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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Aethelred, post: 2669743, member: 81808&quot;]This is a question that may have already been asked in some form, but I have not seen it so I will ask anyway.</p><p><br /></p><p>What is your motivation for collecting ancient coins?</p><p><br /></p><p>For me:</p><p><br /></p><p>I began collecting coins when I was about six or seven years old. I have always loved history and I considered coins a connection to the past. But it was the first year that I took ancient history in middle school and soon after discovered that ancient coins were affordable to collectors of average means that everything came together.</p><p><br /></p><p>If I am reading about a period or person in history, having a coin from it brings it to life in a way nothing else can. For me coins illuminate the stories I read in ancient writings and modern histories alike.</p><p><br /></p><p>The coins do not have to be finest known, investment class or great rarities, I like for the to look as nice as possible within what I consider a reasonable investment, but I am buying them because they teach me and bring me pleasure, not to make money. In fact most will probably be in my estate when I die.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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