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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Valentinian, post: 1918871, member: 44316&quot;]Does anyone else wonder if Byzantine copper coins really sell at prices asked on vcoins and US eBay?&nbsp; Yesterday I used this search engine</p><p><a href="http://www.holdinghistorycoins.com/coinwall/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.holdinghistorycoins.com/coinwall/" rel="nofollow">http://www.holdinghistorycoins.com/coinwall/</a></p><p>to find Byzantine coins on eBay. It yielded about 5000 current photos, not all of which were actually Byzantine coins, but most were. Few were unusual in any way, either condition or scarcity. Nevertheless, most prices began at $29 or $49 and many were far higher. </p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; I infer that we should not regard US eBay as primarily an auction site, rather a place to list coins at high--effectively fixed--prices. Then, if a potential buyer, or another seller, looks around to see what coins are &quot;worth&quot;, the typical high list prices may make everyone feel &quot;That is what they cost.&quot; It may be what they cost, but does anyone buy them?&nbsp; </p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; There is a vcoins seller with many nice Byzantine coppers who seems to think any reasonable Byzantine copper is worth 59 euros or more. I don&#039;t agree. I wonder if they just sit there waiting for non-existent customers. </p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; I have a page of Byzantine coins:</p><p><a href="http://augustusmath.hypermart.net/Byzantine.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://augustusmath.hypermart.net/Byzantine.html" rel="nofollow">http://augustusmath.hypermart.net/Byzantine.html</a></p><p>The rate at which they sell indicates to me that eBay Byzantine coppers are almost all significantly overpriced compared to a level at which they have a good chance of actually selling. </p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; If you collect Byzantine coins, you must have an opinion about coin prices. I ask those of you with an interest in Byzantine coins, do you think current asking prices reflect an active market?</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; --&nbsp; Warren[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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