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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;kevin McGonigal, post: 3436998, member: 72790&quot;][ATTACH=full]912568[/ATTACH] I have no problems with coins that are worn, as long as they are smooth. It is roughness I do not like. Wear, to me, means use, that these coins passed through the hands of thousands of ancient Greek or Roman people, maybe. even a few barbarians. Think of all those people you are physically connected to from that wear. Think of all the things those coins bought, wine and bread in a taverna, admission to a good seat in an amphitheater, a new chiton or tunica, a final offering for a one way trip on the River Styx. Here are some of[ATTACH=full]912563[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]912566[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]912567[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]912569[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]912569[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]912570[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]912572[/ATTACH] my more worn coins, in time from a just after his death Julius Caesar issue denarius, to copper asses of Tiberius and his son Drusus to a beautiful brass sestertius of Nero, to a well worn but splendidly smooth green patinated sestertius of Julia Domna. From the anvil of Moneta to my collection, through the hands of people I never met but who touch me every day.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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