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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 1401384, member: 19463&quot;]OK, then I guess this will work.&nbsp; For a beginner in ancients, I recommend Frank Robinson.</p><p><a href="http://www.fsrcoin.com/108.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.fsrcoin.com/108.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.fsrcoin.com/</a></p><p><a href="http://www.fsrcoin.com/108.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.fsrcoin.com/108.htm" rel="nofollow"><br /></a></p><p><a href="http://www.fsrcoin.com/108.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.fsrcoin.com/108.htm" rel="nofollow">F</a>rank also sells world mostly of the common and cheap variations up to $500 or so but what I always liked about him was a willingness to hold beginner hands when bidding on things you really don&#039;t understand and more or less realistic guidance on price expectations.&nbsp; His ancients are mostly sold by auction (and can go much higher in price for really nice items) but he has a few items at the back of his list that are available in multiples (hoards of similar coins) sold at fixed price.&nbsp; For example currently he is offering:</p><p><span style="color: black"><font face="Helvetica"><br /></font></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><font face="Helvetica">471&nbsp; &nbsp; <b><i>MILETOS</i></b></font></span><span style="color: black"><font face="Helvetica">, 600s BC, 1/12 Stater, S3532-33 (£65-75), lion forepart/star pattern; F-VF &amp; well centered, good silver, toned, 39.75. Earliest cheap Greek coin.</font></span> </p><p><br /></p><p>I mention this because I agree it is the earliest coin available without selling body parts but I disagree with his listing it as 600s since I&#039;d place it to late 6th century which is only 500&#039;s BC.&nbsp; Very few such errors make his lists but this is one.&nbsp; Quite a few offerings allow a multiple purchase at reduced price for example: </p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: black"><font face="Helvetica">477 <b><i>Gadhaiya Paisa</i></b></font></span><span style="color: black"><font face="Helvetica">, c.1000 AD, Sassanian style bust r/fire altar, Mitch.424; EF, good silver, excellent quality carefully selected from a hoard. <i>(A VF brought $103, Munz Zentrum 1/12)</i></font></span><font face="Helvetica"><span style="color: #000000"> 9.95, 3/26.95&nbsp; </span></font></p><p><br /></p><p><font face="Helvetica"><span style="color: #000000">This listing, however, includes another &#039;fault&#039; if you must.&nbsp; Frank often quotes prices he has seen from mostly major sale listings that brought ridiculous prices.&nbsp; In so doing he is not suggesting that you should pay&nbsp; $103 for a $10 coin but that there was at least one fool who did ...OR perhaps that there was something about the $103 coin that none of us realized that caused two specialists to bump heads on the lot.&nbsp;&nbsp; Frank is first to point out that there are plenty of opportunities to overpay for coins and his records of ridiculous realizations are second to none.&nbsp; &nbsp; I will also mention that Frank does sell (clearly marked in the listings) reproductions especially of things you will not easily afford in genuine so read the listings before ordering to be sure you realize what is being sold.&nbsp; I&#039;m not quite prepared to live in a time when fakes bring over $100 but real ones are $10,000 so maybe that is just a sign of the times. </span></font></p><p><font face="Helvetica"><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></font></p><p><span style="color: black"><font face="Helvetica">63 </font></span><span style="color: black"><font face="Helvetica"><b><i>NAXOS</i></b></font></span><span style="color: black"><font face="Helvetica">, Tet, Dionysos hd/naked Silenos squatting, S872, “one of the masterpieces of Greek numismatic art;” <b>copy</b></font></span><span style="color: black"><font face="Helvetica">, struck in silver, by Slavei, EF, lt tone, a beautiful piece with great high relief detail. <i>(Another example of this copy brought $134 in my 8/06 sale.)</i></font></span></p><p><br /></p><p><font face="Helvetica"><span style="color: #000000">He sells World coins at fixed prices rather like the back of the list ancients but included are very cheap (under $1) items and some NCLT things I&#039;m not sure why anyone wants even at a super discount.&nbsp;&nbsp; Many items are marked with&nbsp; * indicating he has multiples and many of those have single or multiple pricings.&nbsp;&nbsp; As with the realizations in ancients, he will quote catalog prices in brackets to point out that you are getting a deal.</span></font></p><p><font face="Helvetica"><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></font></p><p><font face="Helvetica"><span style="color: #000000"></span></font><b>ARGENTINA</b></p><p>2c 1892 VF+&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 1.50</p><p>5c 1906-42, 21 diff, avg F or better&nbsp;&nbsp; 3.95*</p><p>1948 UNC ($2)&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; .99*</p><p>1949 UNC ($3)&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 1.45</p><p>10c 1957-59 BU, 18 pc lot: 1.60&nbsp; &nbsp; </p><p><font face="Helvetica"><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></font></p><p><font face="Helvetica"><span style="color: #000000">I don&#039;t collect modern world but have hit these lists on Chinese cash which are a bit of a specialty of his.&nbsp; About 10% of my ancient coins purchased have been from Frank but that has been falling off a lot lately as more people discover his lists and bid the prices over my head.&nbsp; I am not now just recommending Frank as a cheap source of ancients but as an honest, helpful and beginner oriented dealer that has shown willingness to cultivate a long term relationship rather than just make a killing on the first coin you buy. </span></font></p><p><font face="Helvetica"><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></font></p><p><font face="Helvetica"><span style="color: #000000">Who else would like to post a dealer review?&nbsp; I would not have felt so good about inviting you to compete with me for some of Frank&#039;s coins except that I realize that most of us are seeking very different things and Frank buys more common and popular coins than he does the esoteric things I seem to be seeking lately.&nbsp; Give him&nbsp; a try.&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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