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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;nerosmyfavorite68, post: 24894627, member: 134416&quot;]I agree.&nbsp; Forum is a good one.&nbsp; Marc Breitsprecher is a great guy, and offers great/super-fast service.&nbsp; However, a lot of his coins are from older collections, which tend to have stripped patinas.&nbsp; I&#039;ve bought a pretty decent amount from Mr. B over the years.</p><p><br /></p><p>I now buy most of my coins from European/foreign dealers.&nbsp; While the shipping may be higher, ranging from $15-25+, one can generally find coins a bit cheaper for good quality, and they tend to offer better patinas. The shipping might even out the cost savings, but I&#039;m the thriftiest person known to man, and I&#039;ve been ordering from European dealers a whole lot.</p><p><br /></p><p>London Ancient Coins has a <i>fantastic</i> selection. I&#039;ve been satisfied with 99% of my transactions with them, but the cons are that I&#039;m miffed at them for sending me a coin which broke in transit due to some recent shippingshortcuts, and their customer service has never been great (still no reply from them, two weeks later). They&#039;re also mildly slow at shipping good out. However, they have some really nice coins at affordable prices. There&#039;s a 98% chance that there would be a successful outcome.</p><p><br /></p><p>If I could only recommend one European house,it would be Savoca.&nbsp; Sure,you&#039;ll be spending c. $25 for shipping, but it&#039;s really fast and there are many nice and affordable coins there, especially in the Greek section. Order-to-door, Germany to the U.S (via FedEx), about 3-6 days.</p><p><br /></p><p>Zurqieh from Dubai also has a lot of neat stuff. Shipping is really cheap and efficient (fast) from Dubai.&nbsp; The downside; most of his stuff is semi-uncleaned and you kind of have to know what you&#039;re doing.&nbsp; His descriptions are pretty threadbare.&nbsp; The shipping is only around $5-7.&nbsp; Order-to-door in the U.S., around 1.5 to 2 weeks.</p><p><br /></p><p>Something I forgot.&nbsp; Samclemens, you can snag a nice, large silver Tetradrachm from Antioch of Nero for under $200. The portrait isn&#039;t as nice as Rome/Lugdunum, but it&#039;s an impressive silver coin and many ofthe portraits are pretty decent.&nbsp; A nice one runs about $150-200.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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