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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Gallienus, post: 7844506, member: 42034&quot;]Really?&nbsp; I can&#039;t believe that: I thought ALL cistophorii were worth $80,000?</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1350066[/ATTACH]</p><p>Technically I &#039;planned&#039; to bid on this one but didn&#039;t as it seems that pre-bidding invalidates my ability to enter a split bid on Heritage live.&nbsp; So I waited for the live sale to bid. In any case I don&#039;t think winning this coin was in any way amenable to making a split bid.</p><p><br /></p><p>In the Latin American sphere there were coins that I looked at when they sold at Goldberg&#039;s Milennia sale in 2008.&nbsp; I wrote negative comments on how they were graded.&nbsp; Last week, at Heritage, they still realized breakaway prices.&nbsp; It seems the new buyers are unconcerned with the actual quality and only the slab numbers.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have good reason to believe that this will correct and lower prices will result in a few years.&nbsp; Thus I&#039;m not rushing to buy anything at these prices. I did luck out with one lot earlier this year and noted 2 other rare pieces that I perhaps should&#039;ve bought as they sold &#039;relatively cheaply&#039; and appeared to be great coins.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Congratulations!&nbsp; Looking closely it appears to be the early archaic type although my Hastings triplet tends to overmagnify all the pixels.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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