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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;zumbly, post: 8129382, member: 57495&quot;]Looking back at my auction battles for coin acquisitions in 2021, most seem to have ended up going this way...</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1416008[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>For avoidance of doubt, I would be the one with my face on the floor.</p><p><br /></p><p>The months of April through September were the most challenging, with only two of the ten coins on my favorites list coming from that six-month period.&nbsp; During that time, trying to collect my preferred Greek, Provincial and RR coins became so frustrating that I essentially gave up and instead picked up some Doge coins, and here I&#039;m embarrassed to admit that I&#039;m not even referring to Venetian grossos. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie82" alt=":shy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> While that REALLY didn&#039;t turn out well for me, a long spell of involuntary contemplation following Elon Musk&#039;s SNL appearance in May eventually brought some clarity and focus, and in the closing months of 2021, I slowly managed get back into the groove of things and add some relatively noteworthy coins to my collection.&nbsp; I also dumped the Doge coins.&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Casting an objective eye over this year&#039;s list of my favorite coins, I&#039;d say the Fugliness Rating is abit on the higher side compared to many previous years, but I&#039;m 100% fine with that, and I can honestly say I mostly don&#039;t mean that in a self-consoling way.&nbsp; One of my collecting axioms has always been that there&#039;s more to ancient coins than mere aesthetics, and I find that axiom to be particularly true and practical when aesthetics start costing too much.&nbsp; Then, if anything, the fuglier the coin, the more interesting I&#039;m likely to find it.&nbsp; You may think I&#039;m joking, but three of the ten coins on my list this year are Roman Provincials from Alexandria. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie18" alt=":bag:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> But, okay, let me qualify that non-joke... only one of those Alexandrians is really terrible, another is actually very nice &quot;for the type&quot; and the third is probably the best-looking coin on my whole list (just ignore the big gaping hole in its middle).</p><p><br /></p><p>All said, I&#039;m very grateful I got to collect the coins that I did this year, and after processing the quote below from Marcus Aurelius, have decided that I even had fun while I was at it.</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;<i>Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking</i>.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1416010[/ATTACH]</p><p><font size="4">- Marcus Aurelius, showing how happy he is... within himself.</font></p><p><br /></p><p>But enough talk... on to my favorite coins in the next post![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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