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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Volodya, post: 2459416, member: 19615&quot;]The spear is from an HJB list, years before I was associated with the firm. The ROMA monogram is from a Gorny sale. There&#039;s a little story surrounding that one: Alan Walker was my agent then. I called him with my bids; he told me he couldn&#039;t accept my bid because he already had a bid from Charles Hersh on the coin, albeit a much lower one. I offered to defer to Hersh if his limit would win the lot, with the understanding that my bid would reenter the auction once Hersh&#039;s bid was surpassed. I wasn&#039;t too worried about losing the coin (which I badly wanted) because I was pretty sure Charles&#039; bid was nowhere near enough. In the event, it wasn&#039;t and (obviously!) I did win the coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>The next time I saw Hersh, probably in NY, he thanked me quite cordially. This was a change; he had been rather cool and aloof to me up to then. Sadly, Charles passed away before a friendship could fully develop. I asked him if he already had the type; it turned out that of course he did. He wanted this because the A in the monogram was formed differently than on his example.</p><p><br /></p><p>I really like the OP coin. I would&#039;ve been interested in it if I needed that variety.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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