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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2949345, member: 19463&quot;]It must be very hard to be both a collector and a dealer.&nbsp; Most dealers define the proper next owner for a coin as the person who will pay the most.&nbsp; Some of us non-dealers would just as well give a coin to someone who would appreciate it than to sell it to a dealer who will turn it into jewelry.&nbsp; I personally have not one bit of interest in the rare Greek here so I would be an absolutely terrible owner.&nbsp; I would bid little and care less.&nbsp; Somewhere there is someone who would be offended hearing of my terrible attitude to the most wonderful coin they have ever seen.&nbsp; That difference is what makes the hobby run.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Gordian is, however just one little detail away from being a coin high on my want list.&nbsp; I want a Gordian AE with Laetitia reverse but this one is too large.&nbsp; I want an as not a sestertius.&nbsp; I have a sestertius (not as nice as the one in question) which I bought as a space filler until I find the as I want at a price I will pay (that could be a problem since I am a well renowned cheapskate).&nbsp; The tale has been told here before so I&#039;ll just offer the link if anyone cares to look and see why someone would want an as and not a sestertius of the same type.</p><p><a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/f18.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/f18.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/f18.html</a></p><p>Like I said, that is what makes the hobby run.&nbsp; We are all different.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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