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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 1298679, member: 19463&quot;]Here we come to a problem I have in collecting coins of this period.&nbsp; The things were issued with a silver coating so it would seem that coins with silver should be &#039;better&#039; than coins without.&nbsp; However coins with smooth, clean, even, brown surfaces look so much better to my eye that I often wish my high grade examples did not have that ugly 50% of their silver.&nbsp; Very few of our coins have anything approaching 100% silver and 0% looks better than even 90%.&nbsp; What are we to do?</p><p><br /></p><p>I assume all have heard that the Greeks painted their temples and statues in full color but how many of us would find the Parthenon more beautiful in primary hues?&nbsp; Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.&nbsp; I like the details of my Tripolis coin but am thankful that it has lost enough of its silver that it is starting to be attractive to me.&nbsp; In a few years it will be prettier.&nbsp; The Antioch has nice color now but in a few years the die work will still be second rate.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>The bad thing about participating in coin groups is that you find more people interested in catalog values than in coins.&nbsp; I am thankful that there are even four who post.&nbsp; I&#039;d prefer more but it is just like the coins themselves:&nbsp; we have to take what we have and be happy that we have that many and that nice.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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