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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 3555703, member: 19463&quot;]I believe this is the name of the game we play.&nbsp; Further, I suspect many of us have looked at one or more of the coins posted here as &#039;cherries&#039; and seen them as &#039;pits&#039;.&nbsp; If I posted the five coins I am most glad I bought, most of you would say either that you would no have paid that much or that you would not have the coin at any price.</p><p><br /></p><p>Of all my coins, I believe one most likely to return a profit if sold is my $6 Anonymous Pagan.&nbsp; The coin is not rare but we rather rarely see examples of the type with detail in the robe of Apollo.&nbsp; </p><p>[ATTACH=full]945115[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Once upon a time (about 20 years ago) in Baltimore I was privileged to go through a bag with several hundred (maybe a thousand???) silver antoniniani, mostly Gordian and Philip, &quot;your pick, $35&quot;.&nbsp; I bought the three Philip I coins below.&nbsp; This was long enough that $35 was not cheap for generic silver ants. I left at least a hundred types I did not have and most of those coins were decent condition.&nbsp; I considered each worth buying but only one was a &#039;cherry&#039;.&nbsp; One was least and one fell in the middle. Who would agree and bought all three?&nbsp; Who would have walked away from one or all?&nbsp; One collector&#039;s cherry is another&#039;s pit. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]945118[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]945119[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]945120[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>For the record, none of these will be sold in my lifetime.&nbsp; I regret recent Baltimore shows have not had plastic bags full of pickouts for the enjoyment of people like me.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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