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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 1825052, member: 19463&quot;]Having a coin better than one of the leading cheapskates in the hobby should be small consolation.&nbsp; I was once told by a very respected dealer that I was the #2 cheapskate among his customers.&nbsp; I took that as a challenge to try harder.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>It is very common to find these with one good and one bad side.&nbsp; I am toying with the theory that they were struck with pincer dies and it made a difference which side was up but that could be a complete fantasy.&nbsp; It does make sense that coins of a foreign ruler like V might have been made differently than the standard Roman of that day. </p><p><a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/board/index.php?topic=86009.0" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/board/index.php?topic=86009.0" rel="nofollow">http://www.forumancientcoins.com/board/index.php?topic=86009.0</a></p><p>&nbsp;A coin with two really sharp sides is worth buying.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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