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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2503380, member: 19463&quot;]This is another good example of the can of worms we open when we worry about spacing.&nbsp; Hunter 26 lists IOVI F&nbsp; VLGER&nbsp; ATORI but their photo shows the head of Jupiter going into the space between F and V while Steve&#039;s coin has the thunderbolt perform this separation and has no break at RA since the drapery was not blowing as high. That would make it IOVIF&nbsp; VLGERATORI.&nbsp;&nbsp; This, unlike RIC, is a listing of specific coin specimens not types so there is no expectation of a list of other letters that might replace the delta.&nbsp; I&#039;d say Steve could list his coin as Hunter 26var.</p><p><br /></p><p>My opinion:&nbsp; If letter spacings can be shown to be diagnostic of something (mint, officina, day of week, die cutter name --- anything, we can list them separately and add a note explaining them.&nbsp;&nbsp; Whatever number we give Steve&#039;s coin an the Hunter coin, they should be the same.&nbsp; RIC failed to do their job clearly enough to make it obvious what that should be.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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