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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Valentinian, post: 7844675, member: 44316&quot;]Hey [USER=19463]@dougsmit[/USER] , that was a good recommendation. I watched it and think it has good advice. </p><p><br /></p><p>He didn&#039;t mention CoinTalk, but money spent on coins can buy pleasure (in a way buying stocks does not), and time spent on CT can be a very pleasurable way to engage your mind. You can learn, maybe using just the web, but maybe also with books, so you can have a good return on your investment even if the dollar value of the coins does not go up.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Good advice. Buy what you like. </p><p><br /></p><p>Near the end of the video he mentions a coin of Faustina Sr. with a historical connection to a charity.&nbsp; Here is another coin with a historical connection to a charity, the ALIMENTIA ITALIA.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1350136[/ATTACH] </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Trajan, 98-117</p><p><br /></p><p>IMP TRAIANO AVG GER DAC PM TRP COS VI PP, his bust right, slight drapery on far shoulder.</p><p>ALIM ITAL, SPQR OPTIMO PRINCIPI, Annona standing facing, head left, holding ears of grain and cornucopia, child at foot left holding roll</p><p>Alimentia Italia,&nbsp; a welfare program established by Nerva and expanded by Trajan to provide for orphans in Italy. </p><p><br /></p><p>Stuck 112-115, possibly in 113. </p><p>RIC 243. BMC 468. </p><p>Sear II 3117[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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