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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 3590644, member: 19463&quot;]There is also the matter of which type of rarity we are considering and which kind of condition problems are present.&nbsp; Some coins are rare due to a small variation or unusual combination of dating devices.&nbsp; Other coins are rare and nothing like any more common coin.&nbsp; Flyspeck rare coins sell to specialists but tend to bore the rest so they do not bring big money. A major type linked to history or with beautiful die work can be forgiven little condition problems.&nbsp; I dislike rough surface coins must do not mind &#039;honest wear&#039;.&nbsp; Others differ on that one. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I paid $10 or the Septimius Severus coin below.&nbsp; Would you?&nbsp; Most would not have a coin that ugly for that price.&nbsp; </p><p>[ATTACH=full]959389[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Shortly before he died, Roger Bickford-Smith, the greatest expert in this specialty at that time, told me that of all my coins this is the one he would most like to have.&nbsp; He had never seen one.&nbsp; I have not seen another INVICTO IMP from the Alexandria mint but they are common from &#039;Emesa&#039;.&nbsp; $10 may seem cheap for an &#039;only&#039; but it is seriously overpriced for an ugly-as-sin coin of a very common emperor.&nbsp; The only place for such a coin at any price is in the collection of someone who cares.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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