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<p>[QUOTE="TIF, post: 2250524, member: 56859"]Regarding whether you paid a reasonable amount for the coin, you can check sales prices for similar coins in a variety of places. I don't know if Philip III drachms issued in Kolophon bring a premium compared to other mints (probably not), but I've linked "the usual places" to check for comps. Disregard ANACS' grade for your coin and instead go by what you see versus what the comparisons look like. Regarding the "damage", from what I can see in the small picture of your coin's obverse, it doesn't look horrible.</p><p><br /></p><p>I've used the search terms "Philip III drachm Kolophon". The results may include other coins but this should hit a good number of comparisons.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://cngcoins.com/Search.aspx?IS_ADVANCED=1&ITEM_IS_SOLD=1&ITEM_INVENTORY_NUMBER=&CONTAINER_NAME=&ITEM_LOT_NUMBER=&ITEM_DESC=philip+III+drachm%2C+kolophon&SEARCH_IN_CONTAINER_TYPE_ID_1=1&SEARCH_IN_CONTAINER_TYPE_ID_3=1&SEARCH_IN_CONTAINER_TYPE_ID_2=1&SEARCH_IN_CONTAINER_TYPE_ID_4=1&VIEW_TYPE=0" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://cngcoins.com/Search.aspx?IS_ADVANCED=1&ITEM_IS_SOLD=1&ITEM_INVENTORY_NUMBER=&CONTAINER_NAME=&ITEM_LOT_NUMBER=&ITEM_DESC=philip+III+drachm%2C+kolophon&SEARCH_IN_CONTAINER_TYPE_ID_1=1&SEARCH_IN_CONTAINER_TYPE_ID_3=1&SEARCH_IN_CONTAINER_TYPE_ID_2=1&SEARCH_IN_CONTAINER_TYPE_ID_4=1&VIEW_TYPE=0" rel="nofollow">CNG's archives</a> of sold coins (note: prices stated do not include buyer's premium, which is 15% for e-auctions and 17.5% for print auctions, and possibly other fees such as payment by credit card or PayPal). Note that when you click this link, there are three tabs near the top: Coin Shop, eAuctions, and Printed Auctions. The link shows the Coin Shop sales; you'll need to click the other tabs too to see their content. Given the somewhat lower quality of your coin, their eAuction section is most likely to contain coins of similar quality. The Coin Shop and Printed Auctions are going to have coins in better condition and/or higher rarity, in general.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.acsearch.info/search.html?term=philip+III+drachm+kolophon&category=1&en=1&de=1&fr=1&it=1&es=1&ot=1&images=1&currency=usd&thesaurus=1&order=0&company=" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.acsearch.info/search.html?term=philip+III+drachm+kolophon&category=1&en=1&de=1&fr=1&it=1&es=1&ot=1&images=1&currency=usd&thesaurus=1&order=0&company=" rel="nofollow">acsearch.info</a> Same as above; hammer prices do not include buyer's premium, which can range from 10% to 25%, and other processing fees. CNG's coins are not shown in acsearch. Between the two databases, you can get a very good idea of what has sold publicly in the last 10 or so years. eBay sales are not found in this database.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.vcoins.com/en/Search.aspx?search=true&searchQuery=philip+III+drachm+kolophon&searchQueryExclude=&searchCategory=0&searchCategoryLevel=2&searchCategoryAncient=True&searchCategoryUs=False&searchCategoryWorld=False&searchCategoryMedieval=False&searchBetween=0&searchBetweenAnd=0&searchDate=&searchUseThesaurus=True&searchDisplayCurrency=&searchDisplayAsList=False&searchIdStore=0&searchQueryAnyWords=&searchExactPhrase=&searchTitleAndDescription=True&searchDateType=0&searchMaxRecords=100&SearchOnSale=False&Unassigned=False" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.vcoins.com/en/Search.aspx?search=true&searchQuery=philip+III+drachm+kolophon&searchQueryExclude=&searchCategory=0&searchCategoryLevel=2&searchCategoryAncient=True&searchCategoryUs=False&searchCategoryWorld=False&searchCategoryMedieval=False&searchBetween=0&searchBetweenAnd=0&searchDate=&searchUseThesaurus=True&searchDisplayCurrency=&searchDisplayAsList=False&searchIdStore=0&searchQueryAnyWords=&searchExactPhrase=&searchTitleAndDescription=True&searchDateType=0&searchMaxRecords=100&SearchOnSale=False&Unassigned=False" rel="nofollow">Vcoins</a>, for currently for-sale fixed price examples. Note that the prices will of course be higher than for auctions since you are paying for the convenience of buying the coin <i>now</i>. In general, these dealers are also buying their coins at the same auctions cited above. These Macedonian drachms are often sold at auction in group lots, which does leave more room for retailer mark-up.</p><p><br /></p><p>If you leave off the mint name (Kolophon/Colophon) in your search, you will find a thousand more comps in these databases.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="TIF, post: 2250524, member: 56859"]Regarding whether you paid a reasonable amount for the coin, you can check sales prices for similar coins in a variety of places. I don't know if Philip III drachms issued in Kolophon bring a premium compared to other mints (probably not), but I've linked "the usual places" to check for comps. Disregard ANACS' grade for your coin and instead go by what you see versus what the comparisons look like. Regarding the "damage", from what I can see in the small picture of your coin's obverse, it doesn't look horrible. I've used the search terms "Philip III drachm Kolophon". The results may include other coins but this should hit a good number of comparisons. [URL='http://cngcoins.com/Search.aspx?IS_ADVANCED=1&ITEM_IS_SOLD=1&ITEM_INVENTORY_NUMBER=&CONTAINER_NAME=&ITEM_LOT_NUMBER=&ITEM_DESC=philip+III+drachm%2C+kolophon&SEARCH_IN_CONTAINER_TYPE_ID_1=1&SEARCH_IN_CONTAINER_TYPE_ID_3=1&SEARCH_IN_CONTAINER_TYPE_ID_2=1&SEARCH_IN_CONTAINER_TYPE_ID_4=1&VIEW_TYPE=0']CNG's archives[/URL] of sold coins (note: prices stated do not include buyer's premium, which is 15% for e-auctions and 17.5% for print auctions, and possibly other fees such as payment by credit card or PayPal). Note that when you click this link, there are three tabs near the top: Coin Shop, eAuctions, and Printed Auctions. The link shows the Coin Shop sales; you'll need to click the other tabs too to see their content. Given the somewhat lower quality of your coin, their eAuction section is most likely to contain coins of similar quality. The Coin Shop and Printed Auctions are going to have coins in better condition and/or higher rarity, in general. [URL='http://www.acsearch.info/search.html?term=philip+III+drachm+kolophon&category=1&en=1&de=1&fr=1&it=1&es=1&ot=1&images=1¤cy=usd&thesaurus=1&order=0&company=']acsearch.info[/URL] Same as above; hammer prices do not include buyer's premium, which can range from 10% to 25%, and other processing fees. CNG's coins are not shown in acsearch. Between the two databases, you can get a very good idea of what has sold publicly in the last 10 or so years. eBay sales are not found in this database. [URL='http://www.vcoins.com/en/Search.aspx?search=true&searchQuery=philip+III+drachm+kolophon&searchQueryExclude=&searchCategory=0&searchCategoryLevel=2&searchCategoryAncient=True&searchCategoryUs=False&searchCategoryWorld=False&searchCategoryMedieval=False&searchBetween=0&searchBetweenAnd=0&searchDate=&searchUseThesaurus=True&searchDisplayCurrency=&searchDisplayAsList=False&searchIdStore=0&searchQueryAnyWords=&searchExactPhrase=&searchTitleAndDescription=True&searchDateType=0&searchMaxRecords=100&SearchOnSale=False&Unassigned=False']Vcoins[/URL], for currently for-sale fixed price examples. Note that the prices will of course be higher than for auctions since you are paying for the convenience of buying the coin [I]now[/I]. In general, these dealers are also buying their coins at the same auctions cited above. These Macedonian drachms are often sold at auction in group lots, which does leave more room for retailer mark-up. If you leave off the mint name (Kolophon/Colophon) in your search, you will find a thousand more comps in these databases.[/QUOTE]
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