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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2262727, member: 19463&quot;]We all change from time to time.&nbsp; Once I had trouble leaving what I considered a nice coin I did not have for what I considered a good price.&nbsp; Now I am less inclined to feel the need for coins that differ only by workshop.&nbsp; My &#039;babies&#039; are not going anywhere but some of their friends that have been hanging around might.&nbsp; There is also the question of upgrade.&nbsp; If I have a decent coin and run across a better one, what used to seem like a nice coin can become expendable.&nbsp; Finally there is the matter of just how many coins you bought in 1990 that you wonder why you wanted them in the first place.&nbsp; We change.&nbsp; Sometimes, as with the hut coins, I decide to try to fill out my set by mint (13 Constans and 7 Constantius II) so the ones missing (2 and 1) become more of interest.&nbsp; Unfortunately, looking at huts will probably cause an upgrade or two before the missing ones are found.&nbsp; The great thing about an estate sale is that I won&#039;t be around to see how many of my favorite coins are considered worthless.&nbsp; My favorite coin won&#039;t be yours.</p><p><br /></p><p>Over time and on average, I&#039;d say many of my favorite coins have been cheaper than many coins I value much less.&nbsp; Very few dealers have any clue what I&#039;m looking for.&nbsp; I&#039;m not always clear on the subject since things like &#039;coins for my technical collection&#039; are harder to explain that &#039;a worn Caligula sestertius&#039;.&nbsp; I have a show tomorrow in Richmond VA.&nbsp; There will be four dealers there of whom two might show me something that they think is on my list.&nbsp; The other two may have something but they would never understand why anyone would buy that instead of that EF Tribute Penny they have.&nbsp; That is the hobby as I know it. </p><p><br /></p><p>Example:</p><p>I bought this from an overpriced dealer who did not understand why I wanted this one and not the other similar Gordian III/Tranquillina coins he had.&nbsp; I would have paid more for it but would not have paid half most of his prices.&nbsp; That is because I saw interest in the lump of metal in the reverse field under the patina.&nbsp; My Technical collection is full of things that have taught me about mint practices but few people would want this coin more than another Tomis bronze.&nbsp; Explanation of why I wanted it is on my site and has been posted here several times but the coin remains the only one I have seen.&nbsp; If I saw another, I would buy it if it were cheap but I really don&#039;t need another.&nbsp; Demand = 1; Supply = 1.&nbsp; That works.&nbsp; When I tell dealers what I am seeking I would never think to say something like this.&nbsp; </p><p>[ATTACH=full]449309[/ATTACH] </p><p>Coins of Tomis had a value mark in the field for a while but the city also struck coins with no value marked.&nbsp; This reverse die was revalued (up or down?) by removing the value mark leaving a recess that struck coins with a raised lump.&nbsp; Sure I would love to have this die with the mark intact but do you really think I can tell a dealer who does not know anything about Tomis that I&#039;m looking for an early state of one specific die?&nbsp; Enough of you think I&#039;m crazy anyway when I saw &#039;Technical coins&#039;.&nbsp; Below is a different Tomis coin with intact 4 and a half value mark.&nbsp; It may or may not be what was removed here. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]449312[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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