It doesn't matter how much money one has, those are divorce coins there. My boss spent more than that on Christmas cards this year, but had he chucked down $7 million for a few old coins, I'm willing to bet he'd be sleeping in the non-metaphorical doghouse for quite a few nights. If I had that kind of cash to spend on just coins, I'd have to have a few shady offshore money managers to handle things.
My wife's comment when I told her about these hammer prices? "Clearly some people have more money than cents..."
Would if I could especially the chain cent. Unfortunately I'm just a working class Joe want a chain in g-vg problem free if I had unlimited dough tho...
I once bid $10, 000 on a coin instead of $10. Didn't have my glasses on. I sweated that one out. Luckily no one bid higher that $11. It was probably only worth $8.