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<p>[QUOTE="red_spork, post: 3493619, member: 74282"]Here's an interesting anecdote on rarity. I bought this victoriatus a few years ago and at the time it was missing from most major collections, even the British Museum didn't have an example until 1970 or so. When Crawford wrote his book there were only 3 known examples and there was only one on ACSearch. I was extremely excited to find my example and even more excited that it cost me almost nothing.</p><p><br /></p><p>Then an example appeared at CNG. And then another and another. They've now sold five so far, two this year alone with another in the next CNG printed sale. Obviously a hoard is being disbursed. I probably could have made a nice profit on my example when I initially acquired it but now who knows? That said, I'm not too worried about it since I don't plan to sell anytime soon but if you're the type who feels your coins are an investment and you're willing to pay big bucks for rarities you should definitely keep this in mind. The finest known pre-hoard examples of this type pale in comparison to some of the new examples so even buying quality doesn't necessarily insulate you against a hoard being found and today's rarities may not be so rare tomorrow.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]924979[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="red_spork, post: 3493619, member: 74282"]Here's an interesting anecdote on rarity. I bought this victoriatus a few years ago and at the time it was missing from most major collections, even the British Museum didn't have an example until 1970 or so. When Crawford wrote his book there were only 3 known examples and there was only one on ACSearch. I was extremely excited to find my example and even more excited that it cost me almost nothing. Then an example appeared at CNG. And then another and another. They've now sold five so far, two this year alone with another in the next CNG printed sale. Obviously a hoard is being disbursed. I probably could have made a nice profit on my example when I initially acquired it but now who knows? That said, I'm not too worried about it since I don't plan to sell anytime soon but if you're the type who feels your coins are an investment and you're willing to pay big bucks for rarities you should definitely keep this in mind. The finest known pre-hoard examples of this type pale in comparison to some of the new examples so even buying quality doesn't necessarily insulate you against a hoard being found and today's rarities may not be so rare tomorrow. [ATTACH=full]924979[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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