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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;IdesOfMarch01, post: 2922506, member: 39084&quot;][ATTACH=full]707884[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>This coin&#039;s condition was graded &quot;good VF.&quot;&nbsp; My personal grade is &quot;good VF/VF&quot; -- I grade the reverse a bit lower than the auction house did.&nbsp; The portrait is good but there are better Hadrian portraits, and the reverse is uncommon and interesting but not historically significant.&nbsp; But overall it&#039;s a good find and the buyer found a hidden gem that probably was worth more than the hammer price.</p><p><br /></p><p>The asking price is:&nbsp; <b>$19,750</b>.</p><p><br /></p><p>If I were a true dealer, I would have listed it for $13,570 and hoped to get a quick sale for $11,000 - $12,000.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>But as a lot of collectors here have noted, the dealer fancies himself as selling investment grade coins and decided that asking $13,800 more than he paid for it would position the coin as an investment rather than just as a pedestrian collector&#039;s coin.&nbsp; That&#039;s a 232% markup.&nbsp; I wonder if he even gets any offers on it.</p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks to everyone for voting and chiming in.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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