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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Gallienus, post: 11843350, member: 42034&quot;]Well, it depends on your definition of what &quot;lower-priced&quot; stuff is.&nbsp; Yes, I mainly collect lower-priced stuff, inferred by the way I&#039;m usually treated by coin dealers.</p><p><br /></p><p>Last year CNG sent out a letter to people stating that prices on Ancient coins were in a word, astonishing.&nbsp; And trying to buy pieces at auction was an exercise in futility.</p><p><br /></p><p>In fact last year I bid on a silver cistophorus of Augustus.&nbsp; Normally these pieces sell for a couple K but the specimen I attempted to buy went for an &quot;astonishing&quot; 78 or $80,000.</p><p><br /></p><p>I just posted a comment on CoinTalk, showing my photo of a nice unc 1859 Peruvian transitional 50 cents I acquired at $65.&nbsp; Barberian replied that at a recent Stack&#039;s sale a similar (and possibly less nice specimen) sold for $900!</p><p><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/post-your-seated-coins.201288/page-23#post-11841531" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/post-your-seated-coins.201288/page-23#post-11841531">Post your SEATED coins.</a></p><p><br /></p><p>One interesting piece I&#039;ve always been looking at is a nice 1921 Peace dollar.&nbsp; I&#039;ve bought many Peace dollars over the years and even got 3 in circulation at a bank in Philly but never had a &#039;21 higher relief.&nbsp; Not even looking for the well-struck up fully high relief, but just the typical 1921 strike.&nbsp; All of a sudden they&#039;ve shot up greatly in price.</p><p>As I&#039;ve said, wonderful news for dealers as they can now flip $3,000 coins rather than $600 coins, but it makes it tougher on collectors hoping to build collections.</p><p><br /></p><p>I think there is a general feeling that currently, it&#039;s a strong market.&nbsp; In non-US and Ancients tho, it&#039;s insane.&nbsp; I don&#039;t even want to get into trying to buy mint-state Polish talers...[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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