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<p>[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 2814030, member: 19463"]Regarding size: Those who complain about small coins are the same people who insist on the cheapest uncleaned lots filled with AE4. Not all that long ago you could get bulk lots of worn sestertii, mostly Trajan, Hadrian and Pius, that had been the workhorses of their century for a couple dollars each. I have seen bags of them where maybe half had enough reverse left that you could ID them to some degree. The same coins in mint state would sell well into the thousands. You can not have all three: Size, Grade, Cheap. Pick two.</p><p> </p><p>Would this be a good time for us to show our Ptolemaic manhole covers and Aes Grave? Small ancients?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 2814030, member: 19463"]Regarding size: Those who complain about small coins are the same people who insist on the cheapest uncleaned lots filled with AE4. Not all that long ago you could get bulk lots of worn sestertii, mostly Trajan, Hadrian and Pius, that had been the workhorses of their century for a couple dollars each. I have seen bags of them where maybe half had enough reverse left that you could ID them to some degree. The same coins in mint state would sell well into the thousands. You can not have all three: Size, Grade, Cheap. Pick two. Would this be a good time for us to show our Ptolemaic manhole covers and Aes Grave? Small ancients?[/QUOTE]
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