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<p>[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 1723047, member: 19463"]Boar, definitely a boar. I may be in the minority but when it comes to countermarks I place great importance on placement. This coin is as close to perfect as any coin can be. The boar on Augustus' neck destroys nothing of importance on either side and the turkey head (call'em like I see'em) looks like an xray of the bull's last meal. It could be better if the boar were on the bull so we could argue for a confused rendition of the earliest form of prenatal ultrasounds. To me, the same countermarks moved to Augustus' face and the bull's head would produce a coin not half as desirable. Steve has shown a tendency to acquiring coins I would call tasteful not just things that can be graded XF5/5. To quote a famous way-North American "<span style="color: #000000">I really think this lil' bugger is pretty fricken cool!!!" </span><span style="color: #000000"></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"></span>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 1723047, member: 19463"]Boar, definitely a boar. I may be in the minority but when it comes to countermarks I place great importance on placement. This coin is as close to perfect as any coin can be. The boar on Augustus' neck destroys nothing of importance on either side and the turkey head (call'em like I see'em) looks like an xray of the bull's last meal. It could be better if the boar were on the bull so we could argue for a confused rendition of the earliest form of prenatal ultrasounds. To me, the same countermarks moved to Augustus' face and the bull's head would produce a coin not half as desirable. Steve has shown a tendency to acquiring coins I would call tasteful not just things that can be graded XF5/5. To quote a famous way-North American "[COLOR=#000000]I really think this lil' bugger is pretty fricken cool!!!" [/COLOR][COLOR=#000000] [/COLOR][/QUOTE]
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