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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Finn235, post: 3449525, member: 98035&quot;]I&#039;ve gotten some very nice coins as a result of mis-attributions. I&#039;ve noticed it happens quite a bit at auctions like Savoca Blue where they are selling up to a thousand medium or low value coins per category, and probably only spending a couple minutes per coin. Proper attribution takes time, and sometimes it doesn&#039;t make sense to spend up to an hour to ensure a $20 coin isn&#039;t something special, when it won&#039;t be 99% of the time. I&#039;m sure I&#039;ve missed my share of things, most recently when what I thought was a $20 Khusro II drachm sold for $70.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ll echo Doug that intentional or careless mis-attributions of common coins as rare is a pet peeve of mine. Can&#039;t even begin to tell you how many Valentinian IIs I&#039;ve seen on ebay listed as Valentinian III. Or downright common coins in horrid condition listed vaguely as &quot;extremely rare&quot;.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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