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<p>[QUOTE="medoraman, post: 1222536, member: 26302"]I know I am not Doug, but valuing a coin like that one is tough. A damaged coin to me is different than one with a defective flan, even though the results are the same really. For a broken coin, value is a base of the original I believe in all cases, just what percentage. I would think for anything other than a tiny chip I would start at half value and work my way down. </p><p><br /></p><p>For me Rex, I would look at that coin and think half to 1/3rd full coin value would be the ballpark. Even at that price coins like this tend to sit in dealer inventory. If the full coin was worth $60, (I don't know the value of these really well), then I might buy it for a $20 bill.</p><p><br /></p><p>Chris</p><p><br /></p><p>P.S. If the same coin was struck on a defective flan than I would be looking at more like $30-40. I am more willing to accept a defective mint product if it as it came from the mint than post mint damage. That would explain at least half my Byzantines. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="medoraman, post: 1222536, member: 26302"]I know I am not Doug, but valuing a coin like that one is tough. A damaged coin to me is different than one with a defective flan, even though the results are the same really. For a broken coin, value is a base of the original I believe in all cases, just what percentage. I would think for anything other than a tiny chip I would start at half value and work my way down. For me Rex, I would look at that coin and think half to 1/3rd full coin value would be the ballpark. Even at that price coins like this tend to sit in dealer inventory. If the full coin was worth $60, (I don't know the value of these really well), then I might buy it for a $20 bill. Chris P.S. If the same coin was struck on a defective flan than I would be looking at more like $30-40. I am more willing to accept a defective mint product if it as it came from the mint than post mint damage. That would explain at least half my Byzantines. :)[/QUOTE]
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