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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 1268473, member: 19463&quot;]I&#039;ll admit that you and mat can find good bargains including $40 denarii that are pretty (I suspect his new Elagabalus was more) but a brand new newby turned loose on the market with $40 will be lucky to find a coin you would buy for $20.&nbsp; Part of it is that most new-to-the-market folks will go looking one day and figure they will buy something.&nbsp; I&#039;d rather see someone buy a $40 late Roman that they will be happy to own in a few years than a $40 corroded denarius of the type I&#039;m seeing offered these days.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>After a while we realize that some days bring bargains and some don&#039;t.&nbsp; I have a coin show this Friday.&nbsp; Will I spend $500 or just the gas it cost to drive up there?&nbsp; Either is possible.&nbsp; As an exercise I&#039;ll look to see what the best denarius I see at the show for $40.&nbsp; I may even buy it but that is not a guarantee.&nbsp; &nbsp; Looking through some of the standard venues (VCoins, Forum and EBay) I see many more (IMHO) pieces of $40 junk silver than things I&#039;d recommend to a friend new to the hobby.&nbsp; That is why I am unwilling to bet that a &#039;Chris grade&#039; $40 bargain denarius is out there for a new collector dying to spend $40.&nbsp; I must be looking in the wrong place.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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