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<p>[QUOTE="otlichnik, post: 5361162, member: 109731"]I don't really buy many coins these days.</p><p><br /></p><p>I spent 2010-2015 living in Europe in a place with a lot of ancients coins for sale. I did win a few lots at in-person auctions during that time and bought some coins from stores, but I bought most of my coins in less formal settings, as is common in places in Europe with a high volume of collectors and dealers.</p><p><br /></p><p>While there were the foreign scam-artists regularly at famous flea markets, there were also a lot of legitimate local dealers and traders at smaller weekly markets, a regular circuit of large numismatic shows and regular (often weekly) meetings of collectors who swapped and sold stuff to each other. Interestingly there are many dealers on vcoins and MA Coins who don't have bricks and mortar shops and simply look like "one of the gang" at these shows and meets - but clearly work their online presence.</p><p><br /></p><p>In a typical week I would search through various piles, boxes and bins of coins, handling literally thousands of coins and usually picking out a few dozen. It was heaven. It was also financially untenable. I knew I would never live in such an environment again - coin-wise - and so bought a lot of coins with the oath to curtail my spending after I moved back to N America.</p><p><br /></p><p>So over the last five years I have instead concentrated on things like cleaning, identifying, and labelling the coins I have. And general numismatic research. And this comes after my job (several years yet to retirement) and family. </p><p><br /></p><p>Long winded explanation as to why I buy little now. </p><p><br /></p><p>This year I bought a few coins from Frank Robinson and a few form various dealers at the London Coin Fair, which I was lucky enough to visit, just before COVID hit the West. I have purchased several books online - from amazon, Spink, and, again Frank Robinson. </p><p><br /></p><p>In addition, I have bought a large number of Chinese and Vietnamese cash coins from a couple of Far Eastern dealers. (Low value - I am not a high end collector.) I have collected Chinese coins since 2008 and was always very cautious given the prevalence of fakes - which I saw in person in Beijing. I have been lucky to have been referred to trustworthy dealers by more experienced collectors.</p><p><br /></p><p>SC[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="otlichnik, post: 5361162, member: 109731"]I don't really buy many coins these days. I spent 2010-2015 living in Europe in a place with a lot of ancients coins for sale. I did win a few lots at in-person auctions during that time and bought some coins from stores, but I bought most of my coins in less formal settings, as is common in places in Europe with a high volume of collectors and dealers. While there were the foreign scam-artists regularly at famous flea markets, there were also a lot of legitimate local dealers and traders at smaller weekly markets, a regular circuit of large numismatic shows and regular (often weekly) meetings of collectors who swapped and sold stuff to each other. Interestingly there are many dealers on vcoins and MA Coins who don't have bricks and mortar shops and simply look like "one of the gang" at these shows and meets - but clearly work their online presence. In a typical week I would search through various piles, boxes and bins of coins, handling literally thousands of coins and usually picking out a few dozen. It was heaven. It was also financially untenable. I knew I would never live in such an environment again - coin-wise - and so bought a lot of coins with the oath to curtail my spending after I moved back to N America. So over the last five years I have instead concentrated on things like cleaning, identifying, and labelling the coins I have. And general numismatic research. And this comes after my job (several years yet to retirement) and family. Long winded explanation as to why I buy little now. This year I bought a few coins from Frank Robinson and a few form various dealers at the London Coin Fair, which I was lucky enough to visit, just before COVID hit the West. I have purchased several books online - from amazon, Spink, and, again Frank Robinson. In addition, I have bought a large number of Chinese and Vietnamese cash coins from a couple of Far Eastern dealers. (Low value - I am not a high end collector.) I have collected Chinese coins since 2008 and was always very cautious given the prevalence of fakes - which I saw in person in Beijing. I have been lucky to have been referred to trustworthy dealers by more experienced collectors. SC[/QUOTE]
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