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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 3301890, member: 19463&quot;]The first question here really depends on just how badly the buyer &#039;must&#039; have that type coin and &#039;must&#039; have it now. Dealers make a lot of money selling coins to people who will resell them at a loss in a short time.&nbsp; I strongly prefer the Thasos here to either Chios but I am in no way driven to own a Chios.&nbsp; Your feeling about owning a Chios may differ.&nbsp; I may buy one tomorrow or I may buy something else.&nbsp; If we will feel the lack of owning a Chios and don&#039;t mind the fact that no dealer will pay half our cost, we can pay the money and make the choice. </p><p><br /></p><p>I have trouble selling coins I have outgrown.&nbsp; Dealers have enough ordinary coins and won&#039;t buy them for stock.&nbsp; I bought too many because they seemed like a good deal but the fact remains they were not financially sound decisions and I have trouble telling you that you should buy them now.&nbsp; Since I can not sell coins (for anything approaching what I paid) to a dealer or to beginners who would appreciate them at this stage of the game, I am faced with the choice of just keeping them or giving them away.&nbsp; I prefer to buy coins now that I will still want later.&nbsp; Is either Chios such a coin?</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I have never been a coin dealer and could never be one.&nbsp; I tend to walk away from dealers at shows who seem to be intent on &#039;boosting&#039; me &#039;over the edge&#039;.&nbsp; I make enough mistakes on my own without a &#039;boost&#039;.&nbsp; Perhaps that is why I buy 90% of my new coins from a half dozen &#039;old&#039; dealers. </p><p><br /></p><p>I DO like that Thasos.&nbsp; As you said, it compares well to others I have seen.&nbsp; It has good metal and better surfaces than the one I bought in 1991 from CNG.&nbsp; Back then, they were attributed to Lete.&nbsp; I don&#039;t know the circumstances of that move.&nbsp; You have to keep up or get left behind like me. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]874961[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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