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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;medoraman, post: 4576302, member: 26302&quot;]Um, yeah. My wife would probably like your approach....</p><p><br /></p><p>No greater strategy, no selling. I tell myself that there are many different mints, many different styles, which is all true, but I don&#039;t have much time to do the sorting right now. My rule of thumb is max of 50%. If the value of half the lot or more is what I am paying for the lot, then the rest are &quot;free&quot;. I have many lots of like 25 coins I bought for 6 pieces. The other 19 just come along for the ride. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> In this case, given the quality, they are $100 coins. I paid less than half that, so I bought 11 and got 14 for &quot;free&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>However, I know from 20+ years collecting ancients that you buy WHAT you can WHEN you can. You used to be able to buy nice Shapur I pieces by the dozens, now they are scarcer again. Older collectors remember those Koson staters were EVERYWHERE, now prices are up and they are scarce again. Right now Athenian owls are everywhere, in a couple of years they will be back down in quantity and prices will go back up. The ancient market simply works that way. Newer collectors get scared of this, worrying &quot;what happens if what I buy they find a hoard of, the price will go down!&quot;. Advanced collectors, (or maybe just older), look at it the other way around, &quot;good gosh, great news, I can buy fantastic pieces right now. Better take advantage before the are gone&quot;. In the end, they are always &quot;gone&quot;. The hoard always disperses and prices go right back to where they were.&nbsp; This is why I eagerly look for signs of new hoards. Best buys are usually associated with them.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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