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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 1789557, member: 19463&quot;]That is the point.&nbsp; Ancient Joe prefers a perfect coin.&nbsp;&nbsp; 99.9% of all ancient coins were not up to his standards when they fell from the dies.&nbsp; One of his prizes might buy 50 Steve coins, 500 Doug coins or 5000 uncleaned things barely recognizable as coins.&nbsp;&nbsp; I doubt each of us wears the same shoe size either but we are more comfortable selecting what fits than declaring one of us to be right for all.&nbsp; What many people fail to realize is that a coin only 1% more nearly perfect might cost 100% more.&nbsp; This we share with the MS66/67 fanatics.&nbsp; When I collected US (in the 50&#039;s and 60&#039;s), I liked coins in F-VF as the best balance to my eye for the money I had.&nbsp;&nbsp; Today there are US hobbyists who pride themselves in being able to recognize rare die varieties in basal grade large cents.&nbsp; I could not be one of them either.&nbsp; </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Tight flan or other faults being what they may be, Steve&#039;s new coin strikes me as exceptional because of the die work in the horse and dolphin heads.&nbsp; I would not trade his coin for a mint state, full flan example with journeyman quality die work.&nbsp; His die should be recognized as a product of the X6 master (or another Greek by the same name).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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