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<p>[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 2261365, member: 19463"]The fair price is quite dependent on whether that spot is a failed piercing or not. In the slab where it is not mentioned, the spot does not exist for resale purposes. I really would suggest leaving that coin in that slab. This is a common type which is very popular with new-to-ancients collectors. I bought mine for $17.85 but that was 30 years ago so yours should be worth more. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie11" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> It is not a market I follow. If I were sure that the symbol at the left was a triskles, I might buy the coin for $25-35 unless I decided on inspection that the spot was a failed hole. The whole point is that what one of us is a $25 coin is a $100 to another because we look at different things, want different things and buy for different reasons. A dealer might want it for resale and have a customer in mind so he would pay more than another that has three in stock now that he can't move. Yesterday, I made a $75 offer on a $165 eBay Roman listing that said it was marked down from $250. It was accepted (so I offered too much???). Ancients have no Red Book. Don't take listings too seriously. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]448940[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 2261365, member: 19463"]The fair price is quite dependent on whether that spot is a failed piercing or not. In the slab where it is not mentioned, the spot does not exist for resale purposes. I really would suggest leaving that coin in that slab. This is a common type which is very popular with new-to-ancients collectors. I bought mine for $17.85 but that was 30 years ago so yours should be worth more. :rolleyes: It is not a market I follow. If I were sure that the symbol at the left was a triskles, I might buy the coin for $25-35 unless I decided on inspection that the spot was a failed hole. The whole point is that what one of us is a $25 coin is a $100 to another because we look at different things, want different things and buy for different reasons. A dealer might want it for resale and have a customer in mind so he would pay more than another that has three in stock now that he can't move. Yesterday, I made a $75 offer on a $165 eBay Roman listing that said it was marked down from $250. It was accepted (so I offered too much???). Ancients have no Red Book. Don't take listings too seriously. [ATTACH=full]448940[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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