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<p>[QUOTE="AncientJoe, post: 4056949, member: 44357"]My answer is "it depends". To use a US coin analogy, I'd rather have an XF45 of a rare type than an MS68 of a common type.</p><p><br /></p><p>With ancients, I consider style to be one of the prime factors and would very happily sacrifice some attributes to pay more for a nicer styled coin. Case in point: I just willingly paid >50x the price of a normal coin for a superbly styled one of the same variety so I'm clearly at a point where my sanity is questionable.</p><p><br /></p><p>That said, there are some coins which are simply never beautiful or available in high grade. For these, I'm opportunistic - maybe a slightly inferior example will be sufficient or perhaps I can upgrade it at some point. It all needs to be considered on a type-by-type basis.</p><p><br /></p><p>I'm hoping to post examples of each of these cases this week if I have enough time to take some pictures of new purchases as it'll help illustrate both facets of my mentality.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="AncientJoe, post: 4056949, member: 44357"]My answer is "it depends". To use a US coin analogy, I'd rather have an XF45 of a rare type than an MS68 of a common type. With ancients, I consider style to be one of the prime factors and would very happily sacrifice some attributes to pay more for a nicer styled coin. Case in point: I just willingly paid >50x the price of a normal coin for a superbly styled one of the same variety so I'm clearly at a point where my sanity is questionable. That said, there are some coins which are simply never beautiful or available in high grade. For these, I'm opportunistic - maybe a slightly inferior example will be sufficient or perhaps I can upgrade it at some point. It all needs to be considered on a type-by-type basis. I'm hoping to post examples of each of these cases this week if I have enough time to take some pictures of new purchases as it'll help illustrate both facets of my mentality.[/QUOTE]
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