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<p>[QUOTE="ByzantiumBabe, post: 7074479, member: 118394"]Whether "bloom" "flower" "mint" or "die" it is not the coin nor a reliable grade convention. Neither is MS, for ancients.</p><p><br /></p><p>Many have no problem with the term "fleur de coin" as poetic license used to freely heighten the effect of an ancient coin, without having to actually describe its relevant details. Experienced collectors can see through the rhetoric. As innocent as the terms might seem, all beginning collectors should be aware the metaphor can be used as a distraction from the facts and is often used to ignore the usual rules of grading, to perhaps proclaim a better result.</p><p><br /></p><p>Don't get me wrong, a love poetry, think ancient coins are poetic, but also heed what Plato warned about the Poet.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="ByzantiumBabe, post: 7074479, member: 118394"]Whether "bloom" "flower" "mint" or "die" it is not the coin nor a reliable grade convention. Neither is MS, for ancients. Many have no problem with the term "fleur de coin" as poetic license used to freely heighten the effect of an ancient coin, without having to actually describe its relevant details. Experienced collectors can see through the rhetoric. As innocent as the terms might seem, all beginning collectors should be aware the metaphor can be used as a distraction from the facts and is often used to ignore the usual rules of grading, to perhaps proclaim a better result. Don't get me wrong, a love poetry, think ancient coins are poetic, but also heed what Plato warned about the Poet.[/QUOTE]
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