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<p>[QUOTE="Valentinian, post: 3080963, member: 44316"]We got several good general answers, but this thread has (naturally) mostly focused about the coin I used to illustrate the philosophical issue. I would still like to hear what people do if they have some series they collect that "needs" some missing type.</p><p><br /></p><p>If such a coin appears, one option is to not pay more just because it is some variety and just waiting to get lucky and find the variety later (it might take years) if one comes along at a higher-than-desired price. Another option is to go higher than expected to get the coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>Personally, I have so many interests that I will rarely go higher when a coin is a variety I want. Maybe I'll find it later, and I am certain I can find something else interesting in a different series for the higher price I would have to pay.</p><p><br /></p><p>I don't want to return the discussion to the OP coin, but I agree with the posters who said it was not worth much--hardly more than any other Constantine-- even though it fills a hole (that almost no one would care about).</p><p><br /></p><p>Examples for this philosophical discussion about <b>your</b> approach to buying:</p><p><br /></p><p>A) Someone collects Byzantine anonymous bronzes and notes there are over 60 nimbus varieties of the common Class A. What if a variety he doesn't have is offered at twice the normal low price. Go for it? Wait?</p><p><br /></p><p>B) Denarii of L. Papius (79 BC) in the Roman Republican series have control marks below the leaping griffin. One of our members collects them and has quite a few varieties. Would/should a a new variety be worth more (to him) than a standard Papius coin?</p><p><br /></p><p>C) A FEL TEMP REPARATIO is offered from a mint you don't have after a few years of trying to complete the mint-set. How much more is it worth (to you) than a similar piece from a different mint would go for.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Valentinian, post: 3080963, member: 44316"]We got several good general answers, but this thread has (naturally) mostly focused about the coin I used to illustrate the philosophical issue. I would still like to hear what people do if they have some series they collect that "needs" some missing type. If such a coin appears, one option is to not pay more just because it is some variety and just waiting to get lucky and find the variety later (it might take years) if one comes along at a higher-than-desired price. Another option is to go higher than expected to get the coin. Personally, I have so many interests that I will rarely go higher when a coin is a variety I want. Maybe I'll find it later, and I am certain I can find something else interesting in a different series for the higher price I would have to pay. I don't want to return the discussion to the OP coin, but I agree with the posters who said it was not worth much--hardly more than any other Constantine-- even though it fills a hole (that almost no one would care about). Examples for this philosophical discussion about [B]your[/B] approach to buying: A) Someone collects Byzantine anonymous bronzes and notes there are over 60 nimbus varieties of the common Class A. What if a variety he doesn't have is offered at twice the normal low price. Go for it? Wait? B) Denarii of L. Papius (79 BC) in the Roman Republican series have control marks below the leaping griffin. One of our members collects them and has quite a few varieties. Would/should a a new variety be worth more (to him) than a standard Papius coin? C) A FEL TEMP REPARATIO is offered from a mint you don't have after a few years of trying to complete the mint-set. How much more is it worth (to you) than a similar piece from a different mint would go for.[/QUOTE]
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