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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 1758772, member: 19463&quot;]When I was in Lost Dutchman&#039;s shop I saw a set of those same plastic circle holdered coins loose in his grab box of ancients.&nbsp; I was not tempted to ask a price on even one of them even though I bought 16 other coins on that visit.&nbsp; Realizing my status as a cheapskate and a bottom feeder, perhaps that will tell you how bad the coins used in those sets were.&nbsp; The packaging probably adds some to the value as a set so I&#039;ll agree with yakpoo&#039;s appraisal as what I would pay. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>We each here have our levels of price we expect to pay and quality we expect to receive.&nbsp; There are those who post here who think nothing of paying $3000 for one coin but they get really spectacular examples of common coins or passable examples of really special types.&nbsp; I have recently seen bags of several hundred ancients at $2 a coin but a quick look-through revealed one coin that I would have in my collection at any price and that one would not be over $4.&nbsp; How much is a pile of coins worth when most are below your threshold of acceptance?&nbsp; Are we are back to the 3000 Yen number?&nbsp; This set needs to sell to someone who knows nothing about ancients and believes that they must all be priceless because they are so old.&nbsp; It is not hard to find people who hold that opinion but relatively few of them want to buy the things.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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