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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 4421172, member: 19463&quot;]Let&#039;s remember that when &#039;Hammer&#039; prices are quoted for most sales (including, in this case, Peus) the number does not include a buyers premium, currency exchange fees, taxes, postage etc.&nbsp; It is for each of us to decide in every case whether &quot;£67 delivered&quot; is a fair advance on a previous sale of €55 plus all the aforementioned fluff.&nbsp; People buy and sell coins in hope for a profit until someone ends up taking a loss or actually buys a coin because they wanted the coin and decides to keep it for a while.&nbsp; There are many, many minor variations of Alexander drachms and recent hoards seem to have brought more to market lately.&nbsp; Specialists may want certain coins for reasons only they understand while many collectors just want a representative coin&nbsp; and could care less which of the thousands that coin is.&nbsp; The Price book is a great resource for those interested in specializing in or dealing in these coins.&nbsp; I&#039;m the kind of collector who can not justify buying such an expensive reference about a series of coins not particularly special to me.&nbsp;&nbsp; Insider asked questions which I do not answer since I have not studied this particular subject to a point I have anything to say.&nbsp; My specialties and interests lie elsewhere in the hobby.&nbsp;&nbsp; I have four A3 drachms none of which would be of interest to most collectors but which fill (and then some) my desires for these coins.&nbsp; This is one.&nbsp; I bought it in 1991, oddly enough, the same year the Price book came out.&nbsp; I have never touched the book so, to me, this is just a representative coin with decent style, wear and reasonably smooth surfaces as I prefer.&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1108697[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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