Do you ever buy a numismatic item just to get the holder?
291fifth
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I sometimes see coin/medal sets in nice lucite holders going for so little that I buy them just to get the holder. Does anyone else do this?
Price lucite holders today and you will see what I mean.
Price lucite holders today and you will see what I mean.
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and yes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
<< <i>i do it all the time with paintings to get the frame and usually i throw away the paintings >>
Smart move! Good frames are expensive.
K S
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"Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
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in a set like a 1928 Irish proof set are badly tarnished you can pay much less than
the value of the case which is worth about $50. Many people have nice coins and
want the case for them.
This is partly because the nice coins survived only because they were removed from
the set. Look at something like a 1975 Japanese or a '68 US mint set. There is 100%
attrition on some of the coins in these sets and few people cared enough to take the
coins out.