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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Drusus, post: 172098, member: 6370&quot;]There are a lot of fakes but you can get real ancient coins cheap...prices have NOT dropped at all, they have gone up...and I buy often. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Late Imperial coins can be VERY cheap...Usually the older they are the more expensive they become...Later Empire (constantine, constans, constantius, Valentinian, etc...) you can get nice examples for very very cheap...</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>try to buy a nice Julio Claudian coin like the one in my sig and the price will go up, buying nice greek and roman republic coins and they get more and more expensive....rarity of type and quality of preservation are factors...you can get an augustus or nero coin for cheap...but it wont be pretty <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>You can buy uncleaned lots where you buy them for a buck or 2 a coin and sometimes get decent finds.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>You find fake more in the high dollar coins, few people are going to take the time to fake a common constantine not worth more than 5-10 dollars...</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com" rel="nofollow">www.forumancientcoins.com</a></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/board/index.php" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/board/index.php" rel="nofollow">http://www.forumancientcoins.com/board/index.php</a></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>is a great site to buy or bring your coins to the forum and let some experts look at your coin, they are good at spotting fakes and there is a pretty large fakes database.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://www.vcoins.com" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.vcoins.com" rel="nofollow">www.vcoins.com</a></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>is also a pretty good place to go but fakes HAVE been found there...in the end if you spend a lot of money on an ancient coin it is probably best to send it here:</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://www.davidrsear.com/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.davidrsear.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.davidrsear.com/</a></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>to have it authenticated.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I dont buy a lot from ebay, you WILL find a lot of fakes there but if you know what you are looking at then you wont get burned...buy from names that are known....</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>go to forumancientcoins forum and start reading about fakes and how to spot them, look at the fakes database before buying...</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>there are also a few good yahoo lists you could join...</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Moneta-L</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Moneta-L/?yguid=238416039" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Moneta-L/?yguid=238416039" rel="nofollow">http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Moneta-L/</a></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>and </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>coin forgery discussion list:</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CoinForgeryDiscussionList/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CoinForgeryDiscussionList/" rel="nofollow">http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CoinForgeryDiscussionList/</a></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>In other words...there are genuine coins out there...some at decent prices...just be very carefull.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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