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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 4158354, member: 19463&quot;]I&#039;m with medoraman on this one.&nbsp; I hate the concept that coins never found in high grade get a break when being graded.&nbsp; If the best known coin of a particular type is VG, it should not be called VF &quot;for these&quot;. </p><p><br /></p><p>If I were (I&#039;m not) a Commodus specialist and I &#039;needed&#039; this type, I might buy it but, as it is, I have more Commodus denarii than I need and would add more only if I felt the type, the style or the eye appeal were exceptional in some way.&nbsp; I don&#039;t see this one as a particularly good coin to be one&#039;s only Commodus or representative of some subset of his coins.&nbsp; He looks tired.&nbsp; Many of his coins look that way and that feature does not elevate the demand. </p><p><br /></p><p>I said that but I was not being original when I repeated what should be obvious.&nbsp; Would I buy the coin for half the price? No. Would I tell you whether you should or not?&nbsp; That is also a &#039;No&#039;.&nbsp; I do not particularly like the coin and have coins I like as well or better that cost less.&nbsp; Of course some of them were purchased long enough ago that the price may have gone up.&nbsp; I paid more 20 years ago for coins than I received when I sold them last year.&nbsp; Would I expect you to be able to recoup you $50 in 20 years?&nbsp; I&#039;m not an optimist.</p><p><br /></p><p>I liked these coins.&nbsp; If I consigned them to a sale, would I lose or win?&nbsp; No matter, they will stay right where they are.</p><p><br /></p><p>$110 but that was from Harlan Berk - I liked the portrait.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1073074[/ATTACH]</p><p>$55 Jonathan Kern 20 years ago&nbsp; I liked the portrait.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1073075[/ATTACH]</p><p>$70 from CNG as part of a lot 3 years ago - When you buy a lot that includes coins worth $5 and $200 do you catalog them all at an average or guess a number making the total add up?&nbsp; I guessed. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1073076[/ATTACH]</p><p>$63 from NFA over 25 years ago - I don&#039;t know why.&nbsp; Back then I did not have many Commodus.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1073077[/ATTACH]</p><p>$82 30 years ago&nbsp; I don&#039;t know why.&nbsp; Back then I did not have many Commodus.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1073078[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The point is that the answer to your question is up to you.&nbsp; I do suggest you buy coins you think you will still like in a few years/decades.&nbsp; Trade-in values on high mileage old coins is not all you might want.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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