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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 3222342, member: 56859&quot;]Another very common question from newcomers is &quot;what is this coin worth?&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>To answer that question you need to know what it is.&nbsp; Once you&#039;ve determined that, and the following links can also be useful in that regard.&nbsp; These are some of the main places we look when trying to determine what to pay for a coin:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.cngcoins.com/Coins_sold.aspx" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cngcoins.com/Coins_sold.aspx" rel="nofollow">CNG&#039;s archive of sold coins</a>.&nbsp; An excellent resource and it is free.</p><p><a href="https://www.acsearch.info/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/" rel="nofollow">ACsearch</a>. This has become a paid service.&nbsp; If you don&#039;t have a subscription you won&#039;t be able to see the prices realized at auction.&nbsp; Sometimes you can look at the listing, see which auction house sold it including date, auction number, and lot number, and then go to that auction house&#039;s website and check their archives directly</p><p><a href="https://www.vcoins.com/en/Default.aspx" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.vcoins.com/en/Default.aspx" rel="nofollow">Vcoins</a>.&nbsp; A conglomeration of online coin ancient coin stores.&nbsp; Use this to check the offering price for coins similar to yours.</p><p><a href="https://www.ma-shops.de/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.ma-shops.de/" rel="nofollow">MA-shops</a>.&nbsp; Similar to Vcoins but based in Europe.</p><p><br /></p><p>Of course you can also do an advanced search on eBay, specifying &quot;sold&quot; coins, but there are so many fakes and so many uneducated buyers that it is difficult for a newcomer to sort fact from fiction.</p><p><br /></p><p>...</p><p><br /></p><p>Newcomers will of course need to learn about fake coins, how they are made, how to determine if a coin is fake, and where to go to see listings of fake coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>Resources for learning how fakes are made and how to detect them:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.calgarycoin.com/reference/fakes/cast.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.calgarycoin.com/reference/fakes/cast.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.calgarycoin.com/reference/fakes/cast.htm</a></p><p><a href="http://www.calgarycoin.com/reference/fakes/struck.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.calgarycoin.com/reference/fakes/struck.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.calgarycoin.com/reference/fakes/struck.htm</a></p><p><a href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/fakes/index.php?cat=5" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/fakes/index.php?cat=5" rel="nofollow">Forum Ancient Coins&#039; &quot;Learn to Identify Fakes Coins&quot;</a></p><p><a href="http://augustuscoins.com/ed/numis/fakes.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://augustuscoins.com/ed/numis/fakes.html" rel="nofollow">http://augustuscoins.com/ed/numis/fakes.html</a> (part of CoinTalk member [USER=44316]@Valentinian[/USER]&#039;s extensive website about ancient coins)</p><p><a href="http://ancientgalleonllc.com/uncategorized/identifying-fake-ancient-coins/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://ancientgalleonllc.com/uncategorized/identifying-fake-ancient-coins/" rel="nofollow">http://ancientgalleonllc.com/uncategorized/identifying-fake-ancient-coins/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Databases of known fake coins:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/fakes/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/fakes/" rel="nofollow">https://www.forumancientcoins.com/fakes/</a></p><p><a href="http://www.forgerynetwork.com/default.aspx" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forgerynetwork.com/default.aspx" rel="nofollow">http://www.forgerynetwork.com/default.aspx</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Extensive lists of known sellers of fake coins (heavy on eBay dealers; always check for the seller name here before considering purchase of an eBay coin unless you know the dealer to be reputable):</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/board/index.php?topic=18502.0" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/board/index.php?topic=18502.0" rel="nofollow">Forum Ancient Coins &quot;Notorious Fake Sellers List&quot;</a></p><p><a href="http://augustuscoins.com/ed/fakesellers.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://augustuscoins.com/ed/fakesellers.html" rel="nofollow">Warren Esty&#039;s (CoinTalk&#039;s @Valentinian) list of disreputable sellers</a></p><p><br /></p><p>...</p><p><br /></p><p>The best online resource for learning about and attributing coins of the Ptolomaic empire is The PtolemAE Project:&nbsp; <a href="http://ptolemybronze.com/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://ptolemybronze.com/" rel="nofollow">http://ptolemybronze.com/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>The best online resource for coins with &quot;man-faced bull&quot; iconography is <a href="https://manfacedbulls.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://manfacedbulls.wordpress.com/" rel="nofollow">https://manfacedbulls.wordpress.com/</a>.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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