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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;1934 Wreath Crown, post: 3045894, member: 76965&quot;]I have been looking at sales prices achieved over the years and 2014 appears to be a good year for sellers, especially for run-of-the-mill gold coins because of the high price of the base metal. But although the base metals have been fairly stable I recent times, I find that I am able to pick up some fairly desirable coins at 20-30% less than in 2016-7. In exceptional cases, the price of very rare or high grade coins has appreciated, but this represents a small minority IMHO.</p><p><br /></p><p>The three coins below are a glaring example. They are in no way sloppy examples of their era, I think. However, I placed advance bids because of the time difference in my country of residence and actually won 3 out of 5 coins, in my sleep, at 30-40% less than estimates and at least 20% less than what I paid for another MS63 Seljuqs of Rum AV dinar less than 6 months ago. A fluke or a disturbing trend??</p><p><br /></p><p>Was it my lucky day or is it because of a general feeling of nervousness throughout the globe!! If the trends and strategies of collectors were changing, it cannot apply to such a vast population of collectors in such a short period of time. Since I don&#039;t intend to sell them in the short or medium term, the only comfort I can take from this is that I&#039;m adding to my collection for less money <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie7" alt=":p" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.</p><p><br /></p><p>Russia 1879 2 Kopeck MS64RB</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]760917[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]760918[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Russia 1879 2 Kopeck MS64BN</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]760919[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]760920[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Islamic Dynasties, Seljuqs of Rum (The Three Brothers) 1249-59 AV Dinar MS63....not bad calligraphy for a 750+ year old coin, I thought</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]760921[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]760922[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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