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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 3277456, member: 19463&quot;]That is a fine portrait and what remains of the reverse is also excellent. The slab was a cheap model so we are left to wonder if the graders would have recognized the fine style with all that wear.&nbsp; The full service slabs are give the &#039;Fine Style&#039; note when the deserving coin is mint state but the prejudice against worn coins prevents most people from recognizing the good dies from worn examples.&nbsp;&nbsp; I would be proud to own the coin and am thrilled that it found a home where it can be appreciated.</p><p><br /></p><p>Domitian was a rarity among emperors in that he had his portraits done to look like he wished he looked rather than the ugly truth.&nbsp; There were some good portrait artists in his mint.&nbsp; I suspect the poor ones were reassigned to salt mines or something else more in keeping with their lack of skill.&nbsp; My sestertius is not as pretty but still not looking like a son of Vespasian.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]865688[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Question:</p><p>Can anyone show an NGC full service slab graded F or below that does bear the &#039;Fine Style&#039; note?&nbsp;&nbsp; Perhaps people who recognize the worthy but worn coins know better than to send in for grading a coin that would be valued under the cost of the service so they may not exist.&nbsp; If there are two coins struck from the same die but one is MS and the other F, either both or neither show fine style.&nbsp; Style was a feature of the die. Wear, strike and surface came later.&nbsp; Obviously it is possible for those three factors to make a coin less attractive and I would not expect the flag on a F 1/5, 1/5 but coins with 5/5&#039;s retain their style and beauty to some of us.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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