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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 1761901, member: 19463&quot;]I tend to agree with that but I make a distinction between banker&#039;s marks that are applied by the dozen with no consideration for where they fall and artisticly designed carefully applied punches that are as fine art as the coin they are found on.&nbsp; I also can be turned off by marks that destroy important detail on the other side so it is not necessarily the case that all c/m&#039;s are good or all bad.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>My favorite is this Pergamon owl that appears to have been swallowed by the snake.&nbsp; It flattens the beard of Aesculapius but leaves a decent obverse. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]278942[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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