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Is This Worth Buying? ... An Ancient "Error Coin"

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 Posted 10/03/2012  10:15 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Dionysos to your friends list
Interesting but I wouldn't call this sort of coins a good investment. Brockages are not as popular as modern error coins, they usually sell for less than the "regular" issues.
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 Posted 10/03/2012  10:29 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Ancientnoob to your friends list
Well are you collecting or investing...?hum...
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10/03/2012 10:30 pm
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 Posted 10/03/2012  10:30 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Doucet to your friends list
The draw back to this coin IMP is that the reverse brockage is not well centered and thus not too spectacular.

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 Posted 10/03/2012  10:38 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add stevex6 to your friends list
Nice => thanks for the comments "so far" ...

=> hey, the coin may not be perfectly centered, but it is certainly not "poorly" centered (there is still at least 80% of the face still lookin' sweet, right?) ... ummm, any educated guesses what a dude might want to pay for this lil' gem?



thanks guys

Steve
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10/03/2012 10:39 pm
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 Posted 10/03/2012  10:42 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Dionysos to your friends list
The following sold for 117$ + fees last year, better centered, so maybe 75-100$ (max!) ?

http://www.acsearch.info/record.html?id=511753
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 Posted 10/03/2012  10:45 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add stevex6 to your friends list
Thanks, Batman ...

Hmmmm, I'm glad that I asked, for I was prepared to spend a bit more than that for this coin, so perhaps I will pull-up on the ol' wallet-strings a bit and play this fish for a while ...

thanks

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 Posted 10/03/2012  11:38 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add stevex6 to your friends list
Eh-heh-heh => well, I bought it for $150 (which was actually $100 less than the dude's original asking price) ...

Ummm sure, I may be a lousy fisherman, but at least I saved myself a C-note (thanks for the heads-up, Batman) ...

... and honestly ... $150 for a 2000 year old brockage coin

=> c'mon man!! (I'm bringin' this baby home!!) ... it'll look wonderful, nestled next to it's double-sided brother.





... hmmm well, I didn't stay on the wagon for very long, eh? (gawd I'm weak at times .... happy, but weak)



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 Posted 10/03/2012  11:50 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Eng5858 to your friends list


Steve, very nice, I think you did well on the price.....very cool..
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 Posted 10/04/2012  12:22 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Bing to your friends list
The bust on the error coin is soooo much better than the bust on your other coin. I have no idea what you are paying (and I'm not asking), but if it's affordable I would suggest you buy it.
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 Posted 10/04/2012  12:24 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Bing to your friends list
I should have read the entire thread. You already purchased. Good on ya.
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 Posted 10/04/2012  01:19 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add DVCollector to your friends list
I like it!
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 Posted 10/04/2012  02:32 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Broken-Coin to your friends list
I love error coins and would like to take a moment and thank the lawyers and my ex for raking me over the coals on divorce settlement costs that no longer allow me to purchase coins like this...
Here are 2 Ancient error coins I have, when I sent the flipover strike to NGC, they kindly kept my money and body bagged it...

Is-This-Worth-Buying?-...-An-Ancient-


Is-This-Worth-Buying?-...-An-Ancient-

Is-This-Worth-Buying?-...-An-Ancient-
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 Posted 10/04/2012  02:39 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add stevex6 to your friends list
tough break, Broken-Coin (cool errors)


... man, it sounds like a messy ending?



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 Posted 10/04/2012  03:57 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Broken-Coin to your friends list
It was a tough call, but after 34 years I guess it was worth it...
Just realize that if you ever have to go down that route, you will not believe how much your wife will like/love your coin collection (just try and hide any high value ones and don't brag about what they are worth)...

I still do love the Errors though...
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 Posted 10/04/2012  6:33 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add stevex6 to your friends list
Sadly, I myself am walking a fairly fine-line between normalcy and mayhem ...

=> but sadly, it is a combo of drinking too much wine and buying too many coins ...

chicken or the egg?

Well, I've decided that booze is gonna go down in consumption before I reduce my coin consumption ..... so wish me luck => because I "love" both hobbies!


=> ummmm, but if I don't happen to take my own advice, then maybe I'll call you up, BrokenCoin, and we can both clink-glasses and talk about the good ol' coins that we used to own ...

=> cheers => I wish you all of the "recovery-luck" in the future!!

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10/04/2012 6:34 pm
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