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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;robp, post: 24483780, member: 96746&quot;]That list speaks volumes. Too many people with too much money. It has just become a p&#039;ing competition for many people with deep pockets. I often wonder how many of the people who buy these coins do so for their numismatic interest rather than their ego. If they also had a 1990 proof set, a few Euro coins or whatever as part of the collection, then it would be fair to say they were doing it for the hobby, but I doubt many would allow the collection to be &#039;impaired&#039; in this way.</p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s all horses for courses as we all have our budgetary constraints, but with the exception of the Double Leopard at #100 (a coin valued at 6 shillings face), there isn&#039;t a single thing in there that ticks any boxes on my list of about 1500 criteria for the collection. And at that price I couldn&#039;t afford it anyway. </p><p><br /></p><p>Like Panzerman, I have a good number of unique coins, and some of them were priced in the tens and hundreds, not hundreds of thousands. Sure some of these have cost four figures, or even five on occasion. e.g. here is a bargain basement rarity - much rarer than many on that list. A pattern halfpenny in aluminium by Taylor that cost me about $100 on ebay in 2009. It was unknown to Peck in his tome in this metal, but probably existed given most others did. It is worth bearing in mind that when this was struck, aluminium was a precious metal due to the cost of extraction, so all are rare. Like the others in this group is probably unique, and like a majority of that group is badly corroded. With brilliant fields (where still intact), it&#039;s a stand alone example item that ticks one box and has the same value to the collection as any coin worth x0.1, x10 or x100 its monetary value.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1549558[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Might try to get it slabbed as &#039;Black Cameo&#039; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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