Ancient Coins

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A community for collectors of ancient and medieval coins.

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Silver coin of ancient Athens and modern Greek 1 Euro coin, 425-400 BCE (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 week ago by PugJesus to c/ancientcoins

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It's one of those coins you're supposed to collect as a collector of ancient coins, but so far I've not been motivated to do so 😊

[–] anon6789 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

There are thankfully a bunch of owl coins out there!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Yes, they're not rare but they ARE kind of expensive. I'd go auction got one if I ever feel like spending that kind of money on a single coin outside my collection area...

[–] anon6789 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

No, I meant owl coins with owls in them other than the old Greek one.

The link I added has cheapies from Slovenia, Russia, France, Canada, no longer existing African territories, and more. No need to get the ancient one for big money.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Well... this IS the ancient coins community 😂

There are some cool ancient copies from Arabia which are sometimes more affordable.

[–] anon6789 3 points 1 week ago

Oops! This is what happens when I wander in from a cross post to see other replies! 😅