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<p>[QUOTE="Paul M., post: 3601995, member: 73165"]My sentiments exactly. I would certainly own this coin if it was offered to me at somewhere around 0.1% of what this person paid for it (<i>i.e.</i> somewhere in the neighborhood of $500 -- maybe higher due to toning, but nowhere near $364k). I just went on PCGS and found multiple 67 FB of this date that had excellent eye appeal in the $500 range (granted, mostly without toning) that I would also own.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Exactly. 67FB is common enough that anyone with a few hundred bucks who wants one can probably have one. Maybe not a toned one, but definitely one with excellent eye appeal.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Stars don't equal color, exactly. They equal "superior eye appeal." Granted, I've never seen an NGC star coin without at least some color, but, that's technically what they say about the designation.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Paul M., post: 3601995, member: 73165"]My sentiments exactly. I would certainly own this coin if it was offered to me at somewhere around 0.1% of what this person paid for it ([I]i.e.[/I] somewhere in the neighborhood of $500 -- maybe higher due to toning, but nowhere near $364k). I just went on PCGS and found multiple 67 FB of this date that had excellent eye appeal in the $500 range (granted, mostly without toning) that I would also own. Exactly. 67FB is common enough that anyone with a few hundred bucks who wants one can probably have one. Maybe not a toned one, but definitely one with excellent eye appeal. Stars don't equal color, exactly. They equal "superior eye appeal." Granted, I've never seen an NGC star coin without at least some color, but, that's technically what they say about the designation.[/QUOTE]
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