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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2756644, member: 19463&quot;]We really can&#039;t compare two different examples of the same coin because we will never agree on the relative merits of a little wear or a little centering or surface differences.&nbsp; I don&#039;t have notes making it easy to find all such occurrences but what I was talking about is a specific example of a coin that makes multiple appearances.&nbsp; We also have to throw out examples of coins that were &#039;modified&#039;.&nbsp; I have a coin that sold in 1987 for $725 +10% and again in 1991 for $109 but was cleaned by the 1987 buyer who did not like his coins toned (or infected with BD?).&nbsp; After 15 years it is looking better.&nbsp; Maybe someday it will be back to 1987 level?&nbsp; The 1987 photo is screened and copied from a catalog.&nbsp; </p><p>[ATTACH=full]632540[/ATTACH] </p><p>I would have sworn TIF sent me the Dattari Savio image of the coin but I must have lost it. </p><p><br /></p><p>It is easier to track such things now that sales records are digital. </p><p>2012:</p><p><a href="https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=164136#" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=164136#" rel="nofollow"><img src="https://www.cngcoins.com/photos/big/2320310.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p><b>232, Lot: 310.</b> Estimate $100.</p><p>Sold for $460. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Diocletian. </b>AD 284-305. Antoninianus (25mm, 3.35 g, 6h). Londinium (London) mint. Struck under Carausius, AD 287-293. Radiate and cuirassed bust right / Pax standing left, holding branch and sceptre; S-P/[MLXXI]. RIC V 5. VF, brown patina, a bit off-center.</p><p><font size="4"><br /></font></p><p><font size="4"><b>2017:</b></font></p><p><font size="4"><b>ORDER DATE</b></font></p><p><font size="4"><b>May 22, 2017</b></font></p><p>ORDER TOTAL</p><p>US $175.00</p><p>Free shipping</p><p><b>Order DIOCLETIAN 287AD Londinium London Mint under Carausius RARE Roman Coin i58666</b></p><p>1 item sold by <a href="http://www.ebay.com/usr/highrating_lowprice?_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2754" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ebay.com/usr/highrating_lowprice?_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2754" rel="nofollow">highrating_lowprice</a></p><p><a href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/351976421334?_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2648&amp;ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/351976421334?_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2648&amp;ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT" rel="nofollow"><img src="https://i.ebayimg.com/images/i/351976421334-0-1/s-l140/p.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/351976421334?_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649&amp;ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/351976421334?_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649&amp;ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT" rel="nofollow">DIOCLETIAN 287AD Londinium London Mint under Carausius RARE Roman Coin i58666</a></p><p>( 351976421334 )</p><p>Delivered on Fri, May 26</p><p><br /></p><p>ITEM PRICE:</p><p>US $175.00</p><p><br /></p><p>NFA in the 70&#039;s was not the same place as the later McNall era NFA even though McNall worked for Malter back then.&nbsp; I was able to buy coins in both eras but both required finding coins that most people did not want. I bought five coins from the NFA fall mail sale (not a numbered auction) and to this day consider them among the best money I ever spent on coins.&nbsp; I bid low on 30 coins and won 5.&nbsp; I do wish I had won those others. </p><p><br /></p><p>The same rules still apply. Bid what you want to pay: no more, no less.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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