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<p>[QUOTE="DonnaML, post: 4634037, member: 110350"]I purchased this Athenian owl from John Jencek at the 2007 NYINC. Because of the test cut through the owl's face and banker's mark in the owl's stomach on the reverse, and other issues such as the missing "E" in the reverse legend, the generally worn state of the reverse, and the scratch on Athena's face on the obverse (which I suspect may be a banker's mark of some kind because of the scratch's deliberate-looking shape), I paid just over $300, which even then was less than half of what owls in similar condition (but without any test cuts or banker's marks) were going for. I doubt that it would sell for any more than that even now, 13 years later. But I'm still happy with it; I like the obverse and actually find the test cut and banker's mark(s) to be rather interesting because of their historical significance.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1145860[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1145861[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="DonnaML, post: 4634037, member: 110350"]I purchased this Athenian owl from John Jencek at the 2007 NYINC. Because of the test cut through the owl's face and banker's mark in the owl's stomach on the reverse, and other issues such as the missing "E" in the reverse legend, the generally worn state of the reverse, and the scratch on Athena's face on the obverse (which I suspect may be a banker's mark of some kind because of the scratch's deliberate-looking shape), I paid just over $300, which even then was less than half of what owls in similar condition (but without any test cuts or banker's marks) were going for. I doubt that it would sell for any more than that even now, 13 years later. But I'm still happy with it; I like the obverse and actually find the test cut and banker's mark(s) to be rather interesting because of their historical significance. [ATTACH=full]1145860[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1145861[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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