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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 1847507, member: 19463&quot;]Just in case anyone here has not seen it, I have a page which I believe explains why the crocodile is both common and expensive.&nbsp; There are a million of the things out there and 900,000 of them are real dogs leaving a very few good looking ones and almost no perfect ones.&nbsp; Of all ancient coins, I believe it is the hardest to grade in any meaningful way since they tend to be unevenly struck and have a wide variety of surface problems.&nbsp; The type was commonly cut in half to make asses so these are collectible as what they are rather than damaged dupondii.&nbsp; Certainly, though, a half does not sell for half what a whole one does in equal grade.&nbsp; </p><p><a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/impossible.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/impossible.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/impossible.html</a></p><p>I was not aware of any nice ones coming up for sale.&nbsp; I still need a couple of minor variations and would be happy to help run up the prices on the right coins but I won&#039;t be paying $1000 of one either.&nbsp; I am way too cheap!&nbsp;&nbsp; Most people here don&#039;t care which of the minor varieties they get but I&#039;m trying to fill out my set and consider clear strikes of certain parts very important.&nbsp; </p><p>[ATTACH=full]308178[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>The Trajan is a decent coin and worth about $50 under the circumstances it was bought.&nbsp; You must realize that you will pay more if you buy coins at a show where dealers had to pay $1000 a table (or was it more?), had to buy ridiculously overpriced food and stay in a $500 a night &#039;vintage&#039; hotel (clean ones cost more).&nbsp; Similarly, you will pay more if you buy from a major auction house with a reputation for quality.&nbsp; I would say that denarius would be $35 in Baltimore and $30 in Richmond.&nbsp; The Nemausus strikes me as similarly high at $125 but adding the NYC overhead might make that a better deal than many you would find at the big show.&nbsp; Post it for sale on eBay and I doubt you will recoup your cost.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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