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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 942711, member: 19463&quot;]A lot of what you pay for ancients depends on how set you are to have a particular coin.&nbsp; If you decide that your next coin will be a certain thing and you will pay what you must to get it, you will probably pay top dollar.&nbsp; If, however, you look at what is available for a reasonable price and select something that you would not mind having, you can do better.&nbsp; Some dealers at shows have a half price box where they put things that for some reason did not sell at their original price and they want to get rid of it to free up the cash to buy more popular stuff.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>If you are hoping to make money on coins you will probably do better buying a few very expensive coins of people you have heard of (Julius Caesar) but I have more fun with junk that will never sell to anyone but cost me the same as a fast food meal.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I offered opinions on the matter on a page I did back in 2001.&nbsp; Today the prices are higher (perhaps 50% more???) but the concept is still valid.&nbsp; Buy what you want but want what you buy.</p><p><a href="http://dougsmith.ancients.info/acmshow.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://dougsmith.ancients.info/acmshow.html" rel="nofollow">http://dougsmith.ancients.info/acmshow.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>At the last show I attended I bought coins ranging from $5 to $40.&nbsp; There are a couple in the $10 range I wish I had left behind but the overall experience was a good day.&nbsp; $25 to $100 will get you a good variety of decent looking coins.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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