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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;gsimonel, post: 3467167, member: 82549&quot;]I would say the heyday began within a few years after the fall of the iron curtain, when coins from eastern Europe started entering the market, and lasted for around 10 or 15 years or so. Back then I was buying bags of 1,000 coins for around $600-800. I was fining sestertii, dupondii and asses among the many antoninianii and LRBs. There were also a lot of smaller Greek bronzes in the lots. There was a lot of junk, too, but I could usually find 8 or 10 keepers for my collection, sell the rest, either as cleaned individuals or uncleaned lots, depending on how busy I was, and recoup my initial investment. By starting with a lot of 1,000, I could sell them very cheaply and still be confident that there were a lot of nice coins in every lot. Basically, I was doing it to get first pick out of the lot and for the free coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>Ah, the good old days.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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