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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Severus Alexander, post: 4837161, member: 84744&quot;]Prompted by this thread, I searched for this exact coin on acsearch.&nbsp; I was surprised to find it, since I had assumed it was a longtime resident of Frank&#039;s collection.&nbsp; Not so!&nbsp; He bought it from Kuenker just a few months ago:</p><p><a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=6826802" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=6826802" rel="nofollow">https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=6826802</a></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1169210[/ATTACH] </p><p>This also illustrates the risks you take when buying a coin based on Frank&#039;s low-res photos.&nbsp; It&#039;s a nice coin, but considerably rougher than his image suggested.&nbsp; Including the short residence in his collection, I&#039;m a bit disappointed.&nbsp; I actually wrote to tell him so, in case he hadn&#039;t sent it yet.&nbsp; But he had. Being a good dealer, though, he reassured me that I can return it if not satisfied.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Argh!&nbsp; This isn&#039;t the first time you&#039;ve scooped me on one of these.&nbsp; When will you have enough?!? <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie15" alt=":arghh:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Whoah - that is quite the bid reduction.&nbsp; This coin was definitely on my radar too. Acsearch shows one (not that much worse) that sold at Roma last year for a little over $300, and a much better one at top-dollar venue NAC for under $1000.&nbsp; That bidder was definitely setting themselves up to overpay![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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