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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;rrdenarius, post: 3447300, member: 75525&quot;]Doug, thanks for your note. I found your 1997 website shortly after starting to collect ancient coins in 2004. I also liked the Calgary Coins grading webpage - <a href="http://www.calgarycoin.com/reference/grading/grading.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.calgarycoin.com/reference/grading/grading.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.calgarycoin.com/reference/grading/grading.htm</a></p><p><br /></p><p>I still use your grading system when I grade ancient coins. This is from a description of one of my coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>Issued by - L.SAVF / Lucius Saufeius</p><p>Mint Date: 152 BC</p><p>Obverse - Roma</p><p>Reverse - Victory in Biga</p><p>Weight - 3.70 g - my coin</p><p>Weight data of 108 other coins</p><p>Max - 4.32</p><p>Min - 3.15</p><p>Avg - 3.83</p><p>St Dev - 0.22</p><p><br /></p><p>Grade (vendor) - SPL+</p><p>Grade (me) - EF</p><p>Centering - Well centered on flan that is only slightly larger than the die</p><p>Strike - well struck from new dies</p><p>Flan flaws - none</p><p>Style - good style, plenty of fine details, Good Eye Appeal</p><p>Patination - light toning</p><p>Damage - none</p><p>[ATTACH]915316[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]915317[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>I am a member of three coin clubs in the Houston area. Most do not collect ancient coins, but they are willing to listen to me ramble on about mine. I was a bit surprised by the details comment. Thanks for your comments Barry Murphy.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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