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Rich as Croesus?

shirohniichanshirohniichan Posts: 4,992 ✭✭✭
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I saw this Lydian stater sold for $90,000 at a recent Heritage auction:

https://coins.ha.com/itm/ancients/greek/lydian-kingdom-croesus-and-later-ca-561-546-bc-av-stater-17mm-808-gm-ngc-gem-ms-5-5-5-5/a/3073-30146.s?ic16=ViewItem-BrowseTabs-Auction-Archive-ThisAuction-120115

The same email heralding the auction results said a rare 1964 SMS Kennedy half sold for $108,000. I know I'm asking for a flame war from the US Coin Forum folks, but examples like this of condition rarity vs absolute rarity make my head spin.

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    SmEagle1795SmEagle1795 Posts: 2,136 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Incidentally, the Croesus stater was "expensive" for the type but I agree that it's all relative. I certainly prefer the coin dripping with history but I'm glad that we don't all collect the same way.

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    ElmhurstElmhurst Posts: 777 ✭✭✭

    No one is doing Lydian registry sets, so there's your price differential.

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    JamminJJamminJ Posts: 1,413 ✭✭✭

    I want a Lydian registry set, dammit!

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    WeissWeiss Posts: 9,935 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I'll throw fuel on that fire:

    I think 2600 year old gold coins shouldn't look like they were made in Mustafa's garage last week.

    I'm just sayin'.

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    ajaanajaan Posts: 17,124 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Shiro and JamminJ posting? I had to look at the date.


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    SYRACUSIANSYRACUSIAN Posts: 6,448 ✭✭✭✭

    Me too.

    Dimitri



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