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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;kevin McGonigal, post: 3834994, member: 72790&quot;]I agree. That coin is not in that bad shape. Much of the legend is legible (BASILEOS) and in time the surface will improve. The image on the obverse was originally a good strike. I used to give out coins like this to my students at the end of the year as&nbsp; prizes for doing well in the course. I don&#039;t know how many became coin collectors but I do know that many of the students displayed their coins and artifacts in their homes where they must have attracted favorable attention. If nothing else they must have reawakened good vibes years later. For us this well circulated brass may be just another $20 cull but for them it was an ancient treasure and a memento of a time when they were scholars.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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