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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 2684348, member: 56859&quot;][USER=84384]@MerlinAurelius[/USER], I think you would benefit from some reading before choosing one of these coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s a good overview:&nbsp; <a href="http://athenianowlcoins.reidgold.com/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://athenianowlcoins.reidgold.com/" rel="nofollow">http://athenianowlcoins.reidgold.com/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Once you&#039;ve decided on a general era/style (archaic, classical, intermediate style, new style, imitation, and subcategories of some of these), you might want to study archives to get a feel for price for each of these general types (bearing in mind relative condition).&nbsp; In general, the archaic and classical are more expensive than the intermediate style and new style coins and seem to be more desirable.</p><p><br /></p><p>A very useful database is <a href="https://www.cngcoins.com/Coins_sold.aspx" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cngcoins.com/Coins_sold.aspx" rel="nofollow">CNG&#039;s archives</a>.&nbsp; Also very handy, although requiring a paid subscription to see hammer prices, is <a href="https://www.acsearch.info/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/" rel="nofollow">ACsearch</a>.&nbsp; <a href="https://www.vcoins.com/en/Default.aspx" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.vcoins.com/en/Default.aspx" rel="nofollow">Vcoins</a> is&nbsp; a good place to shop for fixed price coins.&nbsp; Keep in mind that you&#039;ll generally pay more for the convenience of buying it now when purchasing from a fixed price seller.&nbsp; Many of them purchase their inventory in the same auctions in which non-dealer collectors participate.</p><p><br /></p><p>Speaking of those auctions, <a href="https://www.numisbids.com/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.numisbids.com/" rel="nofollow">Numisbids</a> and <a href="https://www.sixbid.com/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.sixbid.com/" rel="nofollow">Sixbid</a> are auction aggregators and are a good place to search for upcoming auction coins of interest.</p><p><br /></p><p>Also, keep in mind that posting currently for sale coins here on a public forum can be risky.&nbsp; You might bring it to the attention of someone else who is in the market for the type.&nbsp; It is best to refrain from posting upcoming auction coins because other CoinTalk members might be planning a bid and might not appreciate the attention.&nbsp; The flip side is that if someone posts a for-auction coin and a different member wins it, it might look like the winner &quot;stole&quot; it from the poster, even if the winner had been planning a bid before the poster showed it.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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