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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ken Dorney, post: 3271422, member: 76086&quot;]I&#039;m late to the discussion as I have been working on a hoard of several hundred of these this week (including others).&nbsp; I do feel that an A3 is warranted.&nbsp; If for nothing else but to distinguish the size and weights.&nbsp; If anyone has handled a lot of these it becomes clear they are not the same coins in the sense that some might think.&nbsp; Yes, they are the same design, but the weights, flans, quality of work is completely different.&nbsp; Why is this?&nbsp; We will never know for sure.&nbsp; It might be the work of separate mints.&nbsp; But more likely I prefer to think the weight standards were reduced at some point, creating a &#039;new&#039; type.&nbsp; But there is so much information that we, as plebeians, dont have access to.&nbsp; I am sure hoard evidence would tell us a lot, but that information is not widely disseminated.</p><p><br /></p><p>If nothing else, the addition of the class will be able to help collectors differentiate what they are buying.&nbsp; I find A2&#039;s to be much more pleasing to the eye but are often much more worn than &#039;A3&#039;.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]862904[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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