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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;stevex6, post: 2272727, member: 44183&quot;]<span style="color: #0000ff">Well, in &quot;my&quot; particular case, I&#039;ll spend more for an old cull with a cool counter-stamp onit, than I&#039;d buy for an old cull itself.&nbsp; Ummm but again, in this OP-example, I think most people would pay more for the &quot;green untouched&quot; coin than they would for my &quot;brown counter-stamped&quot; baby? (I like counter-stamps, so it would probably be a toss-up in my case) ...... but generally, the mintier the example, for more people will pay for it, right (same as any coin type, ancient or modern ... &quot;mint&quot; wins)</span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">Ummm, the second part of your question is yes, I guess?</span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">A couple of my examples have been counter-stamped with Septimius Severus&#039; portait (can you find Waldo?):</span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/king-of-bos-saur-ii-ab-jpg.452872/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/kings-of-borp-eagle-counterstamp-b-jpg.452871/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">Ummm, oh and a couple of examples have been counter-stamped by the Seleukid folks (the &quot;anchor&quot; was their trademark):</span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/seleukid-kingdom-antiochos-i-jpg.452865/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/ancients666d-jpg.452867/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">I&#039;m pretty sure that the &quot;bee&quot; denotes Ephesos? (anybody want to second that?)</span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/lycia-termessor-bee-counterstamp-b-jpg.452869/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">Oh, and of course you must recognize one of the very first signs that artificial insemination was being performed in ancient times:</span></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/tiberius-counterstamp-jpg.452870/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">... well, I could be wrong about the artificial insemination thingy?</span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">Ummm, did I answer your question?</span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie12" alt="o_O" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></span>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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