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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2286712, member: 19463&quot;]I agree here but stop short of wanting $15k worth of GIII.&nbsp; More than one of us here have coins more rare than this one but price comes from demand and many people know this coin so might want a bargain example.&nbsp; I once knew a collector who owned a very worn Athenian dekadrachm.&nbsp; Most of those coins are very high grade and did not circulate enough to get honest wear.&nbsp; We figured the coin had served as a pocket piece.&nbsp; Soft silver pocket pieces could go from VF to VG in a couple decades.&nbsp; This was years ago before most of the known dekadrachms were discovered.&nbsp; I admired the coin.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>A question for Mat:&nbsp; If a nice Colosseum coin would be worth $100,000, would you rather have $100,000 worth of Gordian III?&nbsp; I know I would rather have $100,000 worth of assorted $50 coins (that would be 2000) but I can&#039;t quite grasp having 2000 Gordian III ants.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>No coin is worth losing sleep over.&nbsp; That is why I hate to see people spending the kid&#039;s college funds on coins.&nbsp; I&#039;m not a dealer; it is a hobby to me.&nbsp; I wonder if it is a hobby to billionaires who buy the big stuff.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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