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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;zumbly, post: 8262646, member: 57495&quot;]<i>When </i>the coins were bought obviously makes all the difference.&nbsp; In fact, the running theme in my year end list of favorite coins purchased in 2021 was how fugly most of them looked. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie80" alt=":shame:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> The COVID era market has certainly not been kind. </p><p><br /></p><p>I did manage to win this attractive Domitian As for just slightly under $200 last year:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1457461[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>A 2020 buy, this T. Carisius denarius isn&#039;t in high grade, but I thought it had a lovely old collection look.&nbsp; It was about $120.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1457463[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>2019 and pre-COVID, about $190 shipped.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1457464[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>2018 were firmly the good old days.&nbsp; The Hadrian denarius was $150 and the Vespasian about $95.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1457465[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1457466[/ATTACH]&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>For those interested in what our CT members here were buying in the $300 range between 5-10 years ago, here&#039;s an old thread:</p><p><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/what-your-budget-buys-300-edition.303233/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/what-your-budget-buys-300-edition.303233/">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/what-your-budget-buys-300-edition.303233/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>I ran a series of these threads at the time (2017) that went from &lt; $20 to up to about $500.&nbsp; Subsequently there were additional threads that covered coins up to $1500. </p><p><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/what-your-budget-buys-index-thread.303991/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/what-your-budget-buys-index-thread.303991/">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/what-your-budget-buys-index-thread.303991/</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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