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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Vess1, post: 26231192, member: 13650&quot;]Great discussion guys!&nbsp; Appreciate the additional info [USER=110226]@robinjojo[/USER] .&nbsp; Very interesting.&nbsp; As far as the market goes for these, it all depends on how picky you want to be.&nbsp; I know there were many made and many of these still out there.&nbsp;&nbsp; They are an instance of high demand driving prices higher.&nbsp;&nbsp; I wish I would have purchased one a couple decades ago but they just weren&#039;t on my radar.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; I went with this one not because it was the best deal I could find.&nbsp; I could have bought one for 40-50% less.&nbsp; &nbsp; I just wanted to be happy with the one I got.&nbsp;&nbsp; These can have more undesirable features than their modern counter parts.&nbsp;&nbsp; The first thing to consider is centering.&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; I&#039;m hardly a novice just getting into ancients a bit here but it is clear that centering of the designs, both sides, plays a major role in value with these and others.&nbsp; &nbsp; Then I&#039;m looking at strike quality.&nbsp;&nbsp; Are all parts of the design present?&nbsp; Are all the details in the owl and the olive leaves there?&nbsp; &nbsp; What&#039;s the color like?&nbsp;&nbsp; Are there flaws on the planchet?&nbsp; &quot;Globs&quot; covering something?&nbsp;&nbsp; Weird dents or chop marks.&nbsp; Stains.&nbsp; Maybe it was a weird planchet to begin with?&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Major cracks, odd shaped sections missing or clipped sides.&nbsp; I can accept some small cracking.&nbsp; A few cracks are actually cool to me.&nbsp;&nbsp; They are crude. Many are off center and have major flaws.&nbsp; Some of this is to be expected.&nbsp;&nbsp; Comes down to what do you want to pay for?&nbsp; I think some of the flawed ones they ask too much for.&nbsp;&nbsp; When they get past all the above criteria, the value goes up.&nbsp; Many were not made well to begin with.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; The example in the last picture above this post here is nicer than mine.&nbsp; I would have bought that one too.&nbsp; &nbsp; Really like the crisp helmet details.&nbsp;&nbsp; There&#039;s nothing particularly distracting on the major elements of the design.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; Being slabbed didn&#039;t bother me.&nbsp; For the sake of storage and ID, I prefer it.&nbsp; Have unslabbed stuff to handle if I want to.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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