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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;1934 Wreath Crown, post: 5228120, member: 76965&quot;][USER=19250]@Paddy54[/USER] TBH a surviving mintage of 600 is not exactly rare in my opinion. Either the collectors in North America really love and therefore, greatly overvalue their numismatic heritage or other countries (European, African, Asian etc.) undervalue them. US collectors have over the years pushed up the price of South American issues as well and I&#039;m waiting for them to start collecting the stuff I buy/have. Then I can retire and not worry about the price of cocktails in Dubai<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Take any European country as an example or even ancients, some coins with just one known example would only go for a few thousand Dollars/Euros/Pounds whereas a US or Canadian issue would probably sell for MANY multiples of that.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have some &#039;only known&#039; examples of desirable coins in high grade but they would not sell for $50-60,000....well perhaps in 200 years when I&#039;m a very old man<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Would I pay almost $5,000 for a &#039;details&#039; coin??!! For the right one damn right I would but for one with 600 known examples and God knows how many undiscovered ones.....NO WAY.</p><p><br /></p><p>Would I pay serious money for an 1819 or GB 1917 sovereign.....if I could spare the cash at that moment in time, DEFINITELY, coz for me those represent numismatic history.</p><p><br /></p><p>Did I totally misunderstand the purpose of this thread and just ramble on???[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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