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<p>[QUOTE="zumbly, post: 2090662, member: 57495"]It's been ages since I was last at a casino, but I've always enjoyed the occasional gamble, and mystery mixed coin lots have been one way for me to indulge. My bet here was on a minimally-described 14-coin lot where only the obverse sides of 6 of the coins were pictured. </p><p><br /></p><p>I won it at my maximum bid, and after fees and shipping my average per coin cost was $35. I think the majority of the coins are in the ballpark (give or take $5-$10), and possibly I did much better than the average on a couple of them. The main thing for me is that I'm happy to be adding all of them them to my collection. They're a fun, electic bunch, and include coins from some collecting areas that are new to me... Baktria, the Indo-Skythians, even my first Alexander III.</p><p><br /></p><p>I haven't gotten down to doing detailed attributions yet, but think I'm in the right neighborhood for most of them. If you spot any glaring errors, please do point them out. And feel free to let me know how you think I've done on this lot, or share any coins that could hang out with those from this group. Seeing that my self-imposed austerity budget is going to be kicking in soon, this may be my last large mixed lot for awhile!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]391389[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="zumbly, post: 2090662, member: 57495"]It's been ages since I was last at a casino, but I've always enjoyed the occasional gamble, and mystery mixed coin lots have been one way for me to indulge. My bet here was on a minimally-described 14-coin lot where only the obverse sides of 6 of the coins were pictured. I won it at my maximum bid, and after fees and shipping my average per coin cost was $35. I think the majority of the coins are in the ballpark (give or take $5-$10), and possibly I did much better than the average on a couple of them. The main thing for me is that I'm happy to be adding all of them them to my collection. They're a fun, electic bunch, and include coins from some collecting areas that are new to me... Baktria, the Indo-Skythians, even my first Alexander III. I haven't gotten down to doing detailed attributions yet, but think I'm in the right neighborhood for most of them. If you spot any glaring errors, please do point them out. And feel free to let me know how you think I've done on this lot, or share any coins that could hang out with those from this group. Seeing that my self-imposed austerity budget is going to be kicking in soon, this may be my last large mixed lot for awhile! [ATTACH=full]391389[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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