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Message:: [QUOTE="medoraman, post: 2123646, member: 26302"]Um, I have to disagree. I see coins across the board going up. Yes, lower grade items have not gone up as much, but are still double of what I paid 15 years ago, and even more important selection has gone down. Since the OP speaks specifically of Byzantine, I will speak of a few data points from the top of my head. A nice VF Justinian large follis, say year 12, used to be around $100 15 years ago. I thought that was high so only bought a couple. Well today try to find one under $250 or so. Same with his solidi. They used to go for $100-150 in 1998. Today they are around the $500 mark for a nice VF. Let's look at something more common like a Class A2 anonymous bronze in F. Lower grade coin, but somewhat popular. In F they are very common, and do not show any detail of Jesus' face. These used to be in dealer pick boxes for $10-15. Today, its a $40 coin. In VF they used to be $20-30 coins, today they are $100. So yes, really crummy LRB's, and some F-aVF exceedingly common LRB's have not gone up, but nearly everything else I see has. I would love Doug, Warren, or other long timers opinions as well. Maybe I am wrong and have just remembered incorrectly.[/QUOTE]