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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Orielensis, post: 4650526, member: 96898&quot;]About all of the coins on this website are very attractive, and many of its search features are truly convenient. Yet, I doubt that I&#039;ll become a customer or &quot;club member&quot; because of:</p><p><br /></p><p>(a) a distinct shortage of large burnable piles of cash on my side.</p><p><br /></p><p>(b) the apparent and somewhat unpleasant &quot;top hat attitude&quot; of this platform: I tend to meet so many snobs in everyday life that I don&#039;t need to be reminded of them when pursuing my hobbies.</p><p><br /></p><p>(c) the need to register to see price tags and join a &quot;club&quot; to get full access, which I understand to be a polite way of asking for e-mail addresses and personal details in order to send out spam.</p><p><br /></p><p>(d) skyhigh prices. Don&#039;t misunderstand me: although most of my own coin purchases are somewhere in the $25–$150 range, I&#039;m aware that top quality ancient coins are very expensive. Yet, many of the Numisclub price tags still seem extravagant to me.</p><p><br /></p><p>To give an example: the Massalia obol for $450 in [USER=90666]@Andrew McCabe[/USER]’s second screenshot, though not flawless, is extremely nice, and certainly nicer than my own example. But is it really nine times nicer than my coin (shown below), which I bought for $50 at full retail from a respected and knowledgeable dealer? That&#039;s in the eye of the beholder, I reckon...</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1148502[/ATTACH]</p><p><font size="3">Massalia, Gaul, AR obol, ca. 4th–1st century BC. Obv: Youthful male head (river god?) left. Rev: MA in wheel with four spokes. 10.65mm, 0.75g. Ref: SNG Copenhagen 723–728; de la Tour 1892, no. 689 or similar. Ex Marc Breitsprecher.</font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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