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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;zumbly, post: 2003852, member: 57495&quot;]What I wonder with the rarest provincials is what makes a $4k coin a $4k coin to begin with.&nbsp; This is particularly the case for those that are so rare one doesn&#039;t even have a historic sale record to reference.&nbsp; Why not $500 or $2000 or $8000?&nbsp; You can say that its price is what the collector is willing to pay and what he or she can afford, but I think they&#039;d feel at least a little annoyed (if not cheated) if another example of the coin they paid $4k for came up for auction a short time later and sold for $500.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;In some cases even if the coin has shown up in a sale before, it may not help in the determination of a &#039;fair&#039; value.&nbsp; <a href="http://www.sixbid.com/browse.html?auction=495&amp;category=11050&amp;lot=510426" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.sixbid.com/browse.html?auction=495&amp;category=11050&amp;lot=510426" rel="nofollow">This example of #3</a> didn&#039;t sell for USD 550 before fees in 2012.&nbsp; It&#039;s in a lower grade and has some pitting, but compared to the $4400, was it a steal, fairly priced, or overpriced?&nbsp; Who can say... they seem to be the only two that I can find any record for at all and neither have a final price.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;And just as an aside, if #7 was $4500 on a Septimius Severus coin, how much do you reckon it would be on an Elagabalus <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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