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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 8298598, member: 19463&quot;]While I am not opposed to worn coins, I do have a preference to whose well enough centered and struck that the legends can be read.&nbsp; Of my Kushan coins, the Kanishka Helios is worn to Fine but the closest to what I would want. This most certainly is not a series for those who require perfect examples.&nbsp; </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1467879[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>&#039;Also ran&#039; is Nanaia:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1467880[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Simultaneously the best and worst of my Kushan coins is the&nbsp; Vima Kadphises with what I considered good detail overall despite the horrible faces.&nbsp; I looked through a lot of junk boxes to find these most common types with legends. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1467882[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>It might be good to mention that NGC lists these types as things they will not grade.&nbsp; They do accept the Soter Megas coins which I consider several times more complex than the Vima/Kaniska issues but neither is easy to find in &#039;good shape&#039;.&nbsp; While I have no interest in paying more for grading than the cost of the coins, it would be interesting to see just how good the best that they have seen really are.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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