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<p>[QUOTE="Sallent, post: 3523941, member: 76194"]True! Julius Caesar denarii and Mark Antony denarii, and the Tiberius "tribute penny" are also on the same boat. Way overpriced for the availability. And I'm certainly guilty of paying way too much for some of those coins...like most others.</p><p><br /></p><p>But they are just so beautiful...who cares if they are a dime a dozen and overpriced.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie100" alt=":wideyed:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie101" alt=":woot:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]935875[/ATTACH]</p><p>* 21 on vcoins as we speak, and dozens more listed on sale online. But $500 seems to be the price of a good one, despite them being as common as dirt.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]935877[/ATTACH]</p><p>*46 tribute pennies on vcoins as we speak, and I can find dozens more in each coin auction each week. But good luck getting one under $400 in XF condition despite there being a boatload of them.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]935878[/ATTACH]</p><p>*8 Julius Caesar lifetime portraits on vcoins as we speak...plus each of my regular online dealers has at least 2-3 in stock on their websites...and most auctions will typically have at least 1-2 listed. But for some reason you can't buy one under $1000 even though they are readily available everywhere.</p><p><br /></p><p>But yeah, you are right....the worst offender is this coin...</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]935881[/ATTACH]</p><p>*200+ on sale on vcoins, hundreds more in dealer websites online, and dozens in each auction lately, but you won't find any for sale for less than $500 (unless it's an absolute dog), and the early ones cost over $1000 even though they are just as common as the rest. <u><b>For that reason the owl is the most over-hyped and overpriced coin there is </b></u>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Sallent, post: 3523941, member: 76194"]True! Julius Caesar denarii and Mark Antony denarii, and the Tiberius "tribute penny" are also on the same boat. Way overpriced for the availability. And I'm certainly guilty of paying way too much for some of those coins...like most others. But they are just so beautiful...who cares if they are a dime a dozen and overpriced.:wideyed::woot: [ATTACH=full]935875[/ATTACH] * 21 on vcoins as we speak, and dozens more listed on sale online. But $500 seems to be the price of a good one, despite them being as common as dirt. [ATTACH=full]935877[/ATTACH] *46 tribute pennies on vcoins as we speak, and I can find dozens more in each coin auction each week. But good luck getting one under $400 in XF condition despite there being a boatload of them. [ATTACH=full]935878[/ATTACH] *8 Julius Caesar lifetime portraits on vcoins as we speak...plus each of my regular online dealers has at least 2-3 in stock on their websites...and most auctions will typically have at least 1-2 listed. But for some reason you can't buy one under $1000 even though they are readily available everywhere. But yeah, you are right....the worst offender is this coin... [ATTACH=full]935881[/ATTACH] *200+ on sale on vcoins, hundreds more in dealer websites online, and dozens in each auction lately, but you won't find any for sale for less than $500 (unless it's an absolute dog), and the early ones cost over $1000 even though they are just as common as the rest. [U][B]For that reason the owl is the most over-hyped and overpriced coin there is [/B][/U][/QUOTE]
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