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Coin Collectors from Past Era's.

bidaskbidask Posts: 14,017 ✭✭✭✭✭
Do you think there were many of them?

Do you think there were collectors from the Roman era?

Medieval?

European pre US.

Spanish colonial era?

What sparked their interest in coin collecting?
I manage money. I earn money. I save money .
I give away money. I collect money.
I don’t love money . I do love the Lord God.




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  • CladiatorCladiator Posts: 18,188 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I don't know the answers to your questions but they're good questions. I'm eager for those with more knowledge to chime in image
  • i've heard that the romans are documented to pay more than face value for certain coin.
  • RichieURichRichieURich Posts: 8,533 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Why not ask Stack's? They were there. imageimage

    An authorized PCGS dealer, and a contributor to the Red Book.

  • ShamikaShamika Posts: 18,785 ✭✭✭✭
    As I recall, this is how the description "The Hoppy of Kings" came about. Noble Greeks and Romans collected coins for there artistic value.

    Buyer and seller of vintage coin boards!
  • DieClashDieClash Posts: 3,688 ✭✭✭
    I remember some of the prescribed readings for English Literature classes included classics like Beowuf, The Hounds of the Baskervilles, Macbeth etc. I couldn't figure out why study these archaic literary classics. But then it dawned upon me that these are "classics" because the characthers protrayed display the same behaviors as modern man. If modern man likes to hoard and collect, then he learned it from his ancestors. So there is no doubt in my mind that early phoenicians, greeks and romans hoarded precious possessions, including coins.

    Edited for spelling error.
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