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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;-monolith-, post: 24755973, member: 150064&quot;]The answer to your post is yes, but mine has a happy ending. I was temporarily laid-off in 2012 and needed money so I sold about 150+- coins from my collection. They were a mixture of Greek and Roman ranging from common bronze follis to silver denarius. Looking back I&#039;m sure there were some scarce and even rare coins in the lot. However, I made sure to keep the best coins so one day I could rebuild my collection. Most of the coins were Gordian III and Philip I, as I thought that it would be easy to replace these common coins.</p><p>Here&#039;s where it gets interesting. I am an avid collector of mint error coins (double strikes, unusual flans, etc.). I made sure to keep all these coins, at least that&#039;s what I thought. I turned white with anguish once I realized that I had accidently sold a very rare Gordian III, RIC 172 (B) mint error. I was sure that I would never see it again or if I was lucky have to pay a king&#039;s ransom to acquire it back. A couple days after I sold the coins I went back to the coin shop hoping he hadn&#039;t sold it. Luck was on my side, there was my coin in the display case. I acted very relaxed so not to draw suspension. I asked to purchase that coin and a couple others. As I was looking thru the box of ancients I nearly fainted. For in the box was another Gordian III RIC 172 (B) mint error exactly like mine except it was a really ugly coin, it was suffering from bad lamination and covered in a dark slime. When I got the coins home and was able to conduct photo analysis on both of them I discovered they were a perfect die match; meaning they were minted by the same person at the same time. What are the odds to find two, rare, mint error, die matched coins at a coin shop I only visited once. They were meant to be together, twins, never to be separated again.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1583401[/ATTACH] </p><p>Coin 1 - Original coin that was accidently sold. Rare mint error (double strike).</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1583402[/ATTACH] </p><p>Overlay of Coin 1 and Coin 2 to verify die match</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1583403[/ATTACH] </p><p>Coin 2 - Lucky find. Rare mint error (double strike).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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