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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Sallent, post: 2489174, member: 76194&quot;]When it comes to ancient coin collectors, most believe the sun rises in Greece and sets with Rome, and never venture out of those two cultures. Fewer still collect medieval European coins, and even fewer collect non-Greek Asian ancient coins. And even fewer ancient numismatists collect medieval Islamic coins, which is why scarce Umayyad silver coinage can be had for $60-$100 per coin, despite some of them being much rarer than many of their European counterparts of the same time period that sell for 5 times the price. I got my Abbasid coin above for $40 (including auction fees and shipping) despite it being a silver coin from the late 700s and belonging to one of the most important medieval Islamic caliphs ever. Even I couldn&#039;t believe my luck. I expected someone else to recognize the importance of that coin and bid me up, but my fears thankfully never materialized.</p><p><br /></p><p>If you do your research and have a little patience at auction, you should be able to obtain some pretty uncommon and hard to find Islamic medieval silver for bargain prices and with little to no competition from anyone else. I recommend you give it a try. I don&#039;t regret any of my Islamic purchases. I got great history and good silver for not a lot of money.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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