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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Drusus, post: 443876, member: 6370&quot;]I have had to buy coins for more than they are worth because regardless what Krause says (or other price guides)...they just arent easily found in good condition. For instance notgeld...I cannot find notgeld in my area shops and very few are at coin shows. This means I go to ebay or a foriegn dealer. On ebay, these coins are like no others and many are very interesting oddities so people will pay well over the book worth...buying them from the very few dealers who sell them means shipping that will AT LEAST bump the coin price a few bucks...and often they are simply more expensive then the price guide would suggest. I find this with a lot of dealers.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>One thing that is good is to find a dealer from the country of the coin you are buying and see about bulk shipping if they have multiple coins you are willing to buy...I got real cheap coins from norway by buying them from a dealer in norway...same with coins from iceland and germany. In the end values are suggestions and depend more on how many there are available, in what condition, and where.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I buy coins on the same criteria...portraits and also artistic merit...I will use the price guide as just that, a guide...if the coin in a certain condition is a bit over the price in the guide, I will still buy it if I want it...but if it is way higher...I will wait. I try to buy coins that are at least hovering around (less or more) guide price.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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