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<p>[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 2646417, member: 19463"]Getting to the point, the question is how much cash value we assign to coins like zumbly's second or Victor's top center. Both belong in a specialist's collection and would make no sense to people looking for a Commodus or Constantine. The concepts of best known and worst known get difficult when they are the same 'only known' coin. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>TIF's plan is more or less what I did but how do you research sales of a coin that last sold before most people here were born? There is no demand for things no one knows to exist. I am amazed that Victor had to pay $450 for that lot because it suggests there was someone else who recognized the lurking prize. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I admire these groups, too. If I had known zumbly would post the first one, I would have selected my other recent lot of 32 odd coins which I actually ended up listing at $2 to $150 for his same average of $35. I hope everyone realizes the Commodus group were not 5 for $10 - that was an illustration as suggested when I said </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The question, like most, showed there are different ways to look at every question. My main interest is figuring out what to do with the unwanted and duplicates in my groups. Thanks for the help.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 2646417, member: 19463"]Getting to the point, the question is how much cash value we assign to coins like zumbly's second or Victor's top center. Both belong in a specialist's collection and would make no sense to people looking for a Commodus or Constantine. The concepts of best known and worst known get difficult when they are the same 'only known' coin. TIF's plan is more or less what I did but how do you research sales of a coin that last sold before most people here were born? There is no demand for things no one knows to exist. I am amazed that Victor had to pay $450 for that lot because it suggests there was someone else who recognized the lurking prize. I admire these groups, too. If I had known zumbly would post the first one, I would have selected my other recent lot of 32 odd coins which I actually ended up listing at $2 to $150 for his same average of $35. I hope everyone realizes the Commodus group were not 5 for $10 - that was an illustration as suggested when I said The question, like most, showed there are different ways to look at every question. My main interest is figuring out what to do with the unwanted and duplicates in my groups. Thanks for the help.[/QUOTE]
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