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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Paul M., post: 2642431, member: 73165&quot;]You mean the one in South San Francisco this weekend?&nbsp; Did you go yesterday and see Musa Numismatic Art?&nbsp; Glenn has a lot of nice coins at fair (retail) prices, and he&#039;s always good for a chat about ancient coins.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>That is a great score for $30. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>It has a really nice portrait, though, and a lot of people looking for a Balbinus will mostly care about the portrait.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Investment?&nbsp; I don&#039;t go to coin shows to buy stocks.&nbsp; I got to buy coins.&nbsp; And, while I certainly hope my coins will go up in value after I buy them, I don&#039;t particularly want coins as a whole to go up in price dramatically, because that means I&#039;ll be able to afford fewer of them. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie7" alt=":p" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>If you&#039;re thinking of coins as an investment, unless you&#039;re a dealer, you&#039;re pretty much doing it wrong.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I would pick the top coin.&nbsp; I prefer the portrait on that one to the other, although the second one does have full legends.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>If anything, I&#039;ve found ancients and world coin dealers to be friendlier as a whole than US dealers.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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