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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;svessien, post: 4477451, member: 15481&quot;]I agree, what a stunner. Especially the last one, that is.</p><p>I envy you, and I’m happy for you. I know that feeling of getting that really great coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>I had a «near-stunner» experience with a Flavian coin recently. A really nice Vespasian denarius.</p><p>What I find very appealing with this coin, is the symmetry of it. Everything is so well centered, and I find the reverse design very neat:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1112984[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>I think I got my most stunning experiences quite early in my collecting life, however.</p><p>It was when I finally dared to start buying expensive coins. For a price of what would today be 300$, I bought this Otho back in 2007:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1112985[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I remember feeling crazy for spending so much on a coin, and had a lot of discussions with myself about that. While waiting for it in the mail, I constantly looked at the auction photos. When getting it, I remember wrapping it out from the envelope, hands shaking. And after that, just looking at it again and again, thinking «This is MY coin? This is MY COIN!».</p><p><br /></p><p>It’s a special kind of craziness, coin collecting. But it’s a pleasant craziness.</p><p><br /></p><p>Congrats with the stunner![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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