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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;medoraman, post: 1597477, member: 26302&quot;]One other bit of advice about ancients. We are not NEARLY so condition conscience as US collectors. Yes, we might want to buy VF coins, but a gF if a nice coin is acceptable. A VF+ is ok, but we aren&#039;t going to get terribly excited about it, especially if its a common coin. You may not be able to tell from my poor photos, but at least the Gordian III&#039;s were nice VF+ to XF coins. To me they are a yawn, since they are common, but I did buy them simply because they were cheap for nice coins. </p><p><br /></p><p>I guess my point is we are much more interested in what the coin IS, not its condition. Except for a few dealers who came over from US collecting, you will not hear the words &quot;condition census&quot;, or &quot;rare in this grade&quot; in ancients. We deal with REAL rarities, and while its nice to have it in a nice grade, we are not like US numismatics where a 63 morgan might be worth $40, but a 66 is worth $2000. Here, a nice VF might be worth $50, and a FDC, (our highest grade), of the same coin might be $200. Might be, might be only $100 if its a really common coin. </p><p><br /></p><p>See the difference? To us, the coin is worth the most money, and makes it the most valuable, NEVER the condition. One of the many reasons I love ancients more than US coins now. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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