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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Al Kowsky, post: 8247874, member: 97383&quot;]I&#039;m always amazed when I see people paying outrageous money for slabbed coins at auction <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie11" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />. Yesterday I tagged about a dozen coins that sold at the <b>Heritage 232210 Auction</b> last night to see what they would sell for. Some people (I refuse to call them collectors) who know nothing about ancient coins were buying plastic slabs again, &amp; not the coins in the slabs <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie7" alt=":p" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />. Some of the results were truly crazy <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie5" alt=":confused:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />! Pictured below are a few of the results.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1452595[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1452596[/ATTACH] </p><p>Someone paid <b>$990.00 </b>for this coin <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie9" alt=":eek:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />! The coin pictured below is equally scarce but in superior condition, it cost me <b>$68.00 </b>from a Roma auction 3 years ago <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie85" alt=":smuggrin:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1452609[/ATTACH] <b>Maximian Herculius, AD 286-310 (struck AD 300), Aquileia Mint. Billon nummus: 9.87 gm, 28 mm, 11 h. RIC 29b.</b></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1452611[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1452612[/ATTACH] </p><p>This coin sold for <b>$1,740.00 <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie57" alt=":jawdrop:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />! </b>The coin pictured below cost me <b>$660.00 </b>at auction several years ago <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie85" alt=":smuggrin:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1452615[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1452616[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1452617[/ATTACH] </p><p>This double denarius of Philip I is one of the most common coin types in the entire series, it sold for <b>$528.00 <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie9" alt=":eek:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />! </b>I&#039;ve sold superior examples of this coin type for less than <b>$100.00 <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />....</b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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