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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;zumbly, post: 1939222, member: 57495&quot;]I always get a kick when a coin I buy arrives with its old owner&#039;s tag... I just feel it somehow adds to that coin&#039;s unique history.&nbsp; I was therefore especially pleased when one of my latest coins, an ex BCD Collection Phlious hemidrachm, came with not just one but three old tags, including BCD&#039;s.&nbsp; &nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>One thing that&#039;s interesting about these tags is that they sometimes indicate the old prices for the coin. Though of course I know one can&#039;t assume that these were the actual sale prices, I still find it amusing when for example I see a 1965 price of £8 on a Corinth stater I paid $300 for <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie65" alt=":meh:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.</p><p><br /></p><p>In the case of this particular coin, I paid $104, and the various prices shown on the tags are Nk 450 (around $75), £175 ($300) and $395.&nbsp; I&#039;m not entirely sure, but I believe that the one in British pounds could be the Sear value.&nbsp; I eventually did discover the coin&#039;s actual last sale price - $250 on a $400 estimate in Pegasi XXIX on 6 Nov 2013. This was thanks to the fact that the coin already has an entry on the Wildwinds Phlious page, where it keeps good company with a lovely Phlious obol from the TIF Collection (on this occasion I swear I wasn&#039;t coinstalking TIF <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />).</p><p><br /></p><p>The coin and the tags:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]335928[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]335929[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><b>PHLIASIA, PHLIOUS</b></p><p>Circa 280 - 270 BC</p><p>AR Hemidrachm, 2.37g, 14mm</p><p>BCD Peloponnesos 143.6, Sear 2756, SNG Copenhagen 11.</p><p>O: Bull butting left.&nbsp; </p><p>R: Large phi within ivy wreath. </p><p>Ex BCD Collection with his tag and another antique tag.&nbsp; </p><p>Ex Pegasi XXIX, 6 Nov 2013 </p><p><br /></p><p><b>Please post any coins with old tags that you have (preferably along with the tags).</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b></b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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