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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 3542780, member: 56859&quot;]I agree <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.</p><p><br /></p><p>There could be many interpretations for that data set, and any interpretation is going to require a bunch of assumptions.&nbsp; Perhaps over the time shown that was more lower quality material available, or conversely, a lack of higher quality material.&nbsp; It might be useful to correlate those numbers with the volume of coins for those same years.</p><p><br /></p><p>A positive spin might be that there are so many more new ancient coin collectors (thanks to the internet and online auctions!) that auction houses are having to add lower quality and therefore lower priced lots to satisfy this new segment of the market.</p><p><br /></p><p>Actually, I&#039;m not sure that is a positive spin for me personally because it would just mean more competition, and already in my short collecting span I&#039;ve observed the price of provincials increasing, or so it seems.&nbsp; Maybe provincials are just trendy right now.&nbsp; Maybe [USER=103829]@Jochen1[/USER], [USER=75937]@Roman Collector[/USER], myself, and others should stop showing everyone how interesting they are <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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