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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2431396, member: 19463&quot;]Littleton coins in my experience were genuine, average to low eye appeal and horridly overpriced.&nbsp; I have absolutely no problem with coins that are not in the top .001% grade-wise and have many worse.&nbsp; What hurts is someone once paid $19.95 for a coin then worth $1.95.&nbsp; New collectors sometimes come equipped with the desire to have only the best and are willing to pay for it.&nbsp; That is OK.&nbsp; Someday when they tire of their coins, someone will buy them.&nbsp; People who came to the hobby after being told that all ancients are rare museum worthy pieces worth fabulous amounts simply because of their age will not fare so well in a cash sense and may get the idea that all ancient sellers are crooks.&nbsp; Every so often here we discuss a seller who sells average, genuine coins for only ten times what they would bring in the highest quality glossy catalog sale run by the finest auction houses.&nbsp; He is not a fake selling crook; he just allows people the opportunity to pay him a bit of a premium over exorbitant.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>A dealer friend of mine had a box of loose, unidentified ancients at his show booth at $2 each.&nbsp; He had other boxes at other prices mostly for the &#039;I just want an old coin&#039; crowd.&nbsp; He was amazed when a guy came up and bought the whole $2 box at full price without haggling.&nbsp; He was selling culls to non collectors and was running low on stock.&nbsp; When you get $20 for a coin, it makes sense to pay $2 rather than miss a sale.&nbsp; Is this good for the hobby?&nbsp; It is not illegal. </p><p><br /></p><p>My Diocletian below was $16.&nbsp; I considered it a good deal.&nbsp; I don&#039;t have one exactly like yours but I&#039;m glad you did not pay more.&nbsp; Will yours look like this when finished with the water?&nbsp; These are chances we take. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]505255[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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