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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Drusus, post: 661554, member: 6370&quot;]certainly you can...most people don&#039;t even know what an Aureus is let alone are looking to buy one but their price is often in the 5 digits, far far far more expensive than the gold value. Rare Late Roman Bronzes, Denarius, etc... that might look like a 5 dollar common coin, if they are rare...can fetch astronomical prices and again...a good majority of coin collectors wouldnt know what the coin is, let alone that it is rare...but they still get high price tags on rarity alone. A rare Eid Mar (a coin most people have no clue about) is worth 6 figures if not 7...there arent a lot of people out there who know what it is let alone looking to buy one but all the same, on rarity alone, they are probably one of the most expensive coins.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>From my experience you can almost count notgeld collectors on one hand but there are still rare examples of those usually cheap coins on sale with a price tag in the thousands.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Like I said, its not that simple. Demand certainly plays a big part, as does rarity and the way people collect and the type of coin you are collecting and how that group of collectors approach the hobby. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I just saw a case on a forum the other day where a coin probably not worth much more that 10 was selling for something like 60 dollars because it was slabbed with a high grade and had a sticker on it that had a price like 80 dollars...so people bought a 10 dollar coin for 60 thinking they got a great slabbed and grade 80 dolalr coin for 60!! </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>To simply say demand is everything is a gross simplification IMO. Then again, I who am I to disagree with YOU.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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