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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;kaparthy, post: 61738, member: 57463&quot;]Generally, speaking these two archives of auctions serve different, but overlapping needs.&nbsp; Both are for collectors of Ancients.&nbsp; (Both have new features beyond ancients.)&nbsp; Wildwinds is older, has more contributors, and tends to draw from eBay.&nbsp; Coin Archives is newer, smaller, and draws from a pre-selected group of highly placed dealers.</p><p><br /></p><p>Compare and contrast:</p><p><a href="http://www.wildwinds.com" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.wildwinds.com" rel="nofollow">www.wildwinds.com</a></p><p><a href="http://www.coinarchives.com" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinarchives.com" rel="nofollow">www.coinarchives.com</a></p><p><br /></p><p>I use both for my research when writing. (I do not actively buy coins.)&nbsp; I tend to look in Wildwinds for common material -- denarii and ants of the Severans, for instance -- and in Coin Archives for the &quot;better&quot; stuff, coins of the Ephesus Hoard, etc.&nbsp; However, because of its age Wildwinds does feature many outstanding rarities.&nbsp; Also, business being business, Coin Archives does have a nice database of common material.</p><p><br /></p><p>Both tend to be about equal in terms of the attributions and identifications offered for the objects.</p><p><br /></p><p>Are there any other comments, perceptions, insights or questions?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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