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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;1934 Wreath Crown, post: 4802185, member: 76965&quot;]Joe I find I&#039;m moving more and more towards ancients in recent times and have intentionally and in one case, unintentionally <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />, managed to acquire some nice examples over the last 4-5 years. Yes you are correct, the Shekel was purchased from HA in 2016. I had bought 3 but later sold the lowest grade coin to reduce the base cost of the ones retained.</p><p><br /></p><p>I think I&#039;ll set myself an upper limit for this particular example and see how it goes. Who knows, maybe I won&#039;t have to part with anything<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie50" alt=":happy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />. The only thing that concerns me about ancients is another undiscovered hoard which will make a once rare coin very common, an example being the Attica Tetradrachm. With most moderns there is a fairly accurate record of mintage numbers.</p><p><br /></p><p>Joe IMHO the Sidon tet is one of the better examples of the coin I&#039;ve seen recently on the web. I was fortunate enough to acquire it at a very competitive price as only 2 other collectors spotted it. It appears to be a difficult coin to find, especially in well preserved condition and hopefully, would do better than the one recently sold at the Nomos auction, if I decided to part with it. However, the terms of the auction house selling the octadrachm are very unrealistic and I&#039;d never list with them. There are many better selling options available if one shops around.</p><p><br /></p><p>One thing is for sure, if I&#039;m successful, it will be posted here soon <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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