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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 1730394, member: 19463&quot;]Few people who have collected for a short while have any idea just how many different coins are out there and how rarely some types come to market.&nbsp; I suspect that 90% of the Wettstrom coins still belong to whoever owned them in 1990.&nbsp; Rarities in this game are not things that were made in the hundred thousand range a hundred years ago but things that survived antiquity in a quantity that you could hold in one hand.&nbsp; Considering the number of these that I have seen offered, I am surprised that they actually knew of eight of one variety.&nbsp; I do know, however, eight people who post here who would buy some of these coins if they turned up in a junk box so it is no surprise that there are eight people worldwide who would pay a thousand more than I would.&nbsp; What makes these Alexandrian coins &#039;insane&#039; is that rarities are very different and interesting not just rare because of a misplaced dot or minor detail.&nbsp; &#039;Insane&#039; is a fair term here.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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