Celebrity Death Match: Trajan Decius

If its an either / or determination then #1 is the clear winner in my book.

 

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Should I have to keep one of those two, I would go for the first one, but I would prefer to sell both and buy a better one, as suggested by Doug




Q

 

I agree with Alegandron....never sell your coins/ I have been busy adding coins , year after year, now upto 850 and counting. That number only is for AV ones/ have same number in other metals+600 US/Canada obsolete banknotes all fully Uncirculated and better My wife is "lucky" since she enlists me into doing housework, while I am unemployed during Winter months But, on times I escape that dreaded scene to go off snowmobiling with the "boys"

The ONLY time I have ever sold a coin was to upgrade it from EF to "mintstate" quality, which is OK by my way of thinking.
John

 

...I forgot to buy a 9v battery today!!.. (wish i'd seen this while i was at the store) oh well i did remember to get the 100% acetone

 

Thank you all for sharing your thoughts!

I will keep it until I find something better .

I certainly hope so!

Yes! I shall do that! My problem is that Sestertii of Trajan Decius are usually made of a degraded alloy of metal that is...
1) ... prone to corrosion
2) ... even when cleaned almost never showing that yellowish tone desired by myself (my first coin is a rare exception - that is what made me buy it)
3) ... nearly always attracts a thick blackish patina, but never a thin tan or light brown one (that I would like and that is not uncommon on coins of earlier 3rd century Bronzes) and that preserves the details.

There is nothing I like about the second coin except the full flan and complete legends, so I will sell it. If anyone wants it or has a yellowish Sestertius (of any ruler, no matter if it´s cleaned) to trade, feel free to let me know.

I thougt about getting a really neat Antoninianus of Decius instead of that perfect Sestertius that never comes, but my recent find of a (considering my demands) practically unimprovable Maximinus Thrax Sestertius (posted elsewhere on this forum) raises new hopes .

You are right! I´ll wait for something spectacular or get no further Trajan Decius at all.

 

How about holding out for a nice brassy double?

(NOT mine, sadly!!)

 

That would certainly do for now