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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2797058, member: 19463&quot;]My experience has been that<i> collectors</i> come in all variations but do not usually care all that much about price premiums since they are after what they are after and not trying to make a buck.&nbsp; I have known collectors who only have coins of one city.&nbsp; They know that some are &#039;better&#039; style but they have to collect the lesser ones as well to represent the period of lower grade workmanship that their target city experienced.&nbsp; A fine example of this is the silver of Syracuse.&nbsp; Over the span of time, they made many really lousy coins and many great beauties.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I see no blanket statement that covers &#039;<i>collectors</i>&#039;.&nbsp; Investors and dealers (including dealer wannabes) fit Theodosius&#039; observations better because their interest is not in coins but in resale potential.&nbsp; The difference I see is not what the person buys but why they buy it.&nbsp; An exception might be made for collector/students who write a book and then dump the collection like a hot potato.&nbsp; It is always possible for one person to play in more than one game or change status in time but persons who pay what must be paid to buy what &#039;must&#039; be had for whatever reason do not fit cookie cutter descriptions.&nbsp; I am aware of more than one buyer who has already arranged for the accumulation to be given to a museum and who only buys what that institution &#039;needs&#039;.&nbsp; Like those who have no intention of being alive to see their catalog, prices realized is not a prime factor for them. </p><p><br /></p><p>I most certainly agree that rarity has no bearing on price.&nbsp; If it did, something like EID MAR denarii would cost less than a thousand boring and cheap coin types.&nbsp; Demand is everything.&nbsp; A unique coin is only of value if there are two people who care not including the person who now owns the thing.&nbsp; One hard thing about being a specialist collector of of something really unusual is knowing that no one even wants to see your rarities, let alone desire to own them.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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