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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 1940269, member: 19463&quot;]TV or the real world, we are fooling ourselves if we put any stock in the concept of what something is &#039;worth&#039;.&nbsp; A coin, a house, a car, the work you do for an employer is worth exactly what it will bring when tested with real money.&nbsp; A coin is not &#039;worth&#039; what the last one was &#039;worth&#039; but what that one is the next time it sells.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Ancients make this even worse since there are so many variations of condition or minor details.&nbsp; If two rich guys show up at the sale and see a portrait of Athena that reminds them of their mothers, a price could go through the roof.&nbsp; The next day when a technically better coin comes up that reminds them of Phyllis Diller, the result might be a fraction.&nbsp; What is the type &#039;worth&#039;?&nbsp; Businessmen (coin dealers or pawn brokers) only stay in business by paying less than &#039;worth&#039; or selling for more.&nbsp; If a coin is &#039;valued&#039; at $10k, no professional is going to pay anything near that amount unless they already have in mind a buyer who they have some certainty will like the item enough to pay more than it is &#039;worth&#039;.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I agree the TV show appears to be staged and I can not imagine why anyone with any sense would take a coin &#039;worth&#039; $10k into a Pawn Shop unless they had to have the money instantly or were afraid that a real coin dealer would recognize that the &#039;worth&#039; number was ridiculous.&nbsp; If I had any of the coins in question and wanted to sell them, I&#039;d call a couple dealers I know and see if they wanted it or, assuming I could wait to be paid next year when the sale closed, I&#039;d consign it to a big sale where people with too much money would be likely to get into a bidding war over it.&nbsp; I would not take it to someone who has to call in an &#039;expert who knows everything there is to know about coins&#039; to give an opinion without backing up that opinion with cash.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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