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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2707989, member: 19463&quot;]This is a very nice example of a common denarius.&nbsp; Those of us (me) who don&#039;t require every coin be perfect don&#039;t spend $800.&nbsp; I have a normal coin in lesser condition and a fourree in ugly shape muling the reverse with another Republican.&nbsp; It is a decision we all have to make.&nbsp; Do we get one perfect coin or ten semi-decent ones.&nbsp; Certainly the perfect coins will sell for more but you have to sell them to realize that profit.&nbsp; I have had the two below for over 30 years now and have not made one red cent on them.&nbsp; That would require selling them.&nbsp; $47 and $25 then - now the pair would bring more but not all that much more that I am tempted to cash in.&nbsp; </p><p>[ATTACH=full]610765[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]610764[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>My experience has been that collectors who can only buy one nice coin a year by their standards either don&#039;t stay long in the hobby or sell coins regularly to fund buying different coins.&nbsp; My experience also has been that collectors who consider the cash value of their collection to be the most important part don&#039;t stay long.&nbsp; It really helps if you like coins well enough that you don&#039;t mind spending even more on books, travel expenses, commissions and safe keeping tools (big dogs eat a lot).&nbsp; I enjoy seeing p-man&#039;s coins and believe he is more likely to still be in the hobby when he is too old to ride a mower than those of us who buy the same coins using 5% of their funds rather than his declared half.&nbsp; We each need to find the hobby that fits our style (or, in my case, lack thereof).&nbsp;&nbsp; All I ask is you get p-man level coins if you pay p-man level prices.&nbsp; </p><p>There are sellers out there who would ask you $800 for my stuff.&nbsp; Until you can tell the difference between an $80 coin and and $800 coin, I&#039;d suggest you consider a few books and coins that cost what you spend on lunches and hold off on the ones that would buy a car.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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