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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2254709, member: 19463&quot;]It is not a matter of amount as much as direction and what was lost.&nbsp; Some legends are more important than others if their loss makes the coin unidentifiable.&nbsp; Noses need to be on flan more than do the backs of the head. Both sides of my Neopolis stater are off center in the better way leaving the face of the nymph and the man headed bull with their important sides intact.&nbsp; Many well centered examples of these have lost their bull horns. Mine is not mint state but it sure is &#039;full horn&#039;. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]446615[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>On the other hand, the Alexander tetradrachm would me much more appealing had the nose been saved at the expense of the back of the head.&nbsp; It is not the amount off that matters.&nbsp; </p><p>[ATTACH=full]446617[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>My worst centering coin is an Athenian 1/4 obol.&nbsp; Al that is left is part of the helmet.&nbsp; When people say they want a &#039;full crest&#039; coin they are assuming that you also get the face.&nbsp; I really wanted this denomination but reselling it will be next to impossible. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]446616[/ATTACH] </p><p>For comparison, the one below has about perfect centering for this type.</p><p><a href="http://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=463119" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=463119" rel="nofollow">http://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=463119</a></p><p>No one will mourn the tip of the chin.</p><p><br /></p><p>Below are three coins from the same obverse die of Septimius Severus, Emesa mint with the rare IICO ending obverse legend.&nbsp; The middle one is off center losing the important letters but is proven as what it is by the other two. It hardly would count as a rarity were it not for the fact that people like me who care about die links can be forgiving. </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/die02.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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