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<p>[QUOTE="Black Friar, post: 8314551, member: 76221"]Excellent primmer, they are usually encountered in tough shape, but I love the challenge of attribution. They are especially difficult to find with silvering intact. They wore down quickly.</p><p><br /></p><p>A few years back a dealer in California came upon a small hoard and marketed them as electrum that's how good this group was. I ordered six as the price was very low.</p><p>Upon receipt, I knew they were not electrum but had a seemingly large amount of silver in them. I got on the phone with him and let him know they were very high grade billon not electrum. He knew David Sear well who happened to be geographically close so he took them to David and David let him know they were billon but quite well preserved. The John Comnenus photo is one of those coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>The dealer made good the money and in fact I purchased more from him. I kept the best and sold the rest to another Byz collector. The dealer became a good friend. That is what is so wonderful about this hobby of ours. We collect coins, but most importantly friends.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Black Friar, post: 8314551, member: 76221"]Excellent primmer, they are usually encountered in tough shape, but I love the challenge of attribution. They are especially difficult to find with silvering intact. They wore down quickly. A few years back a dealer in California came upon a small hoard and marketed them as electrum that's how good this group was. I ordered six as the price was very low. Upon receipt, I knew they were not electrum but had a seemingly large amount of silver in them. I got on the phone with him and let him know they were very high grade billon not electrum. He knew David Sear well who happened to be geographically close so he took them to David and David let him know they were billon but quite well preserved. The John Comnenus photo is one of those coins. The dealer made good the money and in fact I purchased more from him. I kept the best and sold the rest to another Byz collector. The dealer became a good friend. That is what is so wonderful about this hobby of ours. We collect coins, but most importantly friends.[/QUOTE]
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