Museum pieces and pop reports
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Say you've got a PCGS or NGC pop top, you're pretty certain you've got the finest known piece available to the public.
But you know a museum has a piece which rivals or maybe even surpasses your piece.
Not necessarily something quite as rare as the Smithsonian's 1933 double eagles (excluding the Langboard's pieces).
Maybe more like an R6, say 20 pieces known.
And as the Smithsonian is unlikely to de-accession their pieces, let's say this piece is in a very good museum but not quite that caliber: It's unlikely but not entirely impossible that they will sell their piece.
Does having the highest attainable piece matter when another exists that is probably finer, and it's conceivable that it could come on the market at some point in the future.
But you know a museum has a piece which rivals or maybe even surpasses your piece.
Not necessarily something quite as rare as the Smithsonian's 1933 double eagles (excluding the Langboard's pieces).
Maybe more like an R6, say 20 pieces known.
And as the Smithsonian is unlikely to de-accession their pieces, let's say this piece is in a very good museum but not quite that caliber: It's unlikely but not entirely impossible that they will sell their piece.
Does having the highest attainable piece matter when another exists that is probably finer, and it's conceivable that it could come on the market at some point in the future.
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Does having the highest attainable piece matter when another exists that is probably finer, and it's conceivable that it could come on the market at some point in the future.
Matter? Matter how?
Yes it matters, but maybe not as much as it would if the museum piece didn't exist.
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Does having the highest attainable piece matter when another exists that is probably finer, and it's conceivable that it could come on the market at some point in the future.
Yes, having the 2nd finest piece matters and is a great accomplishment.
Museums that may sell collections are like strong collectors that may, or may not, keep coins in their family for generations.
impression that once in the museum it was there permanently. Cheers, RickO