Picked up a graded owl

I know graded is not popular here... but I feel like I got a decent deal. Not the nicest coin, but with ebay bucks I paid less than $136 shipped! Decent deal on an owl I think (I hope?!)

 

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She looks sad that she's encased in plastic...

break her out! ;-)

 

It's kind of hard to see the coin..

 

To be honest, since it is not in an NGC holder, and I got it so cheap (I hope), I MIGHT break this one out. Once I get it in hand I will evaluate....

 

Those ICG slabs can be really tough. You might need a plutonium laser or at least a hacksaw.

 

I find it interesting that ICG neglected to mention that this is a broken coin, missing two pieces at 12:00 and 4:00 on the obverse. If a test cut is worth nothing, shouldn't a breakage be as well, especially for a coin of a type that already comes on tight flans? It's not a bad coin by any means, and it's an OK deal, not great, not horrible, but I feel like it's yet another example of the silliness of grading ancient coins like you would moderns.

 

I'm guessing these are the sellers photos? These pictures do make it hard to see the coin.

 

I would say that is the best possible coin you could hope to find that was broken and missing that much flan. No important details were lost but it came close to everything. Was it worth the price? I doubt you would do better for the price but I would remove it from that slab. NGC slabs have reasonable acceptance but this is not adding anything IMO. I hope you will be happy together (and take a better photo).

 

I would crack it out as soon as it arrived.

 

Got it today.. here are my pictures. What is the circle on the face?

 

Nice Athena / owl!!

 

Earring. They vary a lot in how boldly it is cut but most have one.

 

I'm talking about the circle above that

 

Athena was just into body modification 2400 years before it was cool, and 2410 years before it wasn't cool again.

 

LOL, that just looks stupid.

At least THESE people have purpose: they are character actors in a TV Show as ENTERTAINMENT. The difference is: they take off their makeup before they go home at night.

 

If you're suggesting Athena was Borg then 1. This thread just became better than almost any other entertainment in my life and 2. I believed we are owed some kick-ass cross-over movie action.

 

Mine does not look like a punch mark to me... is that what it is, or could it be something else?

 

Sorry.. didn't mean to distract .

I'm anything but an expert, but that looks relatively recent. If I had to guess I would guess that someone got the idea to sharpen up the details and then got cold feet once they realized they weren't that good at it. Or maybe someone filled a hole?

But those are guesses. I'm much more competent when it comes to discussing Borg implants or outdated subcultures.