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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2854360, member: 19463&quot;]I really do not think the 15 years was the big difference here.&nbsp; My examples were just a few coins selected from hundreds in the stock of the dealers that supplied them.&nbsp; While I got quite a deal on them IMHO the other coins in those groups and hundreds of other groups that entered the market ten to fifty years ago sell today for prices not much more or even a little less than they did then.&nbsp; At the same show I bought special coins there were dealers with coins priced higher and worth less.&nbsp; Many of them are lost in my mind since they were not serious sources of coins or knowledge.&nbsp; The same day I bought the $50 overstrike from Jonathan Kern, I also bought ten other coins from his various groups ranging from $20 to $75 each.&nbsp; Each of those coins also came from bags with the same price but not worth buying in my opinion, on that day.&nbsp; None were identified.&nbsp; I doubt many of them sold for as much as I paid but went to dealers willing to take a hundred or a whole bag full.&nbsp; I do remember sellers who offered to grab at random ten coins, twenty coins or whatever from their bag - not my choice - for a lower price.&nbsp; I never bought coins that way.&nbsp; Today we see those same coins all written up, fully identified and priced like they were pick of the litter.&nbsp; I really miss those bags of coins from Jonathan and a few others who blurred the line between wholesale and retail.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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