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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bart9349, post: 1508620, member: 5682&quot;]I claim no numismatic knowledge or expertise. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie7" alt=":p" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>This, however is what was written at the Heritage site for a lower quality similar coin that sold for $747:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://coins.ha.com/c/item.zx?saleNo=3014&amp;lotNo=24541" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://coins.ha.com/c/item.zx?saleNo=3014&amp;lotNo=24541" rel="nofollow">http://coins.ha.com/c/item.zx?saleNo=3014&amp;lotNo=24541</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I think it is a great piece of history. But I don&#039;t collect silly coins. I do, however, accumulate pieces of history.</p><p><br /></p><p>Interestingly, there are only seven examples graded by NGC:</p><p><br /></p><p>45 (2)</p><p>50 (3)</p><p>55 (1)</p><p>58 (1)</p><p><br /></p><p>Despite what has been written, I&#039;m not so sure that the coin is &quot;overpriced.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>This coin exemplifies the Dutch Rampjaar (year of disaster) of 1672 like no other.</p><p><br /></p><p>Is it worth the money? That&#039;s your own view. I was outbid on the Heritage coin above by almost twice the amount it was finally sold.</p><p><br /></p><p>That said, there are a couple rare world coins of little interest to most people but of historical significance that I would gladly overpay for. Unfortunately, for me there are a couple other people (with a lot more money) who think similarly.</p><p><br /></p><p>As an historical aside, 1672 marked the beginning of the Netherlands&#039; slow decline. I found this quote from Wikipedia interesting:</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Good stuff,</p><p><br /></p><p>guy[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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