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Can you give me some tips about your niche hobby? (lemmy.world)
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Maybe something you learned the hard way, or something you found out right before making a huge mistake.

E.g., for audiophiles: don't buy subwoofers from speaker companies, and don't buy speakers from subwoofer companies.

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[โ€“] Kyrgizion@lemmy.world 35 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Ancient coins (2000-1700 years old) are surprisingly common and can be had very cheaply unless you want a specifically rare or perfect one.

I went through most of my life believing that anything older than say 200 years was automatically a museum piece or equivalent. But most museums of ancient history who display ancient coins have multitudes of the displayed coins sitting in storage. The Romans alone minted BILLIONS of coins over the span of the Republic and the Empire (that's over 1000 years of history!) and if even 1% of them survive today, that's still many, many dozens of millions.

[โ€“] lordnikon@lemmy.world 14 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Also America's definition of old and Europe definition of old are very different. My family in England live in a house that's older than America and not by a little.