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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ken Dorney, post: 3546332, member: 76086&quot;]I&#039;ve beaten Clio on coins before and got them cheaply, so its hard to say how big an impact these wealthy collectors really have in any segment of the market.&nbsp; It can just depend on what they choose to collect.&nbsp; There have always been a few billionaires present and active at most points in time the last few decades.&nbsp; They come and go. There will always be someone out there who has the ability to pay more than the rest of us.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I agree with this.&nbsp; It really depends on what you definitions are and what you choose to include as your data.&nbsp; If one removes top end coins out of the general mix, the numbers go way down.</p><p><br /></p><p>My take on the market:&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Greek coins in general are soft, especially so for anything less than EF, but then that can be said for all categories.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Roman Republican has been hot for quite a while.&nbsp; Average prices seem to have gone up quite a bit even for lesser quality coins, with most starting $75 for F-aVF, $150 for good VF.</p><p><br /></p><p>Roman Imperial.&nbsp; Too many sub categories to give a straight answer.&nbsp; 1st Century is always hot and increasing.&nbsp; Prices in general always seem to decrease with the centuries, ending with Byzantine as the cheapest and least desirable.</p><p><br /></p><p>Byzantine.&nbsp; Always stagnant overall with the exception of gold being as Oz mentioned as a simple bullion type coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>In general, I would say that the ancients market as a whole is strong.&nbsp; Is it growing?&nbsp; Yes, I think it is.&nbsp; For a long time now.&nbsp; And I think it will only grow more as more modern collectors migrate over to our &#039;dark side&#039;.&nbsp; It is easy to notice that the best quality coins are always the strongest, lesser qualities the weakest.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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