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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2463971, member: 19463&quot;]My best years in the hobby were when I was a member of the Ancient Numismatic Society of Washington (DC) and could meet face to face with people more or less like this bunch.&nbsp; We ranged from rank beginners to Elvira Clain-Steffanelli. </p><p><a href="https://www.amazon.com/s?ie=UTF8&amp;page=1&amp;rh=n%3A283155%2Cp_27%3AElvira%20Clain-Stefanelli" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.amazon.com/s?ie=UTF8&amp;page=1&amp;rh=n%3A283155%2Cp_27%3AElvira%20Clain-Stefanelli" rel="nofollow">https://www.amazon.com/s?ie=UTF8&amp;page=1&amp;rh=n:283155,p_27:Elvira Clain-Stefanelli</a></p><p>(I recommend the first one on this list at $5)</p><p>I was the only one who thought Septimius Severus was interesting but one guy was equally into Marcus Aurelius so we understood each other.&nbsp; Perhaps it was a day of greater civility and perhaps being face to face helped but we had a good time.&nbsp; We met at members&#039; homes on a rotating basis and sent out meeting notices with no address beyond &#039;Doug&#039;s Place&#039; so trash did not attract people who might be there to steal.&nbsp; As a result some would bring a thousand coins for sale or a dekadrachm to show off.&nbsp;&nbsp; &quot;You dudes are by far my favourite audience&quot; and &quot;I can barely even talk to fellow collectors about&quot; many of my interests but what we have is what we have and it isn&#039;t the 80&#039;s anymore.&nbsp; I took photos for members on occassion when the meeting was at my house and now wish I had saved them to show you now.&nbsp; I only have one (the aureus on my denominations page) but seeing coins in person was a bit nicer than the photos (however great) we post.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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