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Message:: [QUOTE="IdesOfMarch01, post: 2998064, member: 39084"]Not knowing what he paid in 1995, I would speculate that he could sell the coin for at least 10X what he paid 23 years ago.  Here's my thinking: This Agrippina is demonstrably superior to any other coin sold of its type, the last of which sold for around $100K (not including buyer's fees) at NAC's Nov. 2013 auction.  My observation is that coins that are "the best of their type" sell for multiples of the "second best of their type." An example: This Caligula ADLOCVT sestertius went for $635K at NAC's Oct.  2014 auction: [ATTACH=full]741116[/ATTACH] My own Caligula ADLOCVT sestertius went for $35K in NAC's March 2010 auction: [ATTACH=full]741118[/ATTACH] The first coin is pretty much the best of its type.  My coin was purchased four years earlier but even in 2014 would not have sold for anywhere near the first coin's price.  There is, at a minimum, a 5X - 10X premium for the first coin, even though my coin is among the best you'll find if you do a search.  But it's not the best. As for inflation: $1.00 in 1995 is worth $1.65 today, adjusted for inflation.  Not much of a rise. I wouldn't be surprised if the Agrippina coin could sell for well over $500K at an NAC auction.  In 1995, I would bet that he paid under $100K, and more likely less than $50K.  Hence my conclusion about a 5X - 10X increase in value.[/QUOTE]