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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 4036433, member: 19463&quot;]I agree with AJ on this from his position because coins on his irreplaceable list are likely to be very expensive.&nbsp; My collection is different.&nbsp; Over half of my most favored and hard to replace coin cost me under $250 and at least one was as little as $5.&nbsp; When a coin is not known in high grade but&nbsp; still exists as the only or best known it will be harder to replace than a coin that costs $10,000.&nbsp; Very expensive coins tend to make the rounds as the owners decide they have had the honor of owning it but want the money for other conquests.&nbsp; Coins that are unique or very rare but that have no demand in the high dollar circuit will be harder to replace because the big auctions would rarely descend to list something like that.&nbsp; I know AJ has some coins that are irreplaceable at any price but he has more that could be replaced or improved with an unlimited budget (we are talking guys that make Clio look poor).&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The coin to which you refer was sold by NFA in 1989 (June 1, XXII lot 126).&nbsp; I do not have the complete list so I can not say whether or not this coin was on that list but several coins in that sale were later shown to be fakes including the one they put on the cover.&nbsp; I really value the coins I got from NFA (junkers by their standards) and still enjoy looking at their catalogs BUT NFA was stronger at business than they were at coins in some respects and we all make mistakes.&nbsp; Some of the mistakes sent Bruce McNall to jail and ruined one of my favorite sources of coins (their junkers were my gems). Not knowing the details of this particular coin, I might suggest not paying the big bucks for a coin from NFA XXII without consulting not only an expert but someone involved with the &#039;outing&#039; of those particular fakes who knows what is going on and what happened to those fakes in the intervening years. </p><p><a href="https://www.vcoins.com/en/stores/ancient_numismatic_enterprise/9/product/numismatic_fine_arts_inc_nfa_auction_xxii__ancient_greek_and_roman_coins_fakes/39069/Default.aspx" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.vcoins.com/en/stores/ancient_numismatic_enterprise/9/product/numismatic_fine_arts_inc_nfa_auction_xxii__ancient_greek_and_roman_coins_fakes/39069/Default.aspx" rel="nofollow">https://www.vcoins.com/en/stores/ancient_numismatic_enterprise/9/product/numismatic_fine_arts_inc_nfa_auction_xxii__ancient_greek_and_roman_coins_fakes/39069/Default.aspx</a></p><p><img src="https://images.vcoins.com/product_image/9/6/6/6gRKG3smrB32C8tM9iRamQ75H4bcdw.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Judging from the weight match, this suggests your dream coin is a nightmare.</p><p><a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/fakes/displayimage.php?pos=-8029" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/fakes/displayimage.php?pos=-8029" rel="nofollow">http://www.forumancientcoins.com/fakes/displayimage.php?pos=-8029</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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