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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Al Kowsky, post: 7845866, member: 97383&quot;]I&#039;ve never bought coins strictly for investment, however, on many occasions those coins turned out to be good investments <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie50" alt=":happy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />. Coins that I&#039;ve added to my collection must be aesthetically pleasing, have some historical interest to me, should be high grade, &amp; priced right. A coin I posted in an earlier thread sold at a Heritage auction in 2018 for $3,840.00, pictured below. I bought that coin for $200.00 in the 1980s. I was never happy with the die-shift on the reverse so I bought another solidus of Theodosius II from Harlan Berk for $600.00 that I found more pleasing. To recoup the money spent on the first coin I had it slabbed &amp; sent to Heritage for auction. I was elated with the result <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />. That same coin sold last week at Heritage for $9,600.00 <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie57" alt=":jawdrop:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />!&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1350476[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1350477[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>The coin I bought from Harlan Berk is pictured below. Both of these coins are common types, but the second coin has much greater eye appeal to me. I don&#039;t know what this coin would currently fetch at auction &amp; really don&#039;t care <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie85" alt=":smuggrin:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1350479[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>Theodosius II, AD 402-450 (struck 408-420), Constantinople Mint, 10th Officina. AV Solidus: 4.48 gm, 21 mm, 12 h. Sear 21127</b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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