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<p>[QUOTE="JBGood, post: 2015380, member: 38987"]This is a fascinating topic for me as a new comer to ancients. What are these things really worth? My US coin experience was dominated by valuations and investment sentiments. I could never sort out in my own mind if I was buying a coin because it was worth a certain amount or because I thought it was a beautiful coin. Clearly it's resale value mattered to me. Not so with ancients. I collect these because they are amazing to see and touch and with each coin I learn something that is new to me. This new learning is of "value" to me. Is my ancient experience a higher "quality" experience than my US experience? I think it is.</p><p><br /></p><p>But why the coins in the OP and their crazy price tags? I'd say the guy is just trying to draw attention to his store or he's trying to impress someone. It did make me look at his other items, some of which were reasonably priced. But obviously the value and quality dimension for this guy is all whack-a-doodle because, as you can see he still wants the buyer to pay $5 for shipping, even for a $95,000 item.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="JBGood, post: 2015380, member: 38987"]This is a fascinating topic for me as a new comer to ancients. What are these things really worth? My US coin experience was dominated by valuations and investment sentiments. I could never sort out in my own mind if I was buying a coin because it was worth a certain amount or because I thought it was a beautiful coin. Clearly it's resale value mattered to me. Not so with ancients. I collect these because they are amazing to see and touch and with each coin I learn something that is new to me. This new learning is of "value" to me. Is my ancient experience a higher "quality" experience than my US experience? I think it is. But why the coins in the OP and their crazy price tags? I'd say the guy is just trying to draw attention to his store or he's trying to impress someone. It did make me look at his other items, some of which were reasonably priced. But obviously the value and quality dimension for this guy is all whack-a-doodle because, as you can see he still wants the buyer to pay $5 for shipping, even for a $95,000 item.[/QUOTE]
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