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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 3913199, member: 19463&quot;]I agree with Marsman.&nbsp; I have purchased some nice coins from Ilya but only when we could come to an agreement on prices which means a small fraction of his price which is already discounted from his sky high original listing.&nbsp; I have never seen a coin he listed that was fake.&nbsp; The Agrippa is far from a high end coin considering its rough surfaces. To me it is worse than a smooth surfaced VG or beat up Fine. </p><p><br /></p><p>I believe Finn is close to my evaluation of these coins.&nbsp; Unfortunately, IMHO, eBay rewards people gouging prices by not charging them for listings that do not sell.&nbsp; As a result, sellers can list a thousand coins at dream (for them) prices and have them relisted over and over again until some sucker gives in and buys the things.&nbsp; As more and more people move to grading by wear alone not discounting for surfaces, he will do better.&nbsp; The fact that our OP here could call the Agrippa a &#039;top end ancient&#039; proves my point. </p><p><br /></p><p>Mine sold in 1970 (Minns) and again in 1988 (Edwards at $42).&nbsp; </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1031391[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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