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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Alegandron, post: 2932962, member: 51347&quot;]I don&#039;t have any &quot;unwanted&quot; coins in my collection.&nbsp; I actually really enjoy them all, as there are cool historical reasons that I captured them.</p><p><br /></p><p>I can toss out a couple Athena Owls (my first purchases), that I perceive were unwanted.&nbsp; However, as I researched the bankers marks, I found that they have a neat story!</p><p><br /></p><p>On the Athenian Owl, I understand that bankers were not afraid to chop or test the coin between the Owl&#039;s eyes. Kind of a dig at Athens. <i>However, Greek bankers were reluctant to deface the Goddess Athena, being a powerful goddess.</i> Mine are kind of cool with bankers chops all over Athena&#039;s faces, and not damaging the Owls. I am curious as to why. [USER=19463]@dougsmit[/USER] suggested that they may had traded well out of the Greek world, and either were ignorant of or not cared about Athena. Would love to know the mystery behind them... perhaps they were traded in Celtic areas, or accross the Persian Empire, etc...</p><p><br /></p><p>I can just see the Bankers punching these coins:&nbsp; </p><p>&quot;BAMM!!!&nbsp; You suck Athens!&quot;&nbsp; &quot;CHUNK!!! your goddess is not real!!!&quot;&nbsp; or&nbsp; &quot;WHACK!!! Who is this idiot on the coin?&nbsp; I just want to make sure it is a hunk of silver!&quot;</p><p>[ATTACH=full]712604[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]712605[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]712606[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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