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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;medoraman, post: 4601522, member: 26302&quot;]I understand. Let&#039;s take a normal coin show. Let&#039;s make it a big one to have the best chance to have ancients there. Maybe FUN or ANA.</p><p><br /></p><p>Ok, let&#039;s choose some coins to search for. Don&#039;t choose common ones like Athenian tets or 1881 S Morgans. Let&#039;s choose something labelled scarce/rare. For US, maybe a 1889 cc silver dollar, 1877 cent, and a reeded edge Capped Bust half. For ancients, pick a random Syracusan silver, (your choice of type in advance), a Irene solidus, and a Tet of Antiochos I. Want to lay odds on who can find their coins?</p><p><br /></p><p>I actually LIKE real rarity. I like that I can not simply open up my wallet and buy any coin I want, (within price range). In ancients, I have waited a decade to buy a coin labelled &quot;scarce&quot;. When I collected US coins, nearly every coin I wanted was available at every large show. Yes, and they were all labelled &quot;rare&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>So, I am completely with you about availability. In ancients, I cannot be picky about a coin, if I want one many times that means accepting a coin as it is, because I may not see another for sale for years. In US collecting, they have so many to choose from, when they do not own it, it is simply due to not finding the right grade, or color, or price. AN EXAMPLE of almost any of them is available at every large show.</p><p><br /></p><p>I just bought a Vahran I obol. Think many shows have that? How about an early contemporary copy of an Antiochus Ai Khanoum horse? I have looked for one for 15 years, and finally found ONE for sale. That is exactly what is fun for me, the search because many of our pieces truly are rare and unavailable.</p><p><br /></p><p>Yes, US coins have some of these, 1894s dime, 1822 half eagle, etc. They are all well known, million dollar coins. Our equivalent rarities can be $200.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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