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<p>[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 2401421, member: 19463"]I wasn't going to comment on this until you played the 'very reputable' card but really... I assume this was a company that does not specialize in ancient coins. A search online in the usual places will turn up a couple hundred of them. They are very popular and exist in high grades. I dislike slabs but would never remove this one from the slab it is in. The listed grade is more than fair to the coin and you would get a lot less from a sale to people looking at the coin rather than the slab. XF coins do not have the wear (hair and beard) shown in the photo. 5/5 surfaces do not have little pits and scratches. I'd prefer a 4/5 strike be centered better but I am unreasonable. Overgrading is becoming a problem in the hobby. I do suspect that it would sell for $500 and I would be happy to have a nice coin like that in my collection but there is no reason to call it XF 4/5 5/5 when it is a decent VF. Some people would hold the reverse centering against the coin since it clips the gamma in exergue but slab buyers don't care about ID details not printed on the label as much as specialists in the tetrarchy might. The coin is right where it belongs and I hope you will be happy owning it for many years to come even if it is not a great rarity.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 2401421, member: 19463"]I wasn't going to comment on this until you played the 'very reputable' card but really... I assume this was a company that does not specialize in ancient coins. A search online in the usual places will turn up a couple hundred of them. They are very popular and exist in high grades. I dislike slabs but would never remove this one from the slab it is in. The listed grade is more than fair to the coin and you would get a lot less from a sale to people looking at the coin rather than the slab. XF coins do not have the wear (hair and beard) shown in the photo. 5/5 surfaces do not have little pits and scratches. I'd prefer a 4/5 strike be centered better but I am unreasonable. Overgrading is becoming a problem in the hobby. I do suspect that it would sell for $500 and I would be happy to have a nice coin like that in my collection but there is no reason to call it XF 4/5 5/5 when it is a decent VF. Some people would hold the reverse centering against the coin since it clips the gamma in exergue but slab buyers don't care about ID details not printed on the label as much as specialists in the tetrarchy might. The coin is right where it belongs and I hope you will be happy owning it for many years to come even if it is not a great rarity.[/QUOTE]
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