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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Terence Cheesman, post: 3135534, member: 86498&quot;]I think there is a fundamental difference in the collecting of ancient coins and modern coins. Most collectors of modern coins strive for completeness and while this is an almost impossible task given the insane amounts of money needed to buy the real rarities. The rare coins in most modern series are either errors, unpopular coins at the time where the majority were destroyed, minted for a very short time, or created by officials for rather dubious purposes. Thus the survival in rather small numbers determines both the desirability and therefore the price. In ancient coins, any attempt towards completeness is all but impossible&nbsp; There are simply too many types and even those who strive to complete a series of an individual emperor, even if they reduce their activity to a single mint or even a period of time of a specific mint find the task very daunting. There are simply too many coins and even relatively common types may be known by only a few examples. Thus most simply try to get a representative sample of all that is out there. Thus many popular coins are by all accounts relatively common. Also many rare coins are rather inexpensive.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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