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<p>[QUOTE="SuperDave, post: 2636070, member: 1892"]"There's no accounting for what some people will assign value to." That's what I have to say for that.</p><p><br /></p><p>But that's only opinion, and therefore doesn't govern. The pattern you need to be seeing in those examples is that there are sometimes coins which gain assigned value due to whatever reason - publicity, tapping the collective zeitgeist, whatever. It is not an indication of some generalization that "all clashes/die scratches are worth extra money," because such a generalization is far from the truth. In fact, more than a few collectors consider such features disqualifying, and will not purchase a coin showing them. </p><p><br /></p><p>Clashing is fun, and interesting, and if you poll CoinTalk members you'll find that the overwhelming majority (that number will rise in conjunction with experience level) won't pay extra money for it.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="SuperDave, post: 2636070, member: 1892"]"There's no accounting for what some people will assign value to." That's what I have to say for that. But that's only opinion, and therefore doesn't govern. The pattern you need to be seeing in those examples is that there are sometimes coins which gain assigned value due to whatever reason - publicity, tapping the collective zeitgeist, whatever. It is not an indication of some generalization that "all clashes/die scratches are worth extra money," because such a generalization is far from the truth. In fact, more than a few collectors consider such features disqualifying, and will not purchase a coin showing them. Clashing is fun, and interesting, and if you poll CoinTalk members you'll find that the overwhelming majority (that number will rise in conjunction with experience level) won't pay extra money for it.[/QUOTE]
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