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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;AncientJoe, post: 1806249, member: 44357&quot;]medoraman: I agree that there are always buyers for any coin, and a &#039;F&#039; or lower example is still perfectly fine - that&#039;s not what I&#039;m critiquing (as I said to look for quality coins for their type and grade, even if that grade is low; you most definitely don&#039;t have to spend even $50/year to have a significant amount of fun collecting ancients, and indeed, that&#039;s what I did for the first 10 years of my ancient coin collecting).</p><p><br /></p><p>But, I would still <b>never </b>buy a coin sight-unseen, even for $6 or $0.06, no matter who described it. For how easy it is to take a picture (especially because everyone has a camera in their phone now) or put a dozen coins on a flatbed scanner, and how inexpensive it is to host pictures online, even the cheaper sellers should be able to show them - if they spent the time describing a coin, they can snap a picture. Going back a handful of years, I agree that images would be more of a luxury, but not today. Worst case, just wait until the next show comes around and dig through some bargain bins - then you get to see more coins overall and pick which ones you really like.</p><p><br /></p><p>As someone who has bought many US coins, there have been many coins graded by PCGS and CAC&#039;d which I honestly would never want to own at any price, and the same is much more relevant for ancients.</p><p><br /></p><p>I am firm in this belief because I&#039;ve been nearly burned on coins that experienced dealers described as fantastic which ended up being the antithesis of something I would want in my collection when I saw them. If I don&#039;t like something the first time I see it, no amount of cognitive dissonance is going to change that.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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