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<p>[QUOTE="nerosmyfavorite68, post: 8262539, member: 134416"]Praefectus is the one from Canada, IIRC? I ordered there for the first time; an inexpensive Macrianus Alexandrian Tet. Very fast shipping!</p><p><br /></p><p>I've made many, many return trips to Forum and Incitatus Coins.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie100" alt=":wideyed:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie12" alt="o_O" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />High-ish prices? I'm cheaper than Jack Benny and I've not noticed that. </p><p><br /></p><p>I've only recently started ordering from London Ancient Coins. It's a teensy bit slower than France (probably a customs thing), but certainly not bad. The coins seem pretty reasonably priced.</p><p><br /></p><p>Numiscorner's somewhat terse descriptions on vcoins are somewhat irksome, but that's fairly small. I loved my coins and they were very modestly priced for such quality.</p><p><br /></p><p>I've not gotten around to ordering from David Connors, but I've heard really good things about him.</p><p><br /></p><p>I've freshly ordered from Biga. No idea how fast it will be, but I thought their wares were reasonably priced and nice.</p><p><br /></p><p>There used to be this dealer on vcoins, cgb.fr. They actually had a lot of stuff I was interested in, but like the Used Cars quote, "Their prices..."</p><p><br /></p><p>I've never ordered from the two firms who reportedly add desert patinas to the coins. There's been the occasional non-orange coin from the dealer in the far away and exotic land that I've been interested in, but I'm a little scared to order. I was mildly warned against them even a decade ago.</p><p><br /></p><p>I've also never gotten around to ordering from Sebastian Sondermann, mainly because I used to be intimidated by ordering overseas. He has a lot of interesting and quality stuff.</p><p><br /></p><p>Sphinx: I've bought some nice coins from them at coin shows.</p><p><br /></p><p>Pegasi: Ditto. I do recall a period on vcoins where I got the vibe that some of the offerings were worked on some. I could be very wrong. That was a while ago, though. I was very happy with my couple of coin buys. My favorite was a straight flip from Jon Kern.</p><p><br /></p><p>There was a period that I ordered a lot from ancientcoins.ca. I think that Dr. Fishman may have retired?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="nerosmyfavorite68, post: 8262539, member: 134416"]Praefectus is the one from Canada, IIRC? I ordered there for the first time; an inexpensive Macrianus Alexandrian Tet. Very fast shipping! I've made many, many return trips to Forum and Incitatus Coins. :wideyed:o_OHigh-ish prices? I'm cheaper than Jack Benny and I've not noticed that. I've only recently started ordering from London Ancient Coins. It's a teensy bit slower than France (probably a customs thing), but certainly not bad. The coins seem pretty reasonably priced. Numiscorner's somewhat terse descriptions on vcoins are somewhat irksome, but that's fairly small. I loved my coins and they were very modestly priced for such quality. I've not gotten around to ordering from David Connors, but I've heard really good things about him. I've freshly ordered from Biga. No idea how fast it will be, but I thought their wares were reasonably priced and nice. There used to be this dealer on vcoins, cgb.fr. They actually had a lot of stuff I was interested in, but like the Used Cars quote, "Their prices..." I've never ordered from the two firms who reportedly add desert patinas to the coins. There's been the occasional non-orange coin from the dealer in the far away and exotic land that I've been interested in, but I'm a little scared to order. I was mildly warned against them even a decade ago. I've also never gotten around to ordering from Sebastian Sondermann, mainly because I used to be intimidated by ordering overseas. He has a lot of interesting and quality stuff. Sphinx: I've bought some nice coins from them at coin shows. Pegasi: Ditto. I do recall a period on vcoins where I got the vibe that some of the offerings were worked on some. I could be very wrong. That was a while ago, though. I was very happy with my couple of coin buys. My favorite was a straight flip from Jon Kern. There was a period that I ordered a lot from ancientcoins.ca. I think that Dr. Fishman may have retired?[/QUOTE]
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