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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cplradar, post: 6714275, member: 108985&quot;]I don&#039;t hold any dealers as gods.&nbsp; They are coin dealers.&nbsp; It is about $1000 over the cost of the some of recent auctions.&nbsp; OTOH, since the original posting, I saw a 1930 MS67 I saw that went for $9000.&nbsp; I have to admit, that for 9K it looked like an exceptional strike with a crisp FB.&nbsp; But if you are convinced that Mr Shapiro&#039;s coin has that of value, then you should consider&nbsp; buying it.&nbsp; For ME it is not immediately clear to me why it is so expensive.&nbsp; And BTW - that coin is not alone.&nbsp; He has tastes for very expensive otherwise common year coins.&nbsp; Understanding one would help me understand the others.</p><p><br /></p><p>Maybe you can explain the wide gap in the value of a 1936FB MS67 and a 1930FB MS67.&nbsp;&nbsp; This is a sincere question.&nbsp; Regardless, with that kind of money on the table, I wouldn&#039;t put it on a conditional rarity for an otherwise common coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>I will say this, there is no reason for the rudeness.&nbsp; A comment about a little window shopping shouldn&#039;t cause a <font size="4">vociferous outburst.&nbsp; There is no intrinsic value to coins.&nbsp; They are worth whatever the market will bare.&nbsp; Mr Shapiro only needs to have one individual willing to pony up 4 grand for a 1930 Mercury&nbsp; from the Philadelphia mint in high grade and a green sticker.&nbsp; I am sure he knows his market, and knows how to market to his market.&nbsp; I have no feeling about it at all, other than wanting to learn why someone would blow so much cash on it since it wasn&#039;t obvious to me.&nbsp; No insults are needed.&nbsp; ANd certainly no insulted were intended.</font></p><p><font size="4"><br /></font></p><p><font size="4">And BTW - that price to me is excessive, even if someone else IS willing to pay it. I wouldn&#039;t burn a years worth of my tuition on a common dated Merc.&nbsp;&nbsp; I can spend 6 months in Europe for that money. </font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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