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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2410644, member: 19463&quot;]I do like the coin but what I like more about such things is not so much the coin as the backstory.&nbsp; I do like overstrikes but I like them more - much more - when I can see the undertypes clearly and follow the history of the coin.&nbsp; I like coins with footnotes.&nbsp; That includes overstrikes and just about anything that requires you to know something about the coin that someone else might neither see nor appreciate.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have enroute another very different overstrike which will be shown here on CT to the extreme boredom of some.&nbsp; To me that is the great part of the hobby.&nbsp; I like A-noob&#039;s coins but not as much as he does.&nbsp; I like the fact that Steve likes horse coins enough to appreciate one that just shows a hoof even though I might not have had the presence of mind to grab it if it had showed up at a show I attended.&nbsp; Many dealers would be hesitant to stock a Doug coin or an A-noob coin or even a Steve coin (there are more horse fans than some specialties).&nbsp; They might feel a bit of relief when one of us walked away gleefully having bought a coin they feared they might be stuck with for the long haul. </p><p><br /></p><p>Who remembers a while back when we played a game &quot;Guess Whose Coin&quot; which made the point that we could post a coin that was obviously what one of us would like above all else.&nbsp; Sure there are many who would love to have EF commons or extreme rarities in very presentable shape.&nbsp; The game coins were like this Indian overstrike which we are proud to announce is living exactly where it belongs.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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