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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 1907864, member: 56859&quot;]Convoluted but it makes sense and was similar to my thought process, although I&#039;m in no particular hurry to unload the duplicates and non-keepers.&nbsp; Selling is work and not much fun.&nbsp; Perhaps trading opportunities will arise at some point.&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Fair questions.&nbsp; I did not buy either of the other two.&nbsp; I waited until near the end to bid.&nbsp; Bidding was similar on all three at that point.&nbsp; All had the same starting price and same estimated value.&nbsp; They appeared to be roughly equivalent in makeup although my lot had 38 coins and the other two 39 and 40 coins.&nbsp; Whichever I bid on was likely to end up selling for more than the other two-- simply because a new bidder was joining the fray.&nbsp; My lot went for $25 over estimate and the other two for $25 under.</p><p><br /></p><p>I went for the first lot over the others for a few reasons.&nbsp; First, the photo showed more non-eagle reverses.&nbsp; Second, the second lot photo showed fewer coins and they didn&#039;t look quite as nice as the other two lots.&nbsp; Third, I was hoping to find at least a few coins of higher interest/rarity and wondered if the smaller number of coins in my lot might indicate the presence of some higher value coins in the group (CNG&#039;s sales price estimate was the same for all three).&nbsp; I probably would have been content with any of the three lots but it sure would be interesting to see the attribution list for the other two.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[shrug] It will be interesting to see what happens.&nbsp; I&#039;m not happy about the impending restrictions since I am fond of Roman Egyptian and Ptolemaic coins and would like to get many more.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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