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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Mat, post: 1164271, member: 21445&quot;]Sorry to read about the friend dying. I enjoyed the page &amp; you picked alot of good coins. I love the jabs you poke at slabs &amp; things like mint marks on U.S. coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>I think thats why I enjoy ancients so much, no 2 are the same even if the same die was used. I hope to be able to select good coins among the junk ancients in bins in due time. Im very slowly learning to tell the difference with late roman mints.</p><p><br /></p><p>But reading your page and my first coin show experience at Long Beach in feb, it seems bargains for coins are not easily found. All junk bins I looked through with world coins, medieval &amp; ancients were junk.</p><p><br /></p><p>I went to a local antique street fair today and a guy who usually sells alot of U.S. coins in cleaned &amp; low grades had a section for world silver for once. He was selling silver dollars like hot cakes but no one was buying his world silver. I looked through them and got several 1940s Swiss 2 francs, 12 1910&#039;s &amp; 1920&#039;s 5 &amp; 10c candian silver and few victoria pences. He sold them way below melt for $50. I jumped on it and felt I got a great deal. Not a single one was cleaned or scratched but they were circulated grade. No slicks either. He seemed happy to unload some of his world coins and I was happy to get a bunch of coins, silver no less, for a great price.</p><p><br /></p><p>I asked if he had any ancients and he told me he has a few silver ones &amp; would bring them next month. So we&#039;ll see how that goes.</p><p><br /></p><p>I so wanted to take pics but now my cell phone refuses to turn on so now I have to spend $80 for new cell phone battery &amp; install since I dont qualify for a new phone till july &gt;( Tried it today but easter, everything is closed.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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