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<p>[QUOTE="ycon, post: 4966054, member: 91771"]almost all the major world and ancient coin auctions are listed on the auction aggregators: numisbids, sixbid, biddr, and bidinside. These sites also allow you to set up wantlists so you get notifications when matches appear.</p><p><br /></p><p>There's a lot of overlap between the listings on the four sites. With the exception of the auction houses Lanz and Emporium Hamburg, which are both notorious for peddling fakes (you can search the archives here for more details) the firms that list on those sites are pretty much all reputable and have enough eyes on them that the chances of any accidental fakes getting spotted and removed are high.</p><p><br /></p><p>The most interesting coins and the best deals are nearly always found in auctions, so I highly recommend you branching out beyond ebay. </p><p> </p><p>A couple other pieces of advice: </p><p><br /></p><p>--don't put much (or really any) stock in auction estimates. They're usually set low to entice bids and have only minimal relation to the market value of the coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>--remember to factor in auction and shipping fees and currency conversion on top of what you bid when you're deciding your budget. I've seen firsthand how a coin you thought was going to be $250 ended up costing $500. </p><p><br /></p><p>--if you get to the point of bidding on coins in europe (where many of the best auctions are) you should pay using transferwise or a similar service that has much lower fees than bank transfers</p><p><br /></p><p>--Italy and some other countries have export restrictions which mean that coins need to get export licenses which can add months to the delivery time[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="ycon, post: 4966054, member: 91771"]almost all the major world and ancient coin auctions are listed on the auction aggregators: numisbids, sixbid, biddr, and bidinside. These sites also allow you to set up wantlists so you get notifications when matches appear. There's a lot of overlap between the listings on the four sites. With the exception of the auction houses Lanz and Emporium Hamburg, which are both notorious for peddling fakes (you can search the archives here for more details) the firms that list on those sites are pretty much all reputable and have enough eyes on them that the chances of any accidental fakes getting spotted and removed are high. The most interesting coins and the best deals are nearly always found in auctions, so I highly recommend you branching out beyond ebay. A couple other pieces of advice: --don't put much (or really any) stock in auction estimates. They're usually set low to entice bids and have only minimal relation to the market value of the coins. --remember to factor in auction and shipping fees and currency conversion on top of what you bid when you're deciding your budget. I've seen firsthand how a coin you thought was going to be $250 ended up costing $500. --if you get to the point of bidding on coins in europe (where many of the best auctions are) you should pay using transferwise or a similar service that has much lower fees than bank transfers --Italy and some other countries have export restrictions which mean that coins need to get export licenses which can add months to the delivery time[/QUOTE]
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