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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;IdesOfMarch01, post: 1597430, member: 39084&quot;]In my personal experience, the most thorough and possibly the fastest way to learn about good prices on ancient coins (and my definition of &quot;ancient&quot; is any coin older than 1,000 years) is to use the Internet and visit dozens of different dealers who are offering those coins for sale.&nbsp; As has been previously suggested in this forum, the VCoins site is an EXCELLENT source of ancient coin dealers and prices:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.vcoins.com/en/stores/ancient/Default.aspx" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.vcoins.com/en/stores/ancient/Default.aspx" rel="nofollow">http://www.vcoins.com/en/stores/ancient/Default.aspx</a></p><p><br /></p><p>You can spend, literally, DAYS browsing each individual dealer&#039;s site to see what coins they offer and compare competitive prices for coins in which you&#039;re interested.&nbsp; Also, these dealers are less likely to knowingly deal in fakes and counterfeits, so you have some measure of protection against purchasing a counterfeit coin.&nbsp; In addition, you can search ALL dealers in this site for a specific ancient coin (e.g., &quot;Caligula denarius&quot;) if you want to narrow your search or explore a specific ancient period.</p><p><br /></p><p>Next, I would suggest NOT buying on EBay until you&#039;ve searched the VCoins site to see if any VCoins dealers have the equivalent coin that&#039;s being auctioned on EBay.&nbsp; If you find one on VCoins, the probability is that the dealer&#039;s coin will be lower in price, or better in quality, or both.&nbsp; I have found this to be especially true for higher-priced ancients, where the EBay price seems to be 100% - 300% higher than what the coin is worth, and the condition of the coin is usually vastly overstated on EBay.</p><p><br /></p><p>Additional research can be done on the Ancient Coin Search Engine site, acsearch.info, at</p><p>&nbsp;<a href="http://www.acsearch.info" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.acsearch.info" rel="nofollow"></a></p><p><a href="http://www.acsearch.info" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.acsearch.info" rel="nofollow">www.acsearch.info</a>. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>You simply type a description of the coin (e.g., &quot;Claudius aureus imper recept&quot;) into the search box and hit return.&nbsp; This site will give you extensive lists of coins matching your description THAT HAVE BEEN SOLD AT PREVIOUS AUCTIONS.&nbsp; You can refine your search with additional descriptors, or narrow your search to specific auctions.&nbsp; One thing to be aware of is that acsearch.info will generally give you much more highly priced coins than VCoins will, since coins that are sold at auction tend to be better coins or rarer coins that command higher prices that can only be attained via well-know auction houses.&nbsp; When using this site, keep in mind that the final auction price of a coin does NOT include the buyer&#039;s premium, which is typically 15% - 20%.&nbsp; Thus, a coin that auctions for $1,000 will typically cost the buyer $1,150 - $1,200 plus shipping.</p><p><br /></p><p>Good luck![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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