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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;AncientJoe, post: 7287186, member: 44357&quot;]I&#039;m happy to aggressively ignore people looking to score a lottery ticket without understanding what they&#039;re holding. I suspect there are relatively few of these collectors who make it more than a year and therefore they don&#039;t represent an overly strong influence on the hobby.</p><p><br /></p><p>Knowing the numismatically intriguing coins you&#039;ve posted over the years, I think you might be surprised by the level of interest in your coins (from real collectors). As they&#039;re largely pre-cataloged, it would be an easy job for most auction houses/dealers. I think you&#039;d do rather well, especially as I suspect you have fairly detailed records of where/when the coins were purchased over the span of several decades.</p><p><br /></p><p>And while many coins have become more expensive during COVID, the volume of desirable ancient coins is enormous relative to the collector base. Especially for beginners, there will always be coins available.</p><p><br /></p><p>I never spent more than $50 on a coin for my first ten years collecting ancients (I still have my ~150 coins from this era, and it took me another 5 years to spend more than $500). The prices of the coins I bought then haven&#039;t materially changed today, save for a few aberrations that are easy to over-extrapolate but ultimately statistically insignificant.</p><p><br /></p><p>Once shows open up and it&#039;s easier to buy in person vs shipping, I think the less expensive coins will continue to be available to collectors at all levels without pricing out beginners.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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