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Message:: [QUOTE="AussieCollector, post: 3700300, member: 81093"]In answer to the original question, I think it depends on the coin, and it depends on how patient you are to liquidate. And even if you can make your money back, it's not really an investment so much as it is somewhere to hold your money. In terms of coins that will hold their value, any antique gold coin of ~90% or more purity, can be bought for bullion value (+a small margin), is indeed an investment (e.g. sovereigns, francs, guilders, Mark's, and so forth from around 1900). Same goes for silver, including so called "junk silver". But in relation to ancients, perhaps less so - unless you purchase highly collectibles at a good price at auction of whatever, including gold staters, aureus, solidi, and so forth. A denarius from a well known emperor would also consistently command a high price, along with well known tetradrachms, drachma, and so forth. Regardless, if you want to liquidate quickly, you'll lose money. But if you're patient, you'll probably make money.[/QUOTE]