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<p>[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 4803385, member: 19463"]We with bad attitude are betting on the people paying these prices to lose interest and dump their coins when they want to start travelling or buying other toys currently on hold. </p><p>I am surprised that Valentinian posted his Maxentius against the slabbed one. They are not the same type. Valentinian's is better with 'angels'. Did two real specialists bump heads looking for that exact variation or did people who did not know there are several other variations just want that plastic? We will never know why anyone does anything. </p><p><br /></p><p>Mine are all lesser coins with the most expensive being $50 at a show. The others were $20 each so that makes the six $150 or $306 less than the slabbed single. Condition is everything; pay as you wish! Oddly, that $300 would be about the cost to get my junkers slabbed. That would be foolish since they would not sell in slabs labeled VF 3/5,3/5 (being generous). I prefer my six trashy coins just as they are. The buyer of that coin would not like Valentinian's single (worth $150?) or my set. He paid for the best.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is the big question: When they learn that fact, will they swear off coins and go buy something else or will they continue to buy and leave that problem to their heirs?</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1166522[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1166523[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1166524[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1166525[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1166527[/ATTACH] The $50 one. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1166526[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 4803385, member: 19463"]We with bad attitude are betting on the people paying these prices to lose interest and dump their coins when they want to start travelling or buying other toys currently on hold. I am surprised that Valentinian posted his Maxentius against the slabbed one. They are not the same type. Valentinian's is better with 'angels'. Did two real specialists bump heads looking for that exact variation or did people who did not know there are several other variations just want that plastic? We will never know why anyone does anything. Mine are all lesser coins with the most expensive being $50 at a show. The others were $20 each so that makes the six $150 or $306 less than the slabbed single. Condition is everything; pay as you wish! Oddly, that $300 would be about the cost to get my junkers slabbed. That would be foolish since they would not sell in slabs labeled VF 3/5,3/5 (being generous). I prefer my six trashy coins just as they are. The buyer of that coin would not like Valentinian's single (worth $150?) or my set. He paid for the best. Here is the big question: When they learn that fact, will they swear off coins and go buy something else or will they continue to buy and leave that problem to their heirs? [ATTACH=full]1166522[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1166523[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1166524[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1166525[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1166527[/ATTACH] The $50 one. [ATTACH=full]1166526[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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