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<p>[QUOTE="medoraman, post: 1683888, member: 26302"]Spectacular coin. </p><p><br /></p><p>While we know why these coins are on the market, I do find it interesting also how hoards appear from time to time. Heck, I never used to see a quadrans with Herakles on the obverse, and a boar reverse, but there are like 6 for sale right now on Ebay. However, in a few months when these are gone, it will be a rare coin again.</p><p><br /></p><p>Best you can do is remember a rare coin is rare, buy them when you can. All hoards get dispersed and become rare again. Heck, my first CICF they had gold Koson coins EVERYWHERE. Literally every dealer had them the hoard was so large. They were selling for around $500 or less. Today that is a $2000 coin if you can find one. Even this small little silver coin I like to buy from Colchis, (a friend lives where the ancient town was), is a terrifically scarce coin today, yet I read they found a hoard so huge 100 years ago they used them for shotgun filling for a while!</p><p><br /></p><p>So, like I said, buy what you can buy, WHEN you can buy it. Way too many people see a hoard and think, "well those are common coins, I will buy one someday when I get around to it". The market absorbs them, then you cannot find them for sale anywhere. I could write pages on all of the coins I have seen hoards hit the market and I meant to buy one and missed it. I never said I am good at this, just offering advice I wish I would take more myself as well. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie3" alt=":(" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="medoraman, post: 1683888, member: 26302"]Spectacular coin. While we know why these coins are on the market, I do find it interesting also how hoards appear from time to time. Heck, I never used to see a quadrans with Herakles on the obverse, and a boar reverse, but there are like 6 for sale right now on Ebay. However, in a few months when these are gone, it will be a rare coin again. Best you can do is remember a rare coin is rare, buy them when you can. All hoards get dispersed and become rare again. Heck, my first CICF they had gold Koson coins EVERYWHERE. Literally every dealer had them the hoard was so large. They were selling for around $500 or less. Today that is a $2000 coin if you can find one. Even this small little silver coin I like to buy from Colchis, (a friend lives where the ancient town was), is a terrifically scarce coin today, yet I read they found a hoard so huge 100 years ago they used them for shotgun filling for a while! So, like I said, buy what you can buy, WHEN you can buy it. Way too many people see a hoard and think, "well those are common coins, I will buy one someday when I get around to it". The market absorbs them, then you cannot find them for sale anywhere. I could write pages on all of the coins I have seen hoards hit the market and I meant to buy one and missed it. I never said I am good at this, just offering advice I wish I would take more myself as well. :([/QUOTE]
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