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<p>[QUOTE="IdesOfMarch01, post: 3180066, member: 39084"]I've always found the VCoins website (<a href="http://www.vcoins.com" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.vcoins.com" rel="nofollow">www.vcoins.com</a>) to be a reasonable place to look for most types of coins, and in addition, the (retail) pricing is part of the search results you'll get when looking for particular coins, or types of coins. These coins are guaranteed authentic, so if somehow a coin you purchased from a VCoins dealer is later shown to be counterfeit, you can get your purchase price refunded.</p><p><br /></p><p>There is no similar guarantee from EBay sellers, and for this reason alone both experience and caution are recommended traits if you really want to gamble on purchases from EBay dealers.</p><p><br /></p><p>On a different note, everyone here was a beginner in this hobby at some point. There are many areas of ancient coin collecting in which I'm still a beginner, and I personally don't mind being regarded as a beginner in these areas. If someone were to ask or label me as such in a post on this site, I would simply acknowledge the accuracy of that observation and ask for information to further my education in areas where I'm still learning. It's very, very rare for collectors on this site to be purposely or inadvertently rude, so I'd encourage you to move forward with your questions and take advantage of the education that's provided from the wealth of knowledge you'll find here.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="IdesOfMarch01, post: 3180066, member: 39084"]I've always found the VCoins website ([URL='http://www.vcoins.com']www.vcoins.com[/URL]) to be a reasonable place to look for most types of coins, and in addition, the (retail) pricing is part of the search results you'll get when looking for particular coins, or types of coins. These coins are guaranteed authentic, so if somehow a coin you purchased from a VCoins dealer is later shown to be counterfeit, you can get your purchase price refunded. There is no similar guarantee from EBay sellers, and for this reason alone both experience and caution are recommended traits if you really want to gamble on purchases from EBay dealers. On a different note, everyone here was a beginner in this hobby at some point. There are many areas of ancient coin collecting in which I'm still a beginner, and I personally don't mind being regarded as a beginner in these areas. If someone were to ask or label me as such in a post on this site, I would simply acknowledge the accuracy of that observation and ask for information to further my education in areas where I'm still learning. It's very, very rare for collectors on this site to be purposely or inadvertently rude, so I'd encourage you to move forward with your questions and take advantage of the education that's provided from the wealth of knowledge you'll find here.[/QUOTE]
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