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<p>[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 7894730, member: 19463"]While it is a factor on most coins, these folles show two kinds of rarity. There are coins that are hard to find period! Also there are coins that are easy to find but hard to find in a grade that even non condition oriented people would want. Call me strange but I prefer facing portraits of Christ with eyes and a nose. I also like legends. We have seen some very nice coins on this thread that have both but not all these are equal in both types of rarity especially when we consider the number that were overstruck leaving something of a mess. </p><p>This is my J. No face, not obscured by undertype but not pretty. Also it cost $17 (2015) rather than $1121. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1362768[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>I have two I's. Neither has a nose. I was unaware there were subdivisions. Do they show on coins of this level? What causes something to rate being a sub type rather than just a die variation? IDK. If you are a general collector who wants just one Christ follis, you probably want a really nice A2. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1362766[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1362767[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 7894730, member: 19463"]While it is a factor on most coins, these folles show two kinds of rarity. There are coins that are hard to find period! Also there are coins that are easy to find but hard to find in a grade that even non condition oriented people would want. Call me strange but I prefer facing portraits of Christ with eyes and a nose. I also like legends. We have seen some very nice coins on this thread that have both but not all these are equal in both types of rarity especially when we consider the number that were overstruck leaving something of a mess. This is my J. No face, not obscured by undertype but not pretty. Also it cost $17 (2015) rather than $1121. [ATTACH=full]1362768[/ATTACH] I have two I's. Neither has a nose. I was unaware there were subdivisions. Do they show on coins of this level? What causes something to rate being a sub type rather than just a die variation? IDK. If you are a general collector who wants just one Christ follis, you probably want a really nice A2. [ATTACH=full]1362766[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1362767[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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