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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 1221848, member: 19463&quot;]While books like Harl are great for developing a feel for spending power of coins we have to recognize that Rome was subject to the same pressures as modern times.&nbsp; When I was a new collector the US minimum wage was less than 1/5 what it is today.&nbsp; Back then we might consider $8 as a fair equivalent but I thing $40 is closer today when more people make $8 and hour than a day.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Your coin is well worth the price paid in most markets but several of us (myself included) would not have paid that much for it on eBay.&nbsp; Some of us agree with the theory that slabs are safer but I find those white tabs that hold the coins in place repulsive and whould not own a coin in such a coffin.&nbsp; That doesn&#039;t mean you shouldn&#039;t.&nbsp; I respect David Vagi&#039;s opinion but won&#039;t pay for it and was not a bidder on this coin even though I do not have one of the exact type (but would like to!).&nbsp; There is a lot of room for opinion in ancient coin collecting.&nbsp; Watch this space for examples of what the rest of us buy.&nbsp; One of my recent posts showed three Republican denarii I got at a coin show which happened to sell for about the same total as your one coin.&nbsp; You may be able to sell your nice slabbed one for more but I have three times the fun with my three.&nbsp; That is why I am happy that there are so many options available to us.</p><p><a href="http://www.cointalk.com/t182078/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/t182078/">http://www.cointalk.com/t182078/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Post more as you get coins or questions.&nbsp; It is a friendly group even if we don&#039;t all agree on everything.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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