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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 683544, member: 19463&quot;]VCoins has a search function that can be pretty educational and fun.</p><p><a href="http://search2.vcoins.com/search.aspx" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://search2.vcoins.com/search.aspx" rel="nofollow">http://search2.vcoins.com/search.aspx</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Check only the ancient box.&nbsp; At the bottom, enter a price range.&nbsp; 0 and 50 will work giving coins under $50.&nbsp; It will require you to put in something to search for and I suggest you try some common words that will narrow it down a bit (Roman, AR, AE).&nbsp; I searched on the letter &#039;a&#039; and got 10,000 coins so you might want to try to narrow it a bit more.&nbsp; &#039;Roman&#039; cut it down to 3000.&nbsp;&nbsp; When you go back to try a new search, be careful that your prices and checks have not reverted to the default (it tends to do that).&nbsp; When you see a coin that is sort of appealing, try a search that uses some words you found in that listing and see similar items but this time check the box requiring the results show all the words you selected. For example &#039;Probus horse&#039; will give a dozen similar coins of that emperor with a horse on the reverse.&nbsp; You will always get a few bad returns (like a coin over $50) but it works reasonably well.</p><p><br /></p><p>You will notice quickly that VCoins dealers vary a lot when it comes to price.&nbsp; Some $50 coins will be nasty compared to some $25 coins offered by another dealer.&nbsp; This is normal.&nbsp; Sometimes the expensive one is a rare type but more often it is just a matter of some dealers paid more for the coins and need to sell for more.&nbsp; Some expect to triple their money; others want to get rid of excess merchandise they bought five years ago and couldn&#039;t sell.&nbsp; Pick what you like at the price you want to pay.&nbsp; I often buy coins for $50 that I&#039;d have paid $100 to get and see others offered for $100 that I wouldn&#039;t take for $10.&nbsp; That is just the way the ancient coin market works.&nbsp; If your plan is to buy something you can resell immediately for a profit, look into another hobby.&nbsp; If you are looking for a coin that speaks to your sense of history, you are in the right place.</p><p><br /></p><p>Even if you buy nothing, playing with the search feature is a good way to see coins and get a feel for what is available.&nbsp; Each day their list of dealers rotates so the same ones don&#039;t come up first all the time (today they are in the R&#039;s). The fact that certain dealers come up first means nothing about their value.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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