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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;nerosmyfavorite68, post: 25148672, member: 134416&quot;]Well, I&#039;m glad that I posted this GTG, or else I might not have realized until a later point what was going on with the coin.&nbsp; Yes, looking at the bottom beading on the reverse left, that&#039;s 1867.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ll hold off until Sunday to reveal my grade.</p><p><br /></p><p>This one was struck right before some very bad times, so it was probably hoarded quickly.&nbsp; The plate example of 1855 in Sear, from the 1050&#039;s, was barely F+. His 1867 was pretty minty.</p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s amazing how quickly things went from riding high under Basil II (976-1025) to uh, oh spaghettios.&nbsp; Anatolia/Turkey was wide open Romanus&#039; defeat by the Seljuk Turks and after a few years of incompetent numpties, virtually all was lost.&nbsp; The capable Alexius I called the West for help, and the first Crusade was formed.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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