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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;IdesOfMarch01, post: 3913418, member: 39084&quot;]It took me less than 60 seconds to research and find the 2016 auction sale of the Caligula sestertius listed by the EBay seller, including its price (although the hammer price required having a subscription to that service, without which I would have had to research the price on the auctioneer&#039;s website).</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m not a collector of modern coins but I would be surprised if you could find equally useful information on a particular type of modern coin in less than 60 seconds.</p><p><br /></p><p>As for &quot;...mintage numbers, good conditions for the most part, expectations of what a mint state coin looks like...&quot; this data is considerably less useful for collecting ancients since genuine ancient coins are essentially unique (when it comes to condition) and hence a collector&#039;s purchase evaluation is generally made based on the <i>specific</i> coin, not the general <i>type</i> of coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>My intention here is to help you understand that your initial impression of the ancient coin market, summarized by your observation &quot;...all the things we take for granted with moderns... none or very few exist for Ancients.&quot; is actually not true.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Collecting ancient coins is very, very different from collecting modern coins, and your expectations and approach to collecting ancients cannot be simply an extension of your experience in collecting modern coins.&nbsp; The good news is that the Internet provides a very large amount of useful (and some not-so-useful) information, starting with this site, and you can learn very quickly (depending on your level of effort and interest).&nbsp; If you do decide to start collecting ancients, you&#039;ll get more than sufficient support here to help you avoid any rookie mistakes.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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