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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 3152392, member: 19463&quot;]Part of this is because the museum did not know they were in a high grade contest.&nbsp; Many of their coins were donated from the old days when a collection was rated by how many different coins it contained rather than how many coins were mint state.&nbsp; When they were selecting coins for their plates, I imagine that they picked the best one they had but it is not even given that they used the same standards there that we might.&nbsp; I would rather have a plate coin in fine that showed a full legend with clear letters than an EF portrait with some letters clipped.&nbsp; Many of their coins were donated.&nbsp; There are a few coins in the BM collection that are probably fake.&nbsp; If the coin was in the collection of King George III, who is to say it should be removed? BMCRE plate 13, 7 is even listed as probably false but somehow made the book anyway. </p><p><br /></p><p>Yes, I enjoy having coins better than the BM but I enjoy more having coins they lack altogether.&nbsp; Of course they have probably doubled their holdings in the years since the books came out so don&#039;t bet they don&#039;t have one like yours.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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