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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Victor_Clark, post: 362157, member: 10613&quot;]Some sell for so low because they are as common as the dirt that they are found buried in! There is also, for which I am thankful, not that large a market or interest in ancients. In the U.S., the <i>Celator</i>, the journal of ancient and medieval coinage, only has about 2,000 subscribers. Ancients are also not easy to collect because there is a bit of a learning curve.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Not all ancients sell cheaply, though. In the modern coin market a common cent might sell for a cheap price. The ancients that sell for little are the equivalent of the common modern coins, with high mintages, that are worth little or nothing. Ancient coin prices run the gamut from cheap to &quot;yikes, my wife is going to kill me&quot;!</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The old saying is often true, though-- you get what you pay for. If you pay a couple bucks for an ancient coin, the chances are that it is only worth a couple bucks-- or less.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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