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<p>[QUOTE="Sallent, post: 2756570, member: 76194"]Look again, NFA allegedly sold it for $75 and Joel Maltese allegedly tried to flip it for $79.50. Either way we can all agree this coin was quite a steep price in 1974-1975. What we will never know is if anyone actually paid those prices or not</p><p><br /></p><p>Heck, even at the 50%+ discount I bought it for (adjusted for inflation) I feel like it was at the high end of it's fair retail price.That being said, it is not an easy coin to find. It may not be rare, but it's definitely far from common.</p><p><br /></p><p>This one is on vcoins for $210. The ass behind my Roma is better than the ass on the Vcoins coin though, but it's otherwise comparable, I think.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]632532[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Other than that one, there's only 1 other example on sale for me to try to compare prices. It's an appealing gF coin for only $115, but there is no getting around the fact that it is nowhere near as sharp as mine or the other example above. </p><p><br /></p><p>With only 3 examples to compare, it's hard to say if I overpaid or got a good deal. The sample size is just too small. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie3" alt=":(" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Sallent, post: 2756570, member: 76194"]Look again, NFA allegedly sold it for $75 and Joel Maltese allegedly tried to flip it for $79.50. Either way we can all agree this coin was quite a steep price in 1974-1975. What we will never know is if anyone actually paid those prices or not Heck, even at the 50%+ discount I bought it for (adjusted for inflation) I feel like it was at the high end of it's fair retail price.That being said, it is not an easy coin to find. It may not be rare, but it's definitely far from common. This one is on vcoins for $210. The ass behind my Roma is better than the ass on the Vcoins coin though, but it's otherwise comparable, I think. [ATTACH=full]632532[/ATTACH] Other than that one, there's only 1 other example on sale for me to try to compare prices. It's an appealing gF coin for only $115, but there is no getting around the fact that it is nowhere near as sharp as mine or the other example above. With only 3 examples to compare, it's hard to say if I overpaid or got a good deal. The sample size is just too small. :([/QUOTE]
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