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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;AncientJoe, post: 8155294, member: 44357&quot;]Here are a handful of the coins I&#039;ve purchased on the Early Bird day which I was very happy to acquire (and which wouldn&#039;t have lasted long as there are other collectors who will sweep them up).</p><p><br /></p><p>It helps to spend an unreasonably large amount of time looking at prices and old catalogs to know what is worth pouncing on when several collectors are all poring over a tray of coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>I hesitated on one aureus a couple years ago and went back 30 minutes later to buy it but it had already been purchased by a dealer (I found them and gave them a modest profit for it but this is not an uncommon occurrence - that&#039;s not worth doing for every coin but when it&#039;s the nicest example of a rare type to surface in a decade, it&#039;s worth being aggressive).</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1422887[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1422888[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1422889[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1422890[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1422891[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1422892[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1422894[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1422893[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1422897[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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