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You are basically making my case for me. It is widely recognized that replacement value differs materially from notional value. In such cases you may be required to pay much more than notional value because you have to pay for liquidity costs that only exist when transactions are forced to occur. The act of transacting can intrinsically change the asset value, sometimes by a large factor.

Are you oblivious to the extensive litigation that occurs in cases like eminent domain because there are substantial differences of opinion on even the notional value, never mind the realizable value?

Notional valuations are fiction, everywhere and at all times. Treating them as some kind of objective reality is just enabling a lot of abuse and motivated reasoning.




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