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<p>[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 5248212, member: 19463"]I guess this means these two are among the most common of their general types???</p><p>A few years ago I felt it strange I had no Byzantine silver so I bought this miliaresion of John I (22mm, 2.65g but listed as 'clipped') at a show mostly because it was reasonable and not terrible looking.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1218626[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Similarly, I had no Venetian coins so I bought a 'one and only' (so far anyway) that happens to be a Zeno. This coin was listed as sold in Pegasi XXVIII in 2013 about what I paid in 2015 but I have no reason to believe those numbers are accurate. This was from the late Don Zauche who always seemed to have a few coins in 'name' auctions for less than price reports said they brought. Is it a general practice for auctions to make up prices for coins that do not sell? I understand wholesaling unsold coins but wonder how the realizations are set for unsold coins. Perhaps they were lots never paid for? I am not a trusting sort. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1218631[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 5248212, member: 19463"]I guess this means these two are among the most common of their general types??? A few years ago I felt it strange I had no Byzantine silver so I bought this miliaresion of John I (22mm, 2.65g but listed as 'clipped') at a show mostly because it was reasonable and not terrible looking. [ATTACH=full]1218626[/ATTACH] Similarly, I had no Venetian coins so I bought a 'one and only' (so far anyway) that happens to be a Zeno. This coin was listed as sold in Pegasi XXVIII in 2013 about what I paid in 2015 but I have no reason to believe those numbers are accurate. This was from the late Don Zauche who always seemed to have a few coins in 'name' auctions for less than price reports said they brought. Is it a general practice for auctions to make up prices for coins that do not sell? I understand wholesaling unsold coins but wonder how the realizations are set for unsold coins. Perhaps they were lots never paid for? I am not a trusting sort. [ATTACH=full]1218631[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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