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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 4587943, member: 19463&quot;]This is a question many of us face.&nbsp; My answer is to put both coins away to be given later to someone who would be impressed by the age of the items.&nbsp; Often this would be a kid.&nbsp; In this condition, we might save a rare emperor or use as a space filler but a decent Gallienus is cheap and easy to find.&nbsp; When we advance to a place in the hobby that we question is whether a coin has redeeming interest value or not considering its grade we usually decide that coins both common and ugly are not keepers.&nbsp; I sent a number of coins much better than this off to an AMCC auction where they were sold as a group lot for about what I had paid for each individually.&nbsp; Unsold lots were given to a YN whom I hoped would become more interested in the hobby and continue to the point he would probably give them to another younger YN.&nbsp; Selling for less than we paid makes us feel worse than gifting them to someone who might get enjoyment from them.&nbsp; Some we win; some we lose.&nbsp; I suggest trying to cut losses by furthering the hobby with a gift rather than selling them to someone who will soon realize anything they paid was too much.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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