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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;tibor, post: 8057644, member: 73385&quot;][USER=75143]@hotwheelsearl[/USER]&nbsp;&nbsp; I am up against several groups. Collectors who collect by</p><p>city, state or region. Other competition is from museums, whether by city</p><p>or state. Collectors who are adding pieces to a collection that is several</p><p>generations old. There are collectors who collect rulers or Saints or animals.</p><p>Coats of Arms are popular. Collecting counter marks is also popular. There are collectors who collect a coin for each year. Coins with dates pre 1501 A.D., </p><p>whether Roman numerals or modern numbers are scarce and sometimes just </p><p>rare. To my knowledge there are fewer than 10 collectors here in the U.S. that collect the way I do, using Bob Levinson&#039;s book&nbsp; &quot; The Early Dated Coins of Europe 1234-1500&quot;. I followed an auction a couple of years ago where I was bidding on a particular coin. My max bid that I sent to the auction house was 15x the estimate. The coin opened at 23x estimate and sold for 32x. This happens quite often. I&#039;m </p><p>not sure which collector/museum I lost to. To answer your question, I&#039;m not sure</p><p>who I&#039;m bidding against, but they were much more aggressive than I. I&#039;m at</p><p>the point with my collection that I don&#039;t get to add new pieces very often. With</p><p>over 300 different pieces in my collection it&#039;s getting tough. In Bob&#039;s book there</p><p>are 1200 pieces listed. Of the 900+ that I don&#039;t have, most are in museums</p><p>or are known by only 2 or 3 pieces. There maybe a 100 or so of the 900+ that</p><p>might be considered &quot;common&quot; but they rarely have come up for sale/auction</p><p>in the last 20 years. Thanks for asking, if you have any other questions please ask.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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