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To: TobagoJack who wrote (196030)	2/8/2023 9:22:03 PM
From: sense	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 217694

Am curious in the degree to which China minted products have any significant numismatic interest beyond that in the metals content. Are there rarity obsessed coin collectors in China as in the U.S. ? Or, does having copies easily enough made in the HK antique district sort of take the luster off that concept ? Have always been intrigued that in Europe and points east... you used to be able to find truly ancient coins from Greece or Rome... and the locals basically ignored them as not having any real value beyond the intrinsic... even the gold and silver used to be looked down upon as being "impure" and thus lesser relative to values in modern coinage... given smelting at the time was still "early" in its development then... while a well struck coin from back then was about as rare as an "error" coin is now... That's clearly not as true re European coins now as it used to be... they've appreciated... perhaps as the internet links a larger market... But, don't know the degree to which the numismatic interest is common across other cultures... As a kid, for a time, I used to collect arrowheads and spear points from across the globe... Roman, Greek, Carthaginian, and points east... along with native American and other neolithic types. Gave most of them away to friends... or had them stolen while moving... About all I have left from back then is an old Carthaginian wine cup... told its not for drinking from, but for serving from larger to smaller containers... collected from Libya by diplomats who walked the beaches on weekends looking for such things. To a modern eye, looks like an old hand made coffee cup... but, its made it through a few thousand years intact.... apparently in part as not looking interesting enough to be stolen...