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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;kaparthy, post: 15593, member: 57463&quot;]... well, not those passions (ahem), but numismatic pursuits.</p><p><br /></p><p>My last purchases were in March at the Michigan State Numismatic Society convention where I bougth two Iron Mine scrips. </p><p><br /></p><p>My interest -- across Greeks and Romans and all the others -- is a continuing interest in how people create money.&nbsp; Among the Romans, I have two from Marcus Porcius Cato, &quot;Cato the Younger.&quot;&nbsp; These coins were struck when Cato retreated to Utica ahead of Julius Caesar&#039;s advance.&nbsp; As a Republican, Cato resisted Caesar&#039;s imperialism, and suicide was his out.&nbsp; He struck the coins from his own stocks.&nbsp; The are inscribed PRO PER.&nbsp; These coins fit my libertarian prejudices on several grounds.</p><p><br /></p><p>Michael[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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