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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;robinjojo, post: 5214293, member: 110226&quot;]Hi Al</p><p><br /></p><p>That&#039;s an interesting story.&nbsp; The coin came with the CNG Sale 46, lot 1553, June 24, 1998.&nbsp; Someone, I assume the previous owner, wrote &quot;g.VF&quot;&nbsp; on it, so I guess that was the grade assigned to this coin by CNG for the sale.&nbsp; The coin must have been un-slabbed during the sale, as the slab it is in now is quite recent.&nbsp; The grade good VF seems to me, at least, very conservative, given the nature of these coins, which tend to be quite crudely produced.</p><p><br /></p><p>The grade assigned by NGC is &quot;Ch AU&quot;, with a 4 for strike and a 5 for surface.&nbsp; I think the overall grade that they assigned to this coin is more appropriate; as for the numerical subgrades, I pass.&nbsp; The coin has nice surfaces and the strike is exceptional for a Maurice Tiberius follis, on a par with this gold coinage, in my opinion.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>There is another type of follis for him, where he is wearing his consular robe.&nbsp; I have noticed that many of those folles are quite attractive and nicely produced, but not quite to the level of this coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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