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<p>[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 4192373, member: 19463"]Sicily has quite a range including some that would buy a small herd of Kobe Beef. To stay in my price range (less than yours from what you have shown), I have several possibilities.</p><p>1. If silver, then small. Dekadrachms are very expensive. Tetradrachms are expensive. Tiny fractions can be reasonable unless...... see #2.</p><p><br /></p><p>2. High grade coins cost more....much more. I prefer the four mid grade examples to one high grade coin. svessien above showed a coin like mine but his was very high grade. Mine is not. My coin's price used two digits; his did not (I suspect). I do not define my coin as absolute garbage but some here most certainly would. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1076234[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>3. Avoid great rarities; stick to the common and unpopular. Specialists want rare coins. Collectors seeking a typical example can avoid bidding wars for rarities and concentrate on finding a decent looking but common coin. This bronze from Syracuse is probably the most common coin seen from there. It is not high grade but still has legible legend naming the issuing ruler (Hieron). </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1076243[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 4192373, member: 19463"]Sicily has quite a range including some that would buy a small herd of Kobe Beef. To stay in my price range (less than yours from what you have shown), I have several possibilities. 1. If silver, then small. Dekadrachms are very expensive. Tetradrachms are expensive. Tiny fractions can be reasonable unless...... see #2. 2. High grade coins cost more....much more. I prefer the four mid grade examples to one high grade coin. svessien above showed a coin like mine but his was very high grade. Mine is not. My coin's price used two digits; his did not (I suspect). I do not define my coin as absolute garbage but some here most certainly would. [ATTACH=full]1076234[/ATTACH] 3. Avoid great rarities; stick to the common and unpopular. Specialists want rare coins. Collectors seeking a typical example can avoid bidding wars for rarities and concentrate on finding a decent looking but common coin. This bronze from Syracuse is probably the most common coin seen from there. It is not high grade but still has legible legend naming the issuing ruler (Hieron). [ATTACH=full]1076243[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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