The way it went down was I gave my price at $11,000, the dealer offered $10,000 which in reality I would have taken. We then went back & forth & we discussed let's flip some increment around the $10,000 figure such as $8,000/$12000 or even double or nothing was thrown into the mix as a possibility. If this option was chosen one of us would get the coin for free & the other would pay $20,000.

Deeming this option to really be not that friendly since it would be a major score for one of us & really painful financially for the the other, we ultimately decided to go with a more friendly $9,000/$11,000. A coin was flipped we called heads & heads it was. Northeast was paid the $11,000 & we then moved on the next deal. Gotta have a little fun once in awhile.

When he took over in 1990, how could Doe issue a coin in 1982?

Although I don't collect foreign coins, I recently visited the vault at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History. I was amazed at the size and shape of the Chinese coins, given as a gift, located on the first floor at "The Value of Money" display! And it's free I might add.