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<p>[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 2852928, member: 19463"]This is exactly what makes me buy so many coins. As a specialist you have to decide 'now' or 'never' more often than you like. Sometimes you err and buy something you have not seen for a decade and discover there was a group of them and you see more each month for a while. There are coins where all know examples look alike and probably came from one find. You never know when your 'unique' treasure will become the worst know of ten.....or a thousand. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Recently one CNG sale sold two of these that had the word FOSTLVS clear on flan. One had all three birds (as does Bing's) and full legends all around. </p><p><a href="https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=339573" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=339573" rel="nofollow">https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=339573</a></p><p>I wanted that one but not as bad as someone else did! A VF coin with all the parts does not show up often enough that it did not draw a crowd. My coin ($130 in 1990!) has better legends than Bing's but worse birds. Maybe someday???</p><p>[ATTACH=full]677437[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 2852928, member: 19463"]This is exactly what makes me buy so many coins. As a specialist you have to decide 'now' or 'never' more often than you like. Sometimes you err and buy something you have not seen for a decade and discover there was a group of them and you see more each month for a while. There are coins where all know examples look alike and probably came from one find. You never know when your 'unique' treasure will become the worst know of ten.....or a thousand. Recently one CNG sale sold two of these that had the word FOSTLVS clear on flan. One had all three birds (as does Bing's) and full legends all around. [url]https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=339573[/url] I wanted that one but not as bad as someone else did! A VF coin with all the parts does not show up often enough that it did not draw a crowd. My coin ($130 in 1990!) has better legends than Bing's but worse birds. Maybe someday??? [ATTACH=full]677437[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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