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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2328086, member: 19463&quot;]Today the local post office announced they were not delivering mail due to the foot of snow that has brought central Virginia to its knees.&nbsp; I know, but this is not Northern Manitoba or even Minnesota and we suffer easily.&nbsp; My street probably won&#039;t get plowed until Monday. </p><p><br /></p><p>Yesterday when there was only about 4&quot; on the ground the mail truck drove down the middle of the street and the carrier got out to walk the last few feet to our mailboxes rather than risking driving out of the one set of tire tracks down the middle of the street.&nbsp; My share of this mail event was both of the coins I had been hoping would not get lost in the snow.&nbsp; From a VCoins dealer in the Netherlands came the coin below.&nbsp; It is a rather small upgrade of one I had of the a similar type which I have discussed here many times (including this month) and about which I have a page on my website.&nbsp; The silvering it retains makes it harder to photograph well but the coin is special enough I wanted even a little improvement when it became available.&nbsp; My question is whether anyone on CT pays enough attention to such postings that they can explain why the coin is special to me (silly me).&nbsp; Please do not spill the beans if you are a professional numismatist in the hobby as long as I have been but I would enjoy hearing from any of our crowd that have been on CT almost as long as they have collected ancient coins and have paid enough attention to be able to ID the coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>Old:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]471603[/ATTACH]New:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]471604[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>OK did anybody notice they are not the same exactly?&nbsp; Again only for the relatively new, what is different about these two coins?&nbsp; Anyone can play for these last questions:&nbsp; Which is RIC 581?&nbsp; Should I keep both or sell off the lesser? </p><p><br /></p><p>Do show your coins that are RIC 581 or very close.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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