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<p>[QUOTE="TIF, post: 3375802, member: 56859"]I can tolerate a wide range of grades-- it all depends on the style and various other factors and some of those factors are simply personal preference-- and budget.</p><p><br /></p><p>If you are smitten by the coin and after searching for comparisons, feel like you aren't able to get one without the problems which you prefer or like equally, I see nothing wrong with buying a "problem" coin. Almost all ancient coins have one "problem" or another, especially if viewed through the lens of a modern collector.</p><p><br /></p><p>However,</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>This sounds worrisome. As I've pictured your description, the crack goes almost all the way across the coin? If that is true, unless you'd be okay with it should the coin break into two pieces, I'd pass. </p><p><br /></p><p>Once in a blue moon a broken coin is about all that is available for some super rare coins, but it doesn't sound like that is the case here.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="TIF, post: 3375802, member: 56859"]I can tolerate a wide range of grades-- it all depends on the style and various other factors and some of those factors are simply personal preference-- and budget. If you are smitten by the coin and after searching for comparisons, feel like you aren't able to get one without the problems which you prefer or like equally, I see nothing wrong with buying a "problem" coin. Almost all ancient coins have one "problem" or another, especially if viewed through the lens of a modern collector. However, This sounds worrisome. As I've pictured your description, the crack goes almost all the way across the coin? If that is true, unless you'd be okay with it should the coin break into two pieces, I'd pass. Once in a blue moon a broken coin is about all that is available for some super rare coins, but it doesn't sound like that is the case here.[/QUOTE]
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