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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;johnmilton, post: 26677616, member: 101855&quot;]I am a generalist who has tried to collect at least one coin from each Roman emperor from Julius Caesar to ? The denarius has been my coin of choice until they went away. After that it was the antoninianus, argenteus, follis, siliqua and solidus at the end. You know you are in trouble when the cheapest coin is decent condition is made of gold. I buy coins grading Choice VF and better.</p><p><br /></p><p>I am more interested in the history of each emperor rather than getting bogged down with collecting one emperor in great detail. I am far more interested in a coin from a tough to get emperor than a rare coin from an emperor whose representative coin is easy to get. Less you think that I am totally light weight, I do have denarii from Gordian I and Gordian II.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have compiled “bullet books” which are loose leaf notebooks which have the history of each emperor in bullet form. I have also collected some copper coins although I am fussy in that regard. My experience with American coins has left me avoiding corroded coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>My collection ends in the 400s. The coins really get hard to find toward the end of the Western Empire.</p><p><br /></p><p>I also collect hammered British, but I know that is too late for this survey.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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