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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lordmarcovan, post: 2753771, member: 10461&quot;]Campgates are cool.</p><p><br /></p><p>So is &quot;desert&quot; (sandy, earthen, Levant) patina like that seen on the first coins posted by [USER=5454]@Victor_Clark[/User] and [USER=44132]@Bing[/USER].&nbsp; That contrast makes the design &quot;pop&quot;, and for me anyway, coins with contrasting patina or toning like that much more readily &quot;leap off the monitor&quot; at me.</p><p><br /></p><p>These days I&#039;m more an aesthetic rather than scholarly collector, which is why you&#039;ll often find me talking about patinas and toning and designs and such rather than citing RIC numbers.</p><p><br /></p><p>I learned a while ago that the deeper scholarly work of detailed attribution will never be my strong suit (not in ancients, anyway), but I do love reading and learning about them.&nbsp; And I&#039;m glad other people like to dig deep in the reference books, because research and knowledge like that benefits everyone when it&#039;s shared.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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