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<p>[QUOTE="limmle, post: 4849361, member: 113081"]There's room for a wide variety of opinions about buying coins in poor condition. I accept <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/members/ernstk.112998/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/members/ernstk.112998/">ernstk</a>'s opinion as well intentioned advice, but I would agree with the others that a Plotina Sestertius is not to be tossed aside. I saw this coin and thought it not in great condition, but you can recognise the bust and you can read her name fairly clearly. Personally I think its a valuable historical decision. I like the coin and I have no plans to sell it. It would be disappointing if I found out it was fake, but I can live with it being treated for BD or even light smoothing, but I think these should have been declared by the auction house.</p><p><br /></p><p>I did not pay a huge amount (compared to other Plotinas), in retrospect there wasn't much competitive bidding which leads me to think others were probably put off by something I didn't see. On close inspection of the original, Im still happy to have it. Im pretty sure it's not a fake, and if its been altered, I think only very slightly, and I'm never going to be able to afford the cost of other Plotinas I've seen for sale or auction.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="limmle, post: 4849361, member: 113081"]There's room for a wide variety of opinions about buying coins in poor condition. I accept [URL='https://www.cointalk.com/members/ernstk.112998/']ernstk[/URL]'s opinion as well intentioned advice, but I would agree with the others that a Plotina Sestertius is not to be tossed aside. I saw this coin and thought it not in great condition, but you can recognise the bust and you can read her name fairly clearly. Personally I think its a valuable historical decision. I like the coin and I have no plans to sell it. It would be disappointing if I found out it was fake, but I can live with it being treated for BD or even light smoothing, but I think these should have been declared by the auction house. I did not pay a huge amount (compared to other Plotinas), in retrospect there wasn't much competitive bidding which leads me to think others were probably put off by something I didn't see. On close inspection of the original, Im still happy to have it. Im pretty sure it's not a fake, and if its been altered, I think only very slightly, and I'm never going to be able to afford the cost of other Plotinas I've seen for sale or auction.[/QUOTE]
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