Hi Brakan, yes I'd really like to start collecting silver and gold coins! You can get silver coins very cheap, some of them are the same price as a nice copper. This is my favourite silver roman coin, I'd love to buy one, but very expensive for a silver coin:

(http://blogs.warwick.ac.uk/numismatics/entry/the_elephant_denarius/)

It was minted by Caesar's men from a traveling army mint when they crossed the Pontar to take Rome from Pompey. The elephant represents Caesar and is pictured trampling a snake (His former friend Pompey).

My coins won't be half as interesting as that, but I'll be sure to post again once they've arrived and I've managed to attribute them!