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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2907012, member: 19463&quot;]We will all have opinions on &#039;tips&#039; and coins.&nbsp; Some will be quite different depending on the source.&nbsp; I read the 101 thread and, quite honestly, consider many of the tips more harmful than helpful and I wondered where these experts got their ideas.&nbsp; Then I realized that 101 was on Coin Chat and did not apply to collecting ancients.&nbsp; I do not know if they were better for moderns since I stopped collecting modern coins about the same time they stopped putting silver in silver coins.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>ro1974 posted a suggested Sasanian which may be a good buy in Europe but seems a bit pricey by my Virginia standards.&nbsp; I don&#039;t know much about Missouri but I suspect everything there (houses, food, coins) are a bit different than from places like London and New York.&nbsp; We had a recent thread on the Baltimore show where someone mentioned having to pay more because the dealers were trying to offset the high cost of doing the show.&nbsp; One dealer told me it cost him $1400 last year (table, hotel, parking, restaurants etc.).&nbsp; I went to a small show where the table cost was $75 and the food of choice was delivery pizza.&nbsp; It does make a difference. </p><p><br /></p><p>Did anyone mention that those Sasanian silver drachms are large coins? They vary according to time period from roughly quarter to half dollar diameter.&nbsp; Many ancients in the under $35 range will be more dime size.&nbsp; Does that make a difference to you?&nbsp; My ancient collection includes coins from under 1/10 gram to 90 grams.&nbsp; I like them all.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>It was mentioned that many Sasanian coins have mint names and dates (regnal years).&nbsp; The thin flans of some cause one or the other of these to be weak on some coins and those coins should sell for less than fully identifiable specimens.&nbsp; They still might be of interest.&nbsp; Well over half the coins you will see will be that one king Khusro II (spelled/transliterated many different ways).&nbsp; Some have chipped edges or other faults (and cheaper if they do).&nbsp; I agree it would be a good first ancient but only if you consider them &#039;ancient&#039;.&nbsp; Many people will want only Greek or Roman from a few centuries earlier.&nbsp; I like them but I like many old coins that are beneath the notice of many collectors.&nbsp; Your job now is a tough decision.&nbsp; What would you like?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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