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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 3084944, member: 19463&quot;]I don&#039;t see this as unique to Byzantine but is the current situation with all low priced coins.&nbsp; It is made worse by the attitude of many beginning collectors who prefer to skip the apprentice phase of collecting where they might buy coins that were not perfect and start their 12 Caesars collection with Otho and Caligula.&nbsp; The demand for coins that thrilled me when I was in High School has fallen off.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>The best place to buy low end Byzantine or others is from another collector who has surplus.&nbsp; We used to do this at coin clubs.&nbsp; We did this on eBay back when eBay was a venue for collectors rather than wannabe dealers who use the business model that it is easier to sell one coin for a ridiculous price than it is to make a dollar or two on each of a thousand sales.&nbsp; Unfortunately, postage has ended the day of being able to sell really cheap coins (beginner grade) whose value was mostly educational rather than being resalable for immediate profit.&nbsp; I&#039;m not sure there is an answer today.&nbsp; We can give school groups piles of junk coins and hope that one or two of these seeds will sprout into a collector to replace us.&nbsp; That may be a dream more than a reality.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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