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<p>[QUOTE="Wordly, post: 1874901, member: 67672"]Thanks for all of the replies! I appreciate the book suggestion dougsmit. I've been looking at ancients for awhile now, but I've never went ahead and bought one. I also don't really have a look that I go for. I just look at coins until I get a "connection" to one and feel like it'd be a good addition. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I think I'm going to take several of you guys' advice and search for some of these coins on eBay. I thought about it, and if I just try to stick with sellers that have a large amount of positive feedback I think I'll be fine. eBay honestly just scares me because I lurk on a lot of coin forums, and the amount of "Chinese counterfeit" threads I see are eye-opening.</p><p><br /></p><p>See, coins from the time period(s) I'm looking for are not my specialty at all. It feels like I'm having to learn how to walk again so to speak as I learn what acceptable prices to pay for certain coins are and what is overpriced. It will be a fun learning process, that's for sure![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Wordly, post: 1874901, member: 67672"]Thanks for all of the replies! I appreciate the book suggestion dougsmit. I've been looking at ancients for awhile now, but I've never went ahead and bought one. I also don't really have a look that I go for. I just look at coins until I get a "connection" to one and feel like it'd be a good addition. :) I think I'm going to take several of you guys' advice and search for some of these coins on eBay. I thought about it, and if I just try to stick with sellers that have a large amount of positive feedback I think I'll be fine. eBay honestly just scares me because I lurk on a lot of coin forums, and the amount of "Chinese counterfeit" threads I see are eye-opening. See, coins from the time period(s) I'm looking for are not my specialty at all. It feels like I'm having to learn how to walk again so to speak as I learn what acceptable prices to pay for certain coins are and what is overpriced. It will be a fun learning process, that's for sure![/QUOTE]
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