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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ambr0zie, post: 7813824, member: 80952&quot;]Traded once with a friend. I remember he badly wanted some modern coins I had. I gave it to him in exchange for some banknotes I wanted but not as much. I made this because he is my friend, otherwise the trade was not in my advantage. On other occasions, he did the same. The coins and banknotes in these situations were not expensive. </p><p><br /></p><p>Another time I happened to acquire a banknote that was not crucial for me. For him, it was and he didn&#039;t have it. He had a coin exactly the other way around - I needed that, he could have lived without it. Both were expensive and the market values were similar. He refused the trade. I didn&#039;t mind - in the end, the trade is something mutual. </p><p><br /></p><p>I would trade ancient coins in 2 cases -</p><p>1. I have a duplicate and I could trade the example I like less (not mandatory the worse one) for a coin I don&#039;t have. But I don&#039;t have too many duplicates (in fact, 3 pairs) and because ancients are usually different, which one would I choose? So, just in theory, let&#039;s say I would give the one on top because on the bottom one you can see the branch and the legend is more complete. And then regret, because the top one has a different wear pattern, that leaves more details present. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1342821[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1342822[/ATTACH]</p><p>For me this scenario with trading a duplicate would work only if I upgrade a coin (and I haven&#039;t done this yet) and, very important, the coin doesn&#039;t have any emotional importance. </p><p><br /></p><p>2. I happen to have a coin that has little importance to me. No emotional link to it, not in my area. Perhaps I have it from a lot I bought or something similar. I know what it is, I know the market value, in that case I would trade it for a similar value coin from my area of interest. And because I am a lousy business man, I would probably accept a $80 coin for my $100 one, as long as the $80 coin is a coin I need. </p><p><br /></p><p>But the situation with me, and I am sure I&#039;m not the only one, is that I tend to attach to my coins. Even the impulse buys in auctions mean that after winning them, I spent some time in learning something about them and found interesting things. And if I have them from friends, I tend to link the actual coin with the friendship. </p><p>What&#039;s this worth? </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1342829[/ATTACH]</p><p>Probably less than $10 and I&#039;m tempted to say $5. It&#039;s not in my main area as I&#039;m not into 4th century. But it was from a friend and it was the first ancient coin I have ever seen. I remember how nice it was when I was studying it for the first time and I was told by a collector who is the emperor, what does the reverse means (I had no chance to find this alone at that time)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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