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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;IdesOfMarch01, post: 2908862, member: 39084&quot;]My perspective on this common question -- &quot;What is this ancient coin worth&quot; -- continues to be different from Doug&#039;s in most (but not all) circumstances. </p><p><br /></p><p>Specifically, for someone who has just discovered an ancient coin for the first time, it&#039;s almost reflexive to think two questions:</p><p><br /></p><p>1. Is this coin really genuine?</p><p>2. What&#039;s it worth?</p><p><br /></p><p>I fully understand the second question since, if you&#039;re new to ancients, your natural belief is that any coin that&#039;s 2000 years old must be rare and thus really valuable.&nbsp; You have no way of knowing that there are millions of surviving ancient coins from the billions that were minted.</p><p><br /></p><p>The circumstance under which I react the same as Doug is when it&#039;s clear that the poster knows at least a little about ancient coins and is looking for free help so that the coin can be sold on EBay or elsewhere.&nbsp; Even under these circumstances, I understand the nature of the question, but this being a collectors&#039; site, I&#039;m not really inclined to respond to such posts.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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