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<p>[QUOTE="TIF, post: 2684178, member: 56859"]I love these coins! The reverse scene is so unambiguous <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Somehow I've ended up with three of them, all from Pontos <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie10" alt=":oops:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/pontosamisosbeheadedmedusa-med-jpg.313943/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cointalk.com%2Fproxy.php%3Fimage%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.cointalk.com%252Fproxy.php%253Fimage%253Dhttps%25253A%25252F%25252Fwww.cointalk.com%25252Fproxy.php%25253Fimage%25253Dhttps%2525253A%2525252F%2525252Fwww.cointalk.com%2525252Fproxy.php%2525253Fimage%2525253Dhttps%252525253A%252525252F%252525252Fwww.cointalk.com%252525252Fproxy.php%252525253Fimage%252525253Dhttp%25252525253A%25252525252F%25252525252Fstatic.wixstatic.com%25252525252Fmedia%25252525252Fae43f8_ed6209db5c094d73bfec979bc4c4f097.jpg_srb_p_850_418_75_22_0.50_1.20_0.00_jpg_srb%2525252526hash%252525253D496041e5b0be41de3ed4a81421402124%25252526hash%2525253D4020f17f0d8cab366843ba1e5e86939b%252526hash%25253De1c26dea74a7668749e63add9dfcd811%2526hash%253D2590c95379f261fb4ed2e908de4a2b5c%26hash%3D398444214131e8cb8122e2af74975229&hash=ac70b0dc2691173ef42da545895c17be" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/pontos-perseus-medusa-3-jpg.535786/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I was determined to get one and overpaid for my first one (the first picture here). Very soon after, I found the second one in a local jewelry store for about $50. It was covered in various copper minerals and became my biggest (and perhaps only) cleaning success story. Pre-cleaning pictures, which look like a trippy black light poster <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fstatic.wixstatic.com%2Fmedia%2Fae43f8_268b0aec353343169d122019627b6fb8.jpg_srb_p_800_405_75_22_0.50_1.20_0.00_jpg_srb&hash=434af689510a2e047eb47752afbe8d3b" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>The third example was purchased fairly recently. While waiting for another lot to hit the auction block, this one came up and it was going rather cheaply so that darned bidding finger clicked the button...[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="TIF, post: 2684178, member: 56859"]I love these coins! The reverse scene is so unambiguous :D Somehow I've ended up with three of them, all from Pontos :oops: [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/pontosamisosbeheadedmedusa-med-jpg.313943/[/IMG] [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cointalk.com%2Fproxy.php%3Fimage%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.cointalk.com%252Fproxy.php%253Fimage%253Dhttps%25253A%25252F%25252Fwww.cointalk.com%25252Fproxy.php%25253Fimage%25253Dhttps%2525253A%2525252F%2525252Fwww.cointalk.com%2525252Fproxy.php%2525253Fimage%2525253Dhttps%252525253A%252525252F%252525252Fwww.cointalk.com%252525252Fproxy.php%252525253Fimage%252525253Dhttp%25252525253A%25252525252F%25252525252Fstatic.wixstatic.com%25252525252Fmedia%25252525252Fae43f8_ed6209db5c094d73bfec979bc4c4f097.jpg_srb_p_850_418_75_22_0.50_1.20_0.00_jpg_srb%2525252526hash%252525253D496041e5b0be41de3ed4a81421402124%25252526hash%2525253D4020f17f0d8cab366843ba1e5e86939b%252526hash%25253De1c26dea74a7668749e63add9dfcd811%2526hash%253D2590c95379f261fb4ed2e908de4a2b5c%26hash%3D398444214131e8cb8122e2af74975229&hash=ac70b0dc2691173ef42da545895c17be[/IMG] [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/pontos-perseus-medusa-3-jpg.535786/[/IMG] I was determined to get one and overpaid for my first one (the first picture here). Very soon after, I found the second one in a local jewelry store for about $50. It was covered in various copper minerals and became my biggest (and perhaps only) cleaning success story. Pre-cleaning pictures, which look like a trippy black light poster :D: [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fstatic.wixstatic.com%2Fmedia%2Fae43f8_268b0aec353343169d122019627b6fb8.jpg_srb_p_800_405_75_22_0.50_1.20_0.00_jpg_srb&hash=434af689510a2e047eb47752afbe8d3b[/IMG] The third example was purchased fairly recently. While waiting for another lot to hit the auction block, this one came up and it was going rather cheaply so that darned bidding finger clicked the button...[/QUOTE]
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