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Friday Fun Thread for March 6, 2026

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Does anyone else collect coins or stamps?

I never had much respect for the goldbugs until I inherited my dad's coin collection. It's remarkable holding a series of coins from 10 consecutive years and the first 5 are worth 60$ a pop because of the silver content while the next 5 are worthless nickel alloys worth their face value despite being a 70 year old coin. I was also blown away by some cool historical pieces I never imagined my dad had (and I'm not sure he was even aware of their value) - British currency from the early 19th century, a dollar bill from the first year the US printed dollar bills, some other antique American and Mexican coins worth a couple hundred dollars with fascinating stories. Not to mention just how based some of the older currency was; the detail on some of these coins is amazing, the pre-euro French and German currencies are beautiful pieces. And the old silver and gold coins have such a nice feeling of heft. There's some primal human magpielike desire to accumulate precious metals and I wasn't even aware of what we'd lost by transitioning entirely to bits.

Not to mention I found out that some ancient Roman and Greek coins are so common that you can own a 2000 year old coin with nice detail for tens of dollars, or 60-90$ for the silvers. It's mind-boggling to me that there isn't more interest and that these pieces are just available for anyone to own rather than being on display in museums.

I am not, currently, but you've put down to paper my overall attitude about it. Frankly I know that once I started I'd turn it into a medium intensity hobby, like watches, and I just can't take another one.

That said.... Where would one purchase some roman coins?

I haven't tried it yet myself so no idea which are best/reputable, but these were recommended by reddit:

https://www.apmex.com/category/58170/roman-empire-coins?f_metalname=silver&_=1772898324974&sortby=priceasc

https://www.vcoins.com/en/coins/ancient/roman-coins-2.aspx?category=roman

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