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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2489272, member: 19463&quot;]If you are going to spend $100 extra getting a coin expertised by two services, wouldn&#039;t it just be easier to buy a coin from a trustworthy and knowledgeable dealer in the first place?&nbsp;&nbsp; There are thousands of really nice owls out there.&nbsp; Unless you are going for some specific variety, you will have many to consider.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Considering the modified modern grading system employed by NGC (no traditional dealers use the term AU for ancients) you should be able to find a few similar/better ones (some in slabs).&nbsp; Usually we don&#039;t see really nice coins sold in bulk lots but here is a group of 23 not considered worth lotting individually that realized several times estimate.&nbsp; I wonder if they were cleaned further by their new owner. </p><p><a href="https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=254848" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=254848" rel="nofollow">https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=254848</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Many popular ancient coins are not rare.&nbsp; Urbs Roma types are often very nice.&nbsp; I am not a condition conscious collector by the standards of people here but happened to have a couple decent ones.&nbsp; They were selected for features not important to most people.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]526593[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]526594[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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