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<p>[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 2449008, member: 19463"]There are two levels of 'error'. Sloppy workmanship is not so much an error and not collectible by me until it gets really sloppy or shows something interesting about the way coins were made. When an oddity crosses over into the weird, there are some of us who love them. I would truly love, love, love to find a coin like the overstrike below in smooth, attractive condition. The left side of the obverse was a die of Constantius II while the right came from a die of Constantius Gallus Caesar. As a result, we see what appears to be a coin with wreathed head portrait that reads NOB CAES. Both reverses were falling horsemen. I really hoped I had something here for about thirty seconds until I realized it was just an overstrike and worth no more than the $5 I paid. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]511703[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 2449008, member: 19463"]There are two levels of 'error'. Sloppy workmanship is not so much an error and not collectible by me until it gets really sloppy or shows something interesting about the way coins were made. When an oddity crosses over into the weird, there are some of us who love them. I would truly love, love, love to find a coin like the overstrike below in smooth, attractive condition. The left side of the obverse was a die of Constantius II while the right came from a die of Constantius Gallus Caesar. As a result, we see what appears to be a coin with wreathed head portrait that reads NOB CAES. Both reverses were falling horsemen. I really hoped I had something here for about thirty seconds until I realized it was just an overstrike and worth no more than the $5 I paid. [ATTACH=full]511703[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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