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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 4558563, member: 19463&quot;]I have run into this problem on several occasions when buying at coin shows.&nbsp; The coin looks perfectly acceptable at the show but when I got home and researched a bit, the discovery of a missing device for one reason or the other ruins the coin for me.&nbsp; Realizing I do not buy mint state coins, I have to live with some shortcomings.&nbsp; Wear does not bother me. An example is this Fine COS IIII as of Antoninus Pius.&nbsp; I liked the surfaces, the style and the fact that the reverse face looked like Pius.&nbsp; When I discovered that the coin should have VOTA in exergue, the love affair was over.&nbsp; By my standards, the coin would be no better if there were no wear because I now know of the VOTA.&nbsp; Many coins in my collection are missing more legend than this but not all letters are equal in my mind.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1128483[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>I strongly prefer the coin with the crescent.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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