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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Carthago, post: 2265447, member: 76111&quot;]Like everything, Greg, it depends.&nbsp; Centering is typically a big consideration overall and the centering of a coin can impact it&#039;s value significantly.&nbsp; You have a very nice Caesar there, but it probably has been deducted by about 20-30% for the centering (an estimate of course).&nbsp; Depending on the rarity, the importance of the design that missing, the overall visual appeal of the coin, etc all has to be weighed and it still comes down to individual taste and budget.</p><p><br /></p><p>For me, centering is very important if I have a choice.&nbsp; Coins that aren&#039;t centered always nag on me a bit. I&#039;ve got plenty of them so it&#039;s not like I don&#039;t buy them.&nbsp; I&#039;ll give you some examples and rational behind buying them.</p><p><br /></p><p>This issue of Cassius is rarer than his corresponding Aureus.&nbsp; The centering annoys me some, but the coin will be very hard to upgrade due to it&#039;s rarity and condition.&nbsp; Really, the centering only cuts off the C in the legend and the bottom part of the portrait so no major loss but it does make the coin a bit &quot;unbalanced&quot; to my eye.&nbsp; If it were perfectly centered, it would probably be 50% more than I paid for it and one of the finest known.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]450468[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>This coin of L. Livineius Regulus is not particularly rare but it is hard to find perfect.&nbsp; I fell in love with the portrait but lost details on the bottom of the design on both sides.&nbsp; It&#039;s a beautiful coin in hand with a 45 year old pedigree and I got a bit of discount on it due to the centering.&nbsp; Also, having both sides uncentered like that keeps the coin &quot;in balance&quot; more to me.&nbsp; I&#039;m nuts probably.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]450470[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>As I mentioned in the intro, it also depends a lot on the eye of the beholder.&nbsp; I recently bought the Pompey Magnus below and Phil Davis (who is the biggest stickler for centering around!!) told me that the reverse centering on this coin bothers him some and he&#039;s waiting for a better specimen. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie12" alt="o_O" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> I was actually a bit surprised that he said that as I never even considered the reverse off center and I still don&#039;t because my eye doesn&#039;t see it that way.&nbsp; To me, it&#039;s a bit short of flan on the obverse and is missing a bit of the legend at the bottom which I wish weren&#039;t the case but it&#039;s an absolutely gorgeous coin overall and one of the prettiest in my collection.&nbsp; All I can say is thank goodness Phil felt that way because there was enough competition as it was and I didn&#039;t need him bidding on it too!</p><p>[ATTACH=full]450471[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Last is this Brutus denarius.&nbsp; It&#039;s an absolutely stunning coin with a 40 year old pedigree (and an older one hiding I&#039;m sure but I couldn&#039;t find it yet). The centering really isn&#039;t a problem as the design is all there, but the extra flan on the obverse side makes it look more off center than it really is to me.&nbsp; It&#039;s a common coin so I found one that is perfectly centered, even prettier, with a pedigree from a Merzbacher auction in 1909 so this coin is going to be sold in Triton XIX in January 2016. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]450474[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>So, hopefully this gives you another viewpoint on centering.&nbsp; There&#039;s lots of considerations and much will come down to your personal preference and budget.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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