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<p>[QUOTE="JGGonzalez, post: 2809829, member: 84491"]Both of those occurred to me, but it just seems weird that parts of the letters would be clear and deeply struck and other parts soft. That's why I started thinking of die damage. I'm also wondering about the ghost images above the "VV". </p><p><br /></p><p>This forum has really been helpful. I read Doug's article on brockages and die clashes and found that really informative. </p><p><br /></p><p>I'm glad I found a nice example under $1,000. The prices on this coin type are unbelievable! I've also picked up the book "The Comet of 44 B.C. and Caesar's Funeral Games". Slow reading, but still very interesting. I've just gotten through the analysis of surviving personal letters among Caesar's contemporaries and their relation to dating the seasonal games vs. Caesar's funeral games and the implications for the actual date of the comet.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="JGGonzalez, post: 2809829, member: 84491"]Both of those occurred to me, but it just seems weird that parts of the letters would be clear and deeply struck and other parts soft. That's why I started thinking of die damage. I'm also wondering about the ghost images above the "VV". This forum has really been helpful. I read Doug's article on brockages and die clashes and found that really informative. I'm glad I found a nice example under $1,000. The prices on this coin type are unbelievable! I've also picked up the book "The Comet of 44 B.C. and Caesar's Funeral Games". Slow reading, but still very interesting. I've just gotten through the analysis of surviving personal letters among Caesar's contemporaries and their relation to dating the seasonal games vs. Caesar's funeral games and the implications for the actual date of the comet.[/QUOTE]
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