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<p>[QUOTE="stldanceartist, post: 25802069, member: 13307"]The good news is that there are no seams on the edges of either coin - both look like what I'd expect a hammered coin to be. Kinda like if you smash some cookie dough down and the edges split irregularly...</p><p><br /></p><p>After a quick search, it appears I did very well in terms of purchase price, so I don't have to worry whether I overspent (don't really deal with ancients much.) I do notice that there are various weights for different pieces - does that make a difference in value (again, I'm not really worried about value, just asking to learn - honestly they are just kind of cool to own so I'll be putting them in my collection) or are they assumed to be within a certain range of tolerances, and anything within that range is considered acceptable?</p><p><br /></p><p>I'm in the process of moving, so once I get my photo setup working once again I'll post some followup images. In the meantime, here are some (hopefully) better images to work with (I am instantly reminded of how difficult it is to get a cell phone to take good coin photos)</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1646342[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1646343[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="stldanceartist, post: 25802069, member: 13307"]The good news is that there are no seams on the edges of either coin - both look like what I'd expect a hammered coin to be. Kinda like if you smash some cookie dough down and the edges split irregularly... After a quick search, it appears I did very well in terms of purchase price, so I don't have to worry whether I overspent (don't really deal with ancients much.) I do notice that there are various weights for different pieces - does that make a difference in value (again, I'm not really worried about value, just asking to learn - honestly they are just kind of cool to own so I'll be putting them in my collection) or are they assumed to be within a certain range of tolerances, and anything within that range is considered acceptable? I'm in the process of moving, so once I get my photo setup working once again I'll post some followup images. In the meantime, here are some (hopefully) better images to work with (I am instantly reminded of how difficult it is to get a cell phone to take good coin photos) [ATTACH=full]1646342[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1646343[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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