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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Blake Davis, post: 26141375, member: 91820&quot;]You can build a fantastic collection of ancient coins and never spend a dime over $300.&nbsp; I think I had a nice collection and until the children graduated college I had only purchased two coins over $300 - a sestertius of Julia Paula, and a platform scene sestertius of Trajan, both in unusual circumstances.&nbsp; Also I started collecting in 2000 and therefore was able to buy during the 1999 - 2008 magical period of the influx of coins from Eastern Europe - if only collecting ancient coins was as popular now as it was then.&nbsp; But I think the big auction houses are killing off the small collector - the starting prices in auctions are ridiculously high, and the buyers fee which now in almost every auction is 20% is absurd.&nbsp; The number of collectors seems to go down every year, and soon collectors will be limited to those able to afford the best pieces, assuming the hobby survives at all.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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