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I know who that seller is. The prices he sells the coins for is often ridiculous.

His ebay identity is highrating_lowprice. I think he has it mixed up. It should read Highprice lowrating. We had a discussion about his coins a long while back. I remember bobbyhelmet and others all agreeing his prices were ridiculous.

However, I have been noticing lately that prices on ebay seem to have gone much higher in a very short amount of time. I know I'm "frugal", but prices are reaching a point where I will have to limit much more how much I can spend. Has anyone else noticed higher prices? Or is it just me?

I recognize the ebay name. I've been searching for coins there and he has a lot of the type I want, but I'll go to heck before I pay his prices. I've seen the higher prices discussed at forvm too in the ebay and other auction heading.

Well, I think FORVM Ancient Coins are also expensive. Whatever coins are there, I can almost always find one cheaper somewhere else. Or a better grade coin for approximately the same price.

Sorry Jerry, I don't "entirely" blame you for the sudden rise in prices for Ancients. Maybe a little.

I'm not sure why the rise, but perhaps it is because of increased interest among the masses. Perhaps with the internet, people are finding that 2000 year old coins are not expensive as compared to their modern counterparts. I really don't know. I just believe prices have suddenly gone higher (especially since steve6x has become an Ancients Numismatist)

Yeah, I dont think I will be using him because his prices do seem OTT. I would prefer to deal with a trader that has things priced fairly and won't budge than one that prices high and takes offers. The reason being is that the first attitude shows that they are pricing at what they believe are fair prices and the second attitude is that they will rip you off if they can get away with it.

Anyway, those little video's are someway useful for the novice trying to remember who is who in ancient rome...

I think the internet has a lot to do with the price of ancient coins, before I took to ebay about about a year ago. I had only been able to find a few ancient coins in my immediate area. I always figured New York would have someone but did want to travel there find out that I could afford anything.


It seems that people in CT don't want anything to do with them. I called all around for literally years- since I was like 15. (I am 28 now)No coin shop I ever went in had one with a few exceptions, someone would have a "widows mite" or an unidentifiable LRB. Then I found the internet and the world market is at my disposal. I also think the more we talk about it the more the price will go up. Even within the last 2 years I have seen prices rise on Ancient coins, when I first hopped on ebay I could find a sexy denarius for $30 now its $50. I found a guy who had a few ancient coins recently at the coin show here in town. The selction is small, the prices are great and the dealer is but one. IMHO its the internet and the ability to go to places like wildwinds for attribution help where the books to do the same job are often incomplete and expensive in the extreme.(Sources are sources and are rare in themselves and must be procured) I have never seen a book on ancient coins at the local Barnes and Nobel or Walden Books so with that being said it is the Forums and the internet driving the price. I think we as the collectors here could very easily control the price of ancients, and I think we do unwillingly. Many times I see us discuss a type of coin and then all of a sudden see several of that kind listed on ebay within a few days of the POSTS. I have seen it happen more then once and enough where I think its uncanny. Not to mention some personalities here on the forum and the FORVM have great numismatic merit, through a life time of collecting and there for could have a big influence on the price. How many people do you think collect ancients, and have never been to these forums, and why is So- JW / Steve / Doug /Gil, the coins we have are worth alot and the ones for sale are over priced. Am I right guys...someone agree with me.

Before jw posted his name, when everyone was saying his prices were sky high, I immediately thought, "it's probably highrating_lowprice". Everyone that sells ancients would have to go out of business before I buy from him. So annoying when half the search results are his way overpriced coins .


I have. Hard to find a very good-looking denarius under $50 these days like ancientnoob mentioned. First ancient coin I ever purchased online was $12 shipped. If it was on sale right now I could easily see myself paying $15-$18 for it, from looking at what similar coins in similar condition are going for now. Not much of a markup I know, but still...