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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 3756442, member: 56859&quot;]I bought my first owl tet this year and do believe the prices are declining due to the massive influx of high grade coins on the market.&nbsp; High grade well-centered coins (nose on flan, reverse showing the full square punch) are still not cheap but they can be acquired for less money than just a few years ago.&nbsp; I suspect the lower end coins (grade-wise, plus the later &quot;transitional&quot; and post-mass-emission tets) are suffering price-wise too since people who may have otherwise gone for a markedly less expensive later issue are now able to pick off lower grade &quot;classical&quot; owl tets for a similar price.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s the coin I bought in May 2019; formerly slabbed; $833.62 including BP and shipping.&nbsp; Not a steal but a very good price.&nbsp;&nbsp; Must-haves criteria for me:&nbsp; nose fully on flan (I didn&#039;t mind losing the crest); well-centered reverse clearly showing the square die; detailed owl, nice/regular flan shape.</p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/owltet-rt-jpg.939733/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>ATTICA, Athens</b></p><p>c. 454-404 BCE</p><p>AR tetradrachm; 17.21 gm, ~25 mm</p><p>Obv: head of Athena right, with frontal eye</p><p>Rev: owl standing right, head facing, closed tail feathers; olive sprig and crescent to left; AΘE downward in right field; all within incuse square</p><p>Removed from an NGC slab; AU 5/5 strike, 3/5 surfaces, &quot;Parliament Collection&quot;</p><p>Ref: I really don&#039;t know. There are so many catalogs and types and I have no idea how nitpicky various catalogers are. Reid Goldsborough noted that David Sear said there were so many owl tets that in all his years he&#039;s never seen a die matched pair! Suffice it to say that this coin is authentic and it is from the &quot;mass emission&quot; period... a &quot;classical owl tet&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>[USER=44210]@ValiantKnight[/USER] scored one of the best deals I&#039;ve seen lately in terms of quality for price.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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