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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 2217477, member: 56859&quot;]Here&#039;s a somewhat better view of the OP coin, edited from NGC&#039;s cert lookup.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]433925[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>As usual, the prongs annoyingly obscure certain details.&nbsp; The reverse is very nice.&nbsp; The obverse is less nice.&nbsp; The legends are not particularly well rendered and are partially off flan.&nbsp; I hope that isn&#039;t bronze disease I see at 2:00-3:00 on the reverse.</p><p><br /></p><p>Both of the unslabbed examples posted by Zumbly are <b>far</b> nicer.&nbsp; Both were called &quot;EF&quot; by the auction cataloger.&nbsp; The first coin posted by Zumbly was estimated at $150 and is closer&nbsp; to what coins of that type and condition sell for.&nbsp; In this instance, there must&#039;ve been two bidders who for whatever reason, really wanted this coin.&nbsp; As Z said, the hammer price was an anomaly, an outlier.</p><p><br /></p><p>Snewman, if you love the coin and are happy with it, that is the most important thing.&nbsp; You paid what you had to pay to win this particular coin on that particular day.</p><p><br /></p><p>However, I agree with others in that you paid a huge premium for the slab and for marketing words.&nbsp; I disagree with NGC&#039;s assessment of just about everything on the label.&nbsp; &quot;Mint state&quot;?&nbsp; Not really.&nbsp; Star-worthy?&nbsp; No.&nbsp; Strike 5/5?&nbsp; No.&nbsp; Surfaces 5/5?&nbsp; perhaps.</p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t know from whom you bought the coin, but the slab and price are typical for sites like GreatCollections and (increasingly and sadly) Heritage.&nbsp; GC has increased the number of ancient coin offerings and almost all are slabbed, with starting prices and estimates which exceed prices for comparable coins.&nbsp; They seem to be courting the modern collector crowd, hoping to expand their market by offering slabbed coins with &quot;lofty&quot; labels.&nbsp; The percentage of unsold coins in every round is quite high.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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