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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roerbakmix, post: 3899947, member: 100731&quot;]It&#039;s a pity that this otherwise very interesting thread has turn into two people bickering against one other.</p><p><br /></p><p>To stay on topic: I&#039;ve got two coins which were bought after outbidding others, resulting in a more-than-usual price me (and my wife) are comfortable with:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1027886[/ATTACH]</p><p>Heinrich II penny from Regensburg (<a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/new-early-medieval-coin-in-the-collection-heinrich-ii.349049/#post-3798507" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/new-early-medieval-coin-in-the-collection-heinrich-ii.349049/#post-3798507">discussed here</a>) for €150 after a mild bidding war.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1027887[/ATTACH]</p><p>Plumed bird var. AR sceatta. For some reason, my significant other really likes sceattas, which gave me the confidence to buy this for €180.</p><p><br /></p><p>The &#039;vindication&#039; for the first one is that it&#039;s a unique variant, and (even without this) possibly one of the best examples known, thus making it easy worth at least €150. </p><p><br /></p><p>The vindication for the latter is of course that my wife, who so far was only disinterested (to put it mildly) in numismatics, is now sort of interested in sceatta&#039;s.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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