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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;limmle, post: 4849361, member: 113081&quot;]There&#039;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>&#039;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.&nbsp; 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&#039;t much competitive bidding which leads me to think others were probably put off by something I didn&#039;t see. On close inspection of the original, Im still happy to have it. Im pretty sure it&#039;s not a fake, and if its been altered, I think only very slightly, and I&#039;m never going to be able to afford the cost of other Plotinas I&#039;ve seen for sale or auction.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>