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<p>[QUOTE="Ian, post: 168200, member: 283"]Did you get the dates right here? If so, then I hate to put a damper on the party but how can you tell for sure that this is actually a `lifetime' issue? </p><p><br /></p><p>I don't have the relevant reference book (Price in this case) so I really have no way of validating the `lifetime' assertion or otherwise. However, I do know that Alexander III died in 323 BC which means that this particular coin (if the dates and Price reference are accurate) could have been struck anytime during the last 10 years of his life or indeed up as much as 100 years after his death. Now, if you consider `probabilities' then the odds are actually stacked against it being a `lifetime' issue on a ratio of 10:1. That of course does not mean that it isn't but I am genuinely wondering what makes you say that it is(?)</p><p><br /></p><p>Irrespective of whether it is or it isn't a lifetime issue, it is a nice coin .</p><p><br /></p><p>Ian[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Ian, post: 168200, member: 283"]Did you get the dates right here? If so, then I hate to put a damper on the party but how can you tell for sure that this is actually a `lifetime' issue? I don't have the relevant reference book (Price in this case) so I really have no way of validating the `lifetime' assertion or otherwise. However, I do know that Alexander III died in 323 BC which means that this particular coin (if the dates and Price reference are accurate) could have been struck anytime during the last 10 years of his life or indeed up as much as 100 years after his death. Now, if you consider `probabilities' then the odds are actually stacked against it being a `lifetime' issue on a ratio of 10:1. That of course does not mean that it isn't but I am genuinely wondering what makes you say that it is(?) Irrespective of whether it is or it isn't a lifetime issue, it is a nice coin . Ian[/QUOTE]
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