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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 3048365, member: 19463&quot;]We make the point all the time.&nbsp; We each have a choice when we find a rare coin that fits our collecting interest in less than perfect condition.&nbsp; You made the choice I would have made.&nbsp; Perhaps in the next fifty years you will have a chance to upgrade but, meanwhile, your specialty collection of Hadrian is better than it would have been had you passed it by.&nbsp; Congratulations.&nbsp;&nbsp; I would not have bought it because it is Hadrian and I am not a specialist in his coins.&nbsp; I still enjoy a number of coins that I bought years ago and have not upgraded yet.&nbsp; From the last millennium and not upgraded (maybe will be, maybe not):</p><p><br /></p><p>Julia Domna Sardes AE30 $34</p><p>[ATTACH=full]762195[/ATTACH]</p><p>I missed this one in 2002 and it is much better:</p><p><a href="https://www.cngcoins.com/Search.aspx?IS_ADVANCED=1&amp;ITEM_IS_SOLD=1&amp;ITEM_INVENTORY_NUMBER=&amp;CONTAINER_NAME=&amp;ITEM_LOT_NUMBER=&amp;ITEM_DESC=Julia+Domna+Sardes&amp;SEARCH_IN_CONTAINER_TYPE_ID_1=1&amp;SEARCH_IN_CONTAINER_TYPE_ID_3=1&amp;SEARCH_IN_CONTAINER_TYPE_ID_2=1&amp;SEARCH_IN_CONTAINER_TYPE_ID_4=1&amp;VIEW_TYPE=0" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cngcoins.com/Search.aspx?IS_ADVANCED=1&amp;ITEM_IS_SOLD=1&amp;ITEM_INVENTORY_NUMBER=&amp;CONTAINER_NAME=&amp;ITEM_LOT_NUMBER=&amp;ITEM_DESC=Julia+Domna+Sardes&amp;SEARCH_IN_CONTAINER_TYPE_ID_1=1&amp;SEARCH_IN_CONTAINER_TYPE_ID_3=1&amp;SEARCH_IN_CONTAINER_TYPE_ID_2=1&amp;SEARCH_IN_CONTAINER_TYPE_ID_4=1&amp;VIEW_TYPE=0" rel="nofollow">https://www.cngcoins.com/Search.aspx?IS_ADVANCED=1&amp;ITEM_IS_SOLD=1&amp;ITEM_INVENTORY_NUMBER=&amp;CONTAINER_NAME=&amp;ITEM_LOT_NUMBER=&amp;ITEM_DESC=Julia Domna Sardes&amp;SEARCH_IN_CONTAINER_TYPE_ID_1=1&amp;SEARCH_IN_CONTAINER_TYPE_ID_3=1&amp;SEARCH_IN_CONTAINER_TYPE_ID_2=1&amp;SEARCH_IN_CONTAINER_TYPE_ID_4=1&amp;VIEW_TYPE=0</a></p><p><br /></p><p>or</p><p>Julia Domna Ephesis AE30 $31</p><p>[ATTACH=full]762196[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Bargains?&nbsp; Worn coins are not not bargains to most people.&nbsp; Such coins belong where they will be appreciated.&nbsp; You, yours; I, mine.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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