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Message:: [QUOTE="medoraman, post: 1712471, member: 26302"]So I went to a local show today. I almost left without buying anything but the dealer near the door had a page of misc ancients. I sat down and looked them over. Nothing very good, but flipped the page and there was a page of denari and antinoninous. None were identified. I looked them over carefully, keeping Doug SMith's words of wisdom in mind, and picked out two REALLY NICE vf denari. Both clean, high end VF with full legends and well struck both sides. I asked the dealer why they weren't attributed and he said he didn't know a thing about them. I asked for a pen and attributed most, and listed the denomination on them for him. When I was done, I asked him how much for those two coins. He said since I did that work for him $55. I paid him, but felt bad. So, I walked back and told him that was too cheap, and gave him another $20. TBH, I am not sure if I could buy one of these coins on Ebay today even for the price I paid him for two. One is a MA, and the other I am not sure, but looks like a scowling Caracalla. Really high end, though, like something in a CNG fixed price list. Am I stupid for going back in just to give him more money? One benefit, though, is he then took my name and number down for when he ever gets more ancients.[/QUOTE]