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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Wow batman you can do that... Just whip a million drachms like that I could have had a stroke. Tell me the truth you got a time machine?
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Valued Member
Canada
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"Tell me the truth you got a time machine?" No, I got too much time on my hands  |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Pillar of the Community
 United Kingdom
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Yeah nice group, pretty much all of those are good. Maybe ebay is just the wrong place to buy those types of coins... I will look again on V-coins... |
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Valued Member
Canada
472 Posts |
You can do some good deals on v-coins, sometimes, but you have to be quick (I'm always around, muahahahahah  ). |
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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I saw a lovely one there but it's £173, a couple of acceptable ones £100-120 but none with good details/centered for £75.
I guess I will have to check that site regularly, though I don't find it is very user friendly to search on there. Searching Alexander silver drachm really didn't narrow the items too much)
Also the danger is searching like that I will spend my money on something else...I saw some Messembria, Thrace, crested corinthian helmet coins that are very striking designs (though quite small)
Edited by DavidUK
08/24/2012 2:59 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Searching Alexander silver drachm really didn't narrow the items too much) Yeah--vcoins search isn't too useful, unless you use the advanced feature, where you can specify search terms using "all of these words" such as "Alexander great drachm"--which returns a nice list of coins.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I have generally found that the dealers on vcoins will at least entertain reasonable offers. They will most likely be able to take 10-15% of the price of a coin, so I offer 20-25% off and we meet in the middle making everyone happy. Give it a try.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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 I've also succeeded at striking 10-15% off retail. |
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Valued Member
Canada
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Got the following last year on vcoins for 84 euros including shipping. Not the highest grade but quite rare and pretty cool with the hand imo.  As for the Messembria coin, be careful, those can be dangerous... Edited by Dionysos
08/24/2012 5:19 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Dionysos--that's very nice! I have never seen one with that hand...it pays to shop around! |
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Pillar of the Community
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Wow, Batman ... absolutely awesome drachm (I do not have a drachm yet) ... I have a similar type of Tet, but not a drachm ... => in "my" opinion, it is an absolutely great coin (congrats)  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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... Guy has got to have a time machine...
Nice "high five" drachm. I wish I had one.
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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Dionysos if I could find one as good as that for 84 euro I would have bought it by now.
I just checked my bank account... since I made a few purchases of other coins these last few weeks I guess I should wait a little until I see a really nice one for cheap money.
Anyway thanks for the support guys, I will get on those ancients eventually...good things come to those that wait...
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