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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 1735913, member: 19463&quot;]That has been my problem, too.&nbsp; When a series has a period of poor workmanship, we tend to skip over it until we recognize that we need to cut some slack for these periods.&nbsp; For example, many Gallienus animal coins are raggedy while there are beautiful round and well made coins of his from Antioch and good silver ones from the early years.&nbsp; We might be slow to realize that it is hard to find a round and well struck hippocamp.&nbsp; Postumus has similar problems if you want to get his &#039;better&#039; types.&nbsp;&nbsp; I bought 20 of these at $5 each - all selected (not random grab).&nbsp;&nbsp; I got multiples of some common types and traded one to a dealer who offered it for $60.&nbsp; What I did not get was a good spread of the later things so I had to pay more later for those Mahi Pala uglies than I would had I looked for the crude things when I had the chance.&nbsp; The dealer had a box with at least 500 of the things and was happy to have me sit there for an hour going through them.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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