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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2378797, member: 19463&quot;]NFA XXVII was not the sale with fakes.&nbsp; That was XXII with the fake Domitius Ahenobarbus on the cover. </p><p><br /></p><p>Of course I disagree with the advice above but I do not cosider perfection to be the most important feature of a coin.&nbsp; I have a few holed coins that I like because of the story behind their holes.&nbsp; I bought my only pre-Byzantine gold, a solidus of Theodosius II, because it was affordable ($100 which was very little over melt at the time) partly due to wear and being ex-jewelry as seen from the four prong mount marks).&nbsp; My coin is good if you want to fondle gold and I am not afraid to take it out of its holder to make a photograph showing all of its ugly marks.....or are they character marks???&nbsp; Certainly the advice will get you a higher rate of return n your investment dollar but each of us must decide just why it is we buy these things and whether a $10000 example makes us happier than a hundred $100 ones.&nbsp; I guarantee that panzerman&#039;s coins will be easier to sell than mine.&nbsp; The problem is that you have to sell the coins to reap the profits.&nbsp;&nbsp; Even here on CT, no one wants ugly coins.&nbsp; Ask JA how cheap lots sell in his sales compared to high dollar ones.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]487382[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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