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<p>[QUOTE="Sallent, post: 3590464, member: 76194"]Obviously condition is going to have a big impact on the price of any coin. For example, this rare variety of a Galba quinarius will be lucky to sell for more than $150 on any given day because it looks like a truck ran over it. Had it been in XF condition it would probably fetch close to $1000 because of the combination of rarity and condition.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]959352[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>So obviously I didn't buy it because of its quality. But I also didn't buy it because of its rarity. There had to have been one or two other factors for me to be interested in this coin. They were:</p><p><br /></p><p>1) I think the portrait is nice despite the condition of the coin; and</p><p><br /></p><p>2) I am interested in this time period and the individual portrayed in the coin, and</p><p><br /></p><p>3) the price was right.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Sallent, post: 3590464, member: 76194"]Obviously condition is going to have a big impact on the price of any coin. For example, this rare variety of a Galba quinarius will be lucky to sell for more than $150 on any given day because it looks like a truck ran over it. Had it been in XF condition it would probably fetch close to $1000 because of the combination of rarity and condition. [ATTACH=full]959352[/ATTACH] So obviously I didn't buy it because of its quality. But I also didn't buy it because of its rarity. There had to have been one or two other factors for me to be interested in this coin. They were: 1) I think the portrait is nice despite the condition of the coin; and 2) I am interested in this time period and the individual portrayed in the coin, and 3) the price was right.[/QUOTE]
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