondrous they are to those who haven't handled tens of thousands of these. I just bought some coins this last weekend and am not really geeked about it, but I should be. I got 10 Sogdian pieces, from the very first silver imitation of greek coins to later cash like pieces. A few years ago I would be all excited, but now that I have a few hundred of these pieces, they aren't as exciting to me. Like I said, please forgive us if we do not get as excited as newcomers do over these great coins. Its us that are to blame, we SHOULD be more excited, right?</p><p><br /></p><p>Edit: Btw, no offense meant to THCoins. He answered you like I answer questions on CT as well, casually throwing out market prices. I wasn't meaning to demena anyone's response, just say its common to all of us more experienced members to forget how amazing these coins are to those not familiar with them.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="medoraman, post: 1961886, member: 26302"]Its an extremely nice example of the type, Big Red. I have seen very few so well struck. You have to forgive our jadedness here. I get it too. We get so used to these ancient and medieval coins, we forget how awe inspiring and wondrous they are to those who haven't handled tens of thousands of these. I just bought some coins this last weekend and am not really geeked about it, but I should be. I got 10 Sogdian pieces, from the very first silver imitation of greek coins to later cash like pieces. A few years ago I would be all excited, but now that I have a few hundred of these pieces, they aren't as exciting to me. Like I said, please forgive us if we do not get as excited as newcomers do over these great coins. Its us that are to blame, we SHOULD be more excited, right? Edit: Btw, no offense meant to THCoins. He answered you like I answer questions on CT as well, casually throwing out market prices. I wasn't meaning to demena anyone's response, just say its common to all of us more experienced members to forget how amazing these coins are to those not familiar with them.[/QUOTE]
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