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<p>[QUOTE="medoraman, post: 2204652, member: 26302"]I hear you Doug on allocating out costs on group lots. I just recently got a Byzantine lot from Germany. One of the 15, (most were Syracuse issues), was a Michael III. It only showed the reverse on the pic, so most thought it was the commoner coin. Anyway, the last time CNG sold one, (much lesser specimen than mine), it was for $135 and Vcoins wants $161 for a pretty horrid example. I paid $150 for the lot. If I were one of those, "I have to know everything I own and how much I paid for it" people, (which is fine if you are), how would I ever allocate out costs per coin? This one coin, (besides the Class B in the group), is only the first I have looked up, and is no where near the most interesting to me.</p><p> </p><p>I do agree with you most collectors even of ancients are more interested in attractiveness than what a coin IS. Good for them, and its good for us. I seriously doubt very many people who concentrate on attractiveness ever stray into Sogdian coins. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="medoraman, post: 2204652, member: 26302"]I hear you Doug on allocating out costs on group lots. I just recently got a Byzantine lot from Germany. One of the 15, (most were Syracuse issues), was a Michael III. It only showed the reverse on the pic, so most thought it was the commoner coin. Anyway, the last time CNG sold one, (much lesser specimen than mine), it was for $135 and Vcoins wants $161 for a pretty horrid example. I paid $150 for the lot. If I were one of those, "I have to know everything I own and how much I paid for it" people, (which is fine if you are), how would I ever allocate out costs per coin? This one coin, (besides the Class B in the group), is only the first I have looked up, and is no where near the most interesting to me. I do agree with you most collectors even of ancients are more interested in attractiveness than what a coin IS. Good for them, and its good for us. I seriously doubt very many people who concentrate on attractiveness ever stray into Sogdian coins. :D[/QUOTE]
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