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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Herodotus, post: 4660142, member: 111387&quot;]As someone who derives personal enjoyment in attributing ancient coins, I find myself much more inclined to provide assistance to someone looking to glean information on how to attribute.</p><p><br /></p><p>While still willing to offer help (partly for my own benefit), I&#039;m less excited to assist a person looking for someone else to do the legwork to attribute coins for them; when the primary intent is to flip/sell them.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m fairly new on this board, but I&#039;ve already noticed a handful of posters here whose only contribution to the board is to ask for people to attribute coins for them.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m reminded of the adage concerning the hungry man. It&#039;s along the lines of: &quot;Don&#039;t give a man a fish. Give him a fishing pole and teach him how to fish.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>Unless it&#039;s an extremely rare/almost unique coin, chances are strong that there is a reference to the type located somewhere through utilizing the multiple complimentary resources available on the internet.</p><p><br /></p><p>Once one gets a little experience recognizing types, portraits, legends, deities, city/mint names etc. etc. etc., the task gets easier.</p><p><br /></p><p>With Greek legends, the simple process of learning the 24 Greek letters and how they translate to Latin letters helps a lot. Pretty soon, seeing a &#039;<b>P</b>&#039; or an &#039;<b>Σ</b>&#039; or a &#039;<b>Λ</b>&#039; will become 2nd nature in knowing that they translate to &#039;<b>R</b>&#039;ho, &#039;<b>S</b>&#039;igma and &#039;<b>L</b>&#039;ambda.</p><p><br /></p><p>I can spend ample time hunting down an attribution (even for a coin not my own), yet, as stated above; I enjoy it.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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