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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2885896, member: 19463&quot;]The coin is 15mm and 2.19g. It is the most round dichalkon I have seen.&nbsp; Emmett comments that some authors (not he) distinguish between these and smaller ones of these which they call chalkous.&nbsp; This is a good size one for the period. Weight standards fell as time went on.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>That is the whole idea.&nbsp; I bought 8 coins at this show and looked at several thousand.&nbsp; Some took a few milliseconds to eliminate from consideration.&nbsp; Some jumped out and said, &quot;You will be sorry if you leave me here!&quot;&nbsp; Advice: When coins speak, listen.&nbsp; The coins you buy because you thought you should but they just lay there ignoring you rarely work out as well.&nbsp; At shows, it is sometimes embarrassing when a dealer calls me by name and I can find nothing in his stock I would want at half the price.&nbsp; The secret is to buy coins no one in their right mind would want.&nbsp; This one is small, poorly centered, textured and low in eye appeal. </p><p><br /></p><p>This one is only Emmett rarity 3.&nbsp; This is the only year of the several in which this type was made that is not a 5.&nbsp; We do not want many people to appreciate the coins we like.&nbsp; Could I talk you into giving up Alexandria and collecting proof sets?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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