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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2028342, member: 19463&quot;]I agree but only when dealing with coins that are not easily available elsewhere.&nbsp; I have not been seeing this class of rarity but rather a class of popular coins of which there are dozens available and one sold somewhat regularly.&nbsp; I have even bought coins from outfits like our oft discussed and ridiculed eBay High Price promoters when they happen to get something special.&nbsp; I&#039;m not talking about common things like EID MAR here (there are at least 80 of them) but things you want that most people do not know (or care) exists.&nbsp; Are you buying coins that we can not find on acsearch or other online resources or are you just in a hurry?</p><p><br /></p><p>I do agree with TIF about the thrill of the hunt being important.&nbsp; I recall Bruce McNall relating how the Hunt brothers would send him instructions to buy coins but never would see the coins themselves since they would be held in trust for them in his vaults.&nbsp; Of course these were the same guys who asked him how much it would cost to buy all of the existent Byzantine gold coins and were quite serious about it.&nbsp; I could not collect that way.&nbsp; I find slabs unacceptable because I want to touch my coins.&nbsp; A slab in a vault 2000 miles away?&nbsp; No.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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