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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2543325, member: 19463&quot;]Coin collectors always like unworn and well struck coins. A smaller number care about matters of style.&nbsp; I do not know enough about Hadrian to understand Ken&#039;s &#039;slender&#039; and &#039;robust&#039; designations but I do know there are Hadrian portraits that I like a lot better than others.&nbsp; Sometimes the difference is really obvious like the Trajan &#039;heavy&#039; and &#039;graceful&#039; coins.&nbsp; Sometimes the difference even means there were two mints in use but more often you get the idea that some workers were just better than others.&nbsp; My coin is a low grade, worn coin but I always liked the portrait style.&nbsp; Trying to imagine the reverse unworn, I suspect I would have like it better, too, but there is no arguing that it lacks fine detail and, therefore, would not sell in polite company.&nbsp;&nbsp; Did anyone notice that the L on the reverse of Ken&#039;s coin was done in the style common two centuries earlier?&nbsp; I have been known to buy coins because they have neat little things like that but I&#039;m glad that most people prefer EF+ coins to the ones with appeal to me. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]545318[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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