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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;medoraman, post: 1473321, member: 26302&quot;]...yet everyone wants one. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I get this all of the time with ancients, people asking me &quot;how do I tell how much its worth&quot;? I recommend Sear, not because the prices are very useful, but at least they are an order of magnitude. I will just casually peruse one of his books, (doesn&#039;t matter if its 30 years old or printed last year), and like the look of a certain coin, then look at the &quot;price&quot;. If he put $100 I will think about keeping an eye out for an example, if its listed at $15,000 at least I know right away to not get my hopes up. </p><p><br /></p><p>Its really a scale, or an order of magnitude, that is worth anything. Authors know this, but they also know they get pressure from publishers because EVERYONE wants to buy a book with &quot;prices&quot; in it. Maybe its a function of the Redbook being so ubiquitous, maybe its just the human condition and laziness built into it, but they are horribly popular and in demand, yet few understand how they are effectively worthless except for letting you know the difference between $100 coin and a $15,000 one.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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