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<p>[QUOTE="pragmatic, post: 2782137, member: 88312"]it is true; bloating prices is a phenomenon (and usually when you bargain down, you just go the actual price of the coin, sometimes better, specially as you said if you buy some lot). Let alone scamming such as but not limited to; bogus coin injectors (made in China lol or locally), cheating the grade (I saw a coin today offered for sale online as if it is UNC but when I had a meticulous look at it, there is evidence that it was manipulated in a way to look shiny and new (some would use for example bicarbonate and some chemicals to restore the shine and sell as if UNC). That is one good reason, I don't buy from any trader, only a trusted seller I deal with.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>$6000?! haven't heard of any modern age coin whatsoever in Egypt that expensive. not in its topnotch finest proof state. sorry there is no such prices. There are very few exceptions where prices of collectives are very high (as in the case of the 2 camels pound banknote), some coins yea are <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_most_expensive_coins" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_most_expensive_coins" rel="nofollow">expensive</a>, but to be that expensive, might be if made of gold over gold or something :-O</p><p><br /></p><p>By any means the 3 silver coins of sphinx wouldn't exceed the $60. This is however the price of ebay. locally I could get them at a lower price from a known trader.</p><p><br /></p><p>BUT please, all of these price ranges don't really matter, because your coins after all are worth the value you see in them. For me I appreciate my beloved coins regardless of price listing, this is specially for a coin i love and would never wanna sell for any reason.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="pragmatic, post: 2782137, member: 88312"]it is true; bloating prices is a phenomenon (and usually when you bargain down, you just go the actual price of the coin, sometimes better, specially as you said if you buy some lot). Let alone scamming such as but not limited to; bogus coin injectors (made in China lol or locally), cheating the grade (I saw a coin today offered for sale online as if it is UNC but when I had a meticulous look at it, there is evidence that it was manipulated in a way to look shiny and new (some would use for example bicarbonate and some chemicals to restore the shine and sell as if UNC). That is one good reason, I don't buy from any trader, only a trusted seller I deal with. $6000?! haven't heard of any modern age coin whatsoever in Egypt that expensive. not in its topnotch finest proof state. sorry there is no such prices. There are very few exceptions where prices of collectives are very high (as in the case of the 2 camels pound banknote), some coins yea are [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_most_expensive_coins']expensive[/URL], but to be that expensive, might be if made of gold over gold or something :-O By any means the 3 silver coins of sphinx wouldn't exceed the $60. This is however the price of ebay. locally I could get them at a lower price from a known trader. BUT please, all of these price ranges don't really matter, because your coins after all are worth the value you see in them. For me I appreciate my beloved coins regardless of price listing, this is specially for a coin i love and would never wanna sell for any reason.[/QUOTE]
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