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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Valentinian, post: 8202787, member: 44316&quot;]&quot;decrepit great rarity or EF common coin?&quot; We can make this a fairer question if we stipulate equal dollar value at the high end of some (your) buying range. I have lots of old catalogs and it is clear that, relatively, rarity used to have higher value than it does now. If someone had, in 1970, bought one great rarity in low grade for $1000 and one high-grade common sestertius for $1000, there no doubt the high-grade coin has gone up more, probably much more.</p><p><br /></p><p>Long ago I thought 3 VF denarii were worth more to me than one EF denarius that cost what the three did in total. In terms of history and enjoyment, that is still be the way I think, but the market has changed to value that EF coin more. </p><p><br /></p><p>I like top condition coins and avoid unattractive pieces, but more than many others I would enjoy a mid-grade rarity over a super-high-grade common coin of the same cost in covid times. That is, I think super-high-grade is relatively overvalued (although I realize the market does not, and will not, agree with me.)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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