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<p>[QUOTE="Mat, post: 2217586, member: 21445"]I'll be blunt, if your go into ancients, do your homework. I think it's silly stupid to pay that much for a super common coin. Eye appeal can be important for ancients, but not like it is for U.S coins. Nearly all ancients have faults of some sort. And now you pay that much, in a slab no less and it may have bronze disease? All I can to is just shake my head.</p><p><br /></p><p>Great Collections is grossly overpriced, if you want reassurance on ancients and have that kind of money to play with. Buy of CNG or Harlan J. Berk. They have some wonder coins in amazing condition and can be bought cheaper then what you paid for this Costans.</p><p><br /></p><p>Mine was $14 in several years ago.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cointalk.com%2Fproxy.php%3Fimage%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fs28.postimg.org%252Fc7m40kpel%252Fhut1.jpg%26hash%3D10566f7aec89133cc7e83c4a351abacf&hash=dc13ac4a97419226c1f4c5c9fd8cab48" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Mat, post: 2217586, member: 21445"]I'll be blunt, if your go into ancients, do your homework. I think it's silly stupid to pay that much for a super common coin. Eye appeal can be important for ancients, but not like it is for U.S coins. Nearly all ancients have faults of some sort. And now you pay that much, in a slab no less and it may have bronze disease? All I can to is just shake my head. Great Collections is grossly overpriced, if you want reassurance on ancients and have that kind of money to play with. Buy of CNG or Harlan J. Berk. They have some wonder coins in amazing condition and can be bought cheaper then what you paid for this Costans. Mine was $14 in several years ago. [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cointalk.com%2Fproxy.php%3Fimage%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fs28.postimg.org%252Fc7m40kpel%252Fhut1.jpg%26hash%3D10566f7aec89133cc7e83c4a351abacf&hash=dc13ac4a97419226c1f4c5c9fd8cab48[/IMG][/QUOTE]
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