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<p>[QUOTE="zumbly, post: 2397109, member: 57495"]I like your lot and would have been happy with it myself, but I find with mixed lot buying some caveats apply. For me personally, they are the best fun when you:</p><p><br /></p><p>a) buy them at a significant discount to their theoretic retail value (50% or more would be good)</p><p>b) find a nice bonus or surprise in the lot (for example, you buy the lot for a specific coin or two that you see in it, but discover on receiving it that it also contains an interesting type new to you, or one that you had overlooked but turned out to be an unexpected winner).</p><p>c) don't have too many duplicates already in your collection - I wouldn't have a problem with 10 Gordian III ants in my collection, but perhaps not if 4 were the same reverse type.</p><p><br /></p><p>Oh, and if one expects only higher grade coins, or is averse to an element of gambling in coin buying, I'd just avoid mixed lots altogether.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="zumbly, post: 2397109, member: 57495"]I like your lot and would have been happy with it myself, but I find with mixed lot buying some caveats apply. For me personally, they are the best fun when you: a) buy them at a significant discount to their theoretic retail value (50% or more would be good) b) find a nice bonus or surprise in the lot (for example, you buy the lot for a specific coin or two that you see in it, but discover on receiving it that it also contains an interesting type new to you, or one that you had overlooked but turned out to be an unexpected winner). c) don't have too many duplicates already in your collection - I wouldn't have a problem with 10 Gordian III ants in my collection, but perhaps not if 4 were the same reverse type. Oh, and if one expects only higher grade coins, or is averse to an element of gambling in coin buying, I'd just avoid mixed lots altogether.[/QUOTE]
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