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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;stevex6, post: 2413403, member: 44183&quot;]<span style="color: #0000ff">Here are merely &quot;9&quot; random examples ... </span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">Doug liked it, but wouldn&#039;t have bought it due to the lack of mint-mark (lesson learned)</span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">[ATTACH=full]499078[/ATTACH]</span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">Doug &quot;loves&quot; this coin and thinks that they made a mistake by putting it into a group-lot (which I stole for $600 =&gt; for 4 x coins that are &quot;all&quot; winners)</span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">[ATTACH=full]499085[/ATTACH] </span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">Doug said my coin was average, but he wouldn&#039;t have bought it due to the lack of snout (lesson learned =&gt; centering and symmetry are crucial)</span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">[ATTACH=full]499086[/ATTACH] </span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">Doug loves this over-strike coin =&gt; he told me to go for this coin, or he&#039;d go for it!! (so I went for it)</span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">[ATTACH=full]499087[/ATTACH]</span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">I original purchased an AE-cast coin (eagle and crab onkia) ... but this Trias (4 onkia) seems to be the one that grabs his attention </span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">[ATTACH=full]499080[/ATTACH]</span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">according to Doug, Allectus shouldn&#039;t be considered in the same coin-gang as Marius and Victorianus (my notes have been adjusted) </span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">[ATTACH=full]499081[/ATTACH]</span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">This is one of the first ancient coins that I ever purchased (Doug likes this coin) ... when he told me that this coin was a winner I was hooked!! </span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">[ATTACH=full]499082[/ATTACH] </span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">sadly, somehow Doug talked me out of this coin (I think? ... there was something anyway and I&#039;m blaming Doug)</span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">[ATTACH=full]499083[/ATTACH]</span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">again, Doug liked this coin and said that he&#039;d buy it if I didn&#039;t (I came-up big and threw the money down!!)</span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">[ATTACH=full]499084[/ATTACH] </span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">=&gt; there are countless more examples, mentor =&gt; thanks for all of your atta-boys and your smarten-ups (they&#039;re all good!!)</span></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]499099[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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