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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ambr0zie, post: 8258377, member: 80952&quot;]I am a bottom feeder. </p><p>My most expensive ancient coin is a Julia Titi dupondius (120 EUR+ fees). Being Julia Titi, it&#039;s obvious the coin is not in excellent condition.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1456166[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>But it pretty much depends on what you want and what you can afford. </p><p>I pay a lot (for my income) on coins and I will stop at least for a while as I have other priorities but I also feel my urge to buy new coins has decreased a lot. I am happy with my collection and I managed to add most of my targets. </p><p><br /></p><p>Collecting means buying what you like and what you afford. </p><p>I was discussing with a collector who told me &quot;you <b>need</b> to add an Otho&quot;. </p><p>I think that a collector doesn&#039;t <b>need</b> to add anything. Especially in ancients where the number of coins to choose is huge. If I <b>want </b>to add one, I will see. </p><p>Rather than paying 300 EUR for a very modest coin of Otho I would prefer 5 denarii from common emperors or Republican or Greek or Provincials, but coins I <b>like. </b></p><p><br /></p><p>My advice would be simple - if you see a coin and you like it and it fits your budget, buy it. If you see one that you like but you feel it&#039;s expensive (either an expensive type or a high price due to a bidding war) skip it. If you see a coin and your first thought is &quot;I want this type but slightly better&quot; make sure you get it with a low price. </p><p>I have some coins in very modest conditions (well, for an exigent collector probably 90% of my coins are like this). But I made sure the price is also ... modest and when I browse my album, I look at them with the same pleasure like for better coins.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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