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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 1985950, member: 19463&quot;]You may get the idea that we are a bit odd counting horselegs and Godfingers but it is possible to attribute some of these to a mint&nbsp; even if the mintmark is off flan if you compare the way some of these minor details were rendered.&nbsp; I do not go so far as to pay extra for a five fingered God hand but I have bought a coin that I might have let go as too low grade otherwise just because it had a high five.&nbsp; Of the ones below (count legs as you wish but 14 is my best, too) I&#039;ll point out the nicely done hand on the first Antioch (SMANZ) with four fingers and an opposing thumb (but only 10 legs).&nbsp; The sand patina Constantinople has the strangest and largest hand I&#039;ve seen but the finger count is not so good.&nbsp; Compare it to Gil&#039;s and the one JA sold Eng to confirm that the letter tops you see are CONS.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Each of these dies was an individual effort and a mint does not necessarily follow the same pattern all the time.&nbsp; The last coin (Heraklea SMHE) has five fingers but the thumb is not well differentiated.&nbsp; We will differ on which feature is most important.&nbsp;&nbsp; I prefer coins with all legends clear so the first shown is my favorite.&nbsp; Others may differ.&nbsp; If you hang around here long enough, you may see someone post a 16 leg, five finger, full legend gem just to show JA and I that we were deficient in such matters.&nbsp; This post points out that I only have coins from four different mints in my five total.&nbsp; I guess I should start looking for the others but there are just too many coins to expect to have them all in every variation.&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]354733[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]354734[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]354735[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]354736[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]354737[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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