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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lordmarcovan, post: 2983514, member: 10461&quot;]As I sort of expected, Coin A <i>crushed</i> Coin B in the poll, though by a wider margin than I anticipated, given the hoard provenance of Coin B and the ~2x ($150-ish) price differential.</p><p><br /></p><p>I just paid CNG for <b>Coin B</b> yesterday afternoon.&nbsp; It sold for $120 ($148 to me, after buyer&#039;s fee and shipping).&nbsp; It was Lot 722 in their recent eAuction #413, from which [USER=48099]@TheRed[/USER] also got a penny from the same <a href="https://www.britnumsoc.org/publications/Digital%20BNJ/pdfs/1971_BNJ_40_5.pdf" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.britnumsoc.org/publications/Digital%20BNJ/pdfs/1971_BNJ_40_5.pdf" rel="nofollow">Gisors Hoard</a>.&nbsp; I do like the faintly colored toning from this hoard.&nbsp; I suppose these were all cleaned/conserved circa 1970, when found, and have retoned attractively in the subsequent 48 years.</p><p><br /></p><p>So as far as the acquisition goes, I&#039;m on the wrong end of this poll... sort of.</p><p><br /></p><p>You see, <b>Coin A</b> <i>used to</i> be a part of my &quot;Eclectic Box&quot; collection, but is, alas, no longer.</p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s gone, and I might not be getting it back - like my <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/i-am-aethelred-this-is-why.305834/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/i-am-aethelred-this-is-why.305834/">Aethelred II penny</a>.&nbsp; *sigh*</p><p><br /></p><p>I sold Coin A back when my Eclectic Box was still the &quot;Eclectic Box <u>of 20</u>&quot;, and I was keeping a fixed limit of 20 coins.&nbsp; I abandoned that restriction in mid-2017 and it now contains <a href="https://collectivecoin.com/lordmarcovan/7my2PhjhXCrR9PLbqB5k" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://collectivecoin.com/lordmarcovan/7my2PhjhXCrR9PLbqB5k" rel="nofollow">31 pieces</a> at last count... and growing.&nbsp; This new coin (Coin B above) will make 32.&nbsp; I&#039;m due for a new Eclectic Box update soon!</p><p><br /></p><p>I let a lot of nice stuff go during the &quot;Box of 20&quot; phase.&nbsp; There is some seller&#039;s remorse with that, but then again, the four years I stuck to a 20-coin limit made my collection nicer, I think, and taught me how to be a little bit more detached and selective.&nbsp; Good lessons learned.</p><p><br /></p><p>So now I have <i>another</i> King John penny- and a nice one, too, I think- though it&#039;s not the equal of the one I let go, which now lives with [USER=81808]@Aethelred[/USER], my oldest numismatic friend, who has <strike>pillaged</strike> acquired many of my nicer coins in our past dealings.&nbsp; (We&#039;ve &quot;shared custody&quot; of many coins over the last 20 years.)&nbsp; He generally holds on more tightly to his collection, whereas mine tended to be a bit more of a &quot;revolving door&quot; during my &quot;Box of 20&quot; era.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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