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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;medoraman, post: 1683880, member: 26302&quot;]I think the best data would be price appreciation history. Looking even at ancients, common high grade Alexandrian Tets and Athenian Owls have appreciated at a much higher rate than stuff I collect in the 15 years I have been collecting ancients. Most any collector who has been collecting any length of time will tell you the same. A really nice owl used to be $300-500 15 years ago. Today for a really nice one you are starting at $2000. Any catalog comparison, like comparing a Triton I to a Triton XII, would show this.</p><p><br /></p><p>I find it a function of many more people wish to buy a few &quot;pretty&quot; coins and call themselves a coin collector. Those who can appreciate the specialness of Marshall&#039;s coin are numismatists. I am not trying to compare myself to Marshall, but I consider parts of my collection more &quot;numismatic&quot; than typical, like my ugly Central Asian pieces, and Ostrogothic coins. </p><p><br /></p><p>Basically, if someone studies and collects rarities available, and knows much more about the coin than what the TPG graded it at, and what its &quot;value&quot; is, then I consider them a numismatist. While I love my coin collecting brothers and sisters, I simply appreciate and understand more the pursuit of a numismatist. I have said it before, if I got back into US coins, early coppers and colonials is where I believe I would be. Its the closest to ancient collecting.</p><p><br /></p><p>Having said that, I just a few moments ago set up some snipes for world coins simply because I found them &quot;pretty&quot;. Lol, one cannot be &quot;serious&quot; all of the time. <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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