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PS- I know there are some of you who won't want to go back over to CoinTalk, and that's fine- simply post a contest entry here, if you want. Just tell me which prize you like and a word or two about why you like it, and I'll post the entry for you over there on CT.

Random drawing on or shortly after September 1, 2023. Enter on: https://www.cointalk.com/threads/lordm-giveaway-97-pick-your-prize.406925/ Obviously, since the giveaway is hosted on another site, you'll need CoinTalk credentials to post an entry over there, but if you are unable to do so for whatever reason, you may post here and I will post an entry for you over there. Don't forget to include your prize choice.

I love it when people pick favorites. That Draped Bust dollar is not coincidentally the most expensive coin in the collection. I had to pay a stiff premium for it.

It's fun the second time around! I know a bit more than I did ten years ago when I did it the first time (though I'd still call myself semi-novice), and I've got a rather larger budget than before. I did it the first time around with a budgetary ceiling of $500/coin. That made Otho and Caligula challenging, but I even got a Julius Caesar lifetime portrait denarius within that budget. Wouldn't be so easy to do that now.

Well, if you'll forgive an eight-month belated reply, here are bigger pictures of it.

Thanks for looking, and I welcome commentary and questions. 🙂 https://www.colleconline.com/en/collection-items/20286/coins-the-eclectic-hundred I posted this mixed collection in World Coins, since that seems the best overall category and there isn't a general uncategorized "Coin Chat" forum like there is on CoinTalk. But as you will see, the collection consists of Ancient, Medieval, World, and United States material.

Here's my J the A... I liked the 1887 hoard pedigree.

Looks nicely silvered, too?

Thanks, y’all. I like the type, and could see myself having picked the elephant even if it was on a silver denarius. Having it on a gold aureus is all the better, though much more expensive, of course.

Just added my Titus, too, so that's eight of the twelve. Need JC, Caligula, Galba, and Vitellius now. (They won't be aureii.)

So here's the latest addition to my new Twelve Caesars pursuit (eight down, four to go- and now two of the twelve in gold!) Who can tell me how this issue related to the opening of the Colosseum? I found that note on the slab label of interest. Truth be told, they had me at "elephant".

My Claudius is indeed that Spes sestertius I posted the other day. Here is my collection (not showing the new additions yet). The Twelve Caesars will be a subset of the Eclectic Hundred. https://www.colleconline.com/en/collection-items/20286/coins-the-eclectic-hundred Please don't apologize for asking questions, and thank you, since that shows an interest! I appreciate your taking that interest. Oh- you asked about my OLD 12C set, didn’t you? That was ten years ago, on a much smaller budget. https://www.cointalk.com/threads/picture-repost-my-twelve-caesars-roman-collection-from-2011-2013.296895/

Otho and Domitian. Puts me to seven of the Twelve Caesars, with an offer pending on a Titus. This is my second time doing the 12C. Julius Caesar- need Augustus- have Tiberius- have Caligula- need Claudius-have Nero- have Galba- need Otho- have Vitellius- need Vespasian- have Titus- pending counteroffer Domitian- have

I was pleased to unexpectedly win this one in the S-B auction. Sorta kicking around the idea of doing the Twelve Caesars again; this time as a subset within my existing collection. This is my first NGC ancient with the star ★ designation. https://auctions.stacksbowers.com/lots/view/3-13WVPS/claudius-ad-41-54-ae-sestertius-2963-gms-rome-mint-ad-42-43-ngc-vf-strike-55-surface-45-light-smoothing

Sharp one, @expat!

I drop in occasionally.

Alas, no, though there is such a thing. I got a Sasanian coin in one. I tried to get my latest Ancients submission put in those prongless “Air View” NGC holders, but the folks at their 2023 FUN show table said that’s at NGC’s discretion and not a customer-choice option. So beastly white prongs I shall get. But when submitting, I now always go for the Photovision images, which are well worth the modest added expense, and prongless, as you can see. This Nero was bought already slabbed, so I had to send it in for Photovision and reholdering. A minor hassle, but worth it.

No prongs! No longer overexposed! Before After

Octavian as Augustus, 27 BC – 14 AD Cistophoric tetradrachm Ephesus circa 24-20 BC, AR 26.00 mm., 11.68 g. Bare head r. Rev. Capricorn r., head reverted, carrying cornucopia on its back; all within laurel wreath. C 16. RIC 477. RPC 2213.

Sorry

I literally LOL-ed @ that. I too have often wondered what it would be like to do something like this. I’d likely end up creating something thin and medieval in appearance. If I had any engraving skill at all, which I do not.

I’m proud to see “Coin Uno” games sprouting up everywhere on various forums, as it was I who created the first one back on Collectors Universe in the early 2000s.

Not counting a few low-end Widow’s Mites, this Jewish War prutah is my first Judaean coin. (I did have a Vespasian Judaea Capta denarius once, but we won’t count the coins of the oppressor, right?) 😉 I bought it at the January 2023 FUN show in Orlando, from Tom Wood, a dealer with whom I struck up a new friendship. He let me have it for $55. I liked the patina on it. Here’s one of the other trays. I was considering a nicely patinated Judaea Capta bronze as well (not seen here), but somebody else ended up buying that one. Tom also carries a smattering of American Colonial coins. I picked up this New Jersey copper from him on my last day at the show. He let me have it for $390. If any of you are interested in my long and detailed FUN show report which includes lots of pictures and commentary posted live as I strolled around the bourse floor, that is on CoinTalk: https://www.cointalk.com/threads/lordm-fun-show-report-orlando-2023.402155/ (It includes my other purchases, as well as photos of some amazing coins I could never hope to own.) Happy (slightly-belated) New Year! ~RWS/“LM”

Congrats- I still do not own one, and never have.

I need to measure it next time I’m in my safe deposit stuff. As I recall, it’s approximately US quarter-sized?