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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2290560, member: 19463&quot;]Some of us will be happy to have the worst known of a very rare coin and will be glad not to have competition.&nbsp; In most cases there is little competition for the really rare things since so few people have them on their want lists.&nbsp; Today condition drives the market and most people prefer an EF of something available by the roll to something unique or nearly so in F.&nbsp; Few have Poor coins on their want lists so even a rarity will be cheap.&nbsp; I&#039;m happy to have the ones I have but I don&#039;t pay much. </p><p><br /></p><p>I have a now virtually worthless book in two volumes dated 1834 <b>Descriptive Catalog of Rare and Unedited Roman Coins</b> by Ackerman.&nbsp; He lists only the rare types of coins and then selects for special note the rarest of the rare.&nbsp; In his day rarity mattered more than grade.&nbsp; The Colosseum type is rated in the second level under Titus.&nbsp; Maybe Ackerman is not so worthless after all.&nbsp; It taught me that this loser coin is not the same type as AJ&#039;s beautiful one.&nbsp; Who noticed it was the one issued after Titus died? They seem to be the same rarity so maybe no one cares???</p><p><br /></p><p>Ackerman is now available online for free so you should not buy a set like I did 25 years ago.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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