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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Paul M., post: 3703890, member: 73165&quot;]Bingo.&nbsp; I like knowing that at any given time, I can sell a portion of my collection and get anywhere from 50-90% of what I paid originally.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>+1.&nbsp; Basically only coin dealers and retirees have the time.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Very true.&nbsp; Here is one of the few coins I have a traceable auction sale record for:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]992903[/ATTACH] </p><p>This sale was in 1999.&nbsp; I bought the coin last year.&nbsp; I paid $1100.&nbsp; Guess what $750 adjusted for inflation to 2018 is?&nbsp; $1128.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>This is partially my hope.&nbsp; My primary collecting goal with respect to ancients is to put together a set by RIC number of Antoninus Pius denarii, and then expand into denarii of the rest of the Nerva-Antonine dynasty.&nbsp; Maybe I will publish a book.&nbsp; Maybe not.&nbsp; It&#039;s all for fun, anyway. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Hold on: if these notes are not available on eBay for less than $X, doesn&#039;t that imply you could theoretically sell them on eBay for around $X?</p><p><br /></p><p>The fact that you can&#039;t find them for &quot;book value&quot; means that the book is wrong, or outdated, IMO.&nbsp; Given that we&#039;re having this discussion in the Ancients forum, </p><p>there really is no &quot;book&quot; in the first place.&nbsp; Every coin has to be evaluated on its own merits of wear, style, centering, surface quality, eye appeal, etc.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Yes!&nbsp; Exactly!&nbsp; I like that if I had to raise a few thousand dollars in relatively short order, I just have to make a couple of phone calls.&nbsp; I&#039;ve got relationships with dealers to the extent that I could probably &quot;pawn&quot; a coin or 2 with them (literally, sell it to them, and ask them not to sell it to anyone else for a few weeks to a couple of months, then buy it back for more than they paid).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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