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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 3981021, member: 19463&quot;]Finn states well the situation.&nbsp; Worse, perhaps is the fact that giving ten coins of a type to ten collectors asked to place them in order of desirability/value would not produce ten identical lists.&nbsp; We do not all agree on matters like the relative awfulness of wear, corrosion, defective patina etc. For years I owned a Caligula/Vesta as that I found too offensive to catalog in my collection and too worthwhile to give away.&nbsp; After I bought a better one, I kept it because it was a less common variation.&nbsp; Later, it grew on my that it actually graded higher for wear than my better coin.&nbsp; I can not believe there is anyone who would rather have a coin like this with VF wear</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1048109[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>than this which is worn to Fine.&nbsp; Compare the ear separation, hair detail and clothing on Vesta.&nbsp; Obviously there are many collectors who would refuse to consider either coin or who would take either one with twice the distractions but I have to wonder if both were placed in NGC slabs fairly graded&nbsp; (my guesses: VF 4/5, 1/5 above? - F 5/5, 3/5 below?) and sold in a slab only sale, which would bring more. Opinions vary and opinions make auctions.&nbsp; </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1048108[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>For the record, I would not use an Agrippa as as my coin for Caligula.&nbsp; If you can&#039;t have an Imperial portrait Caligula, I would use an Imperial quadrans</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1048113[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>or a Provincial.[ATTACH=full]1048114[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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