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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 3973087, member: 19463&quot;]I just can&#039;t decide how to present my new coin.&nbsp; I could bill it as my last coin of 2019 (it is - I got such good service from Bargain Bin Ancients that it arrived in 2019 by two days).&nbsp;&nbsp; I could update my ten favorites of 2019.&nbsp; It is not in the ten BUT it is related to the first coin shown on my ten-list.&nbsp;&nbsp; I could use it to bump the list of lists which I may do anyway because I want to keep that thread on the first page.&nbsp; I could show it as just a little bit different from other coins I have with Herakles and a horse.&nbsp; Decisions, decisions, decisions.</p><p><br /></p><p>I had no intention of buying any more coins in 2019 but for some reason (maybe it was the 10% off offer?) I looked at the Bargain Bin Ancients website and there it was.&nbsp; It was fairly priced (and that does make a difference to me!) so I ordered it.&nbsp; You may know I like &#039;educational coins&#039; and this one makes the coin on my top ten list a lot easier to understand.&nbsp; I won&#039;t repeat a lot of what has been said about this type in the last few years.&nbsp; My coin from the top ten was first posted here by SteveX6 shortly after he bought it from CNG.&nbsp; Pavlos had a great post discussing the overstrike.&nbsp; Those interested can use CT search and find these threads on the question of Boeotia Federal Coinage overstruck on a coin of Antigonos Gonatos of Macedon.&nbsp; I could post links but part of the reason we are here is to teach how to use the great resource CT is and learning to search for what you want is an important thing for the skilled CT user.&nbsp; AMCC2 included a specimen of the type.&nbsp; In fact, the overstrike is actually very common but few are as good looking as mine with detail showing on both sides from both strikes.&nbsp; My new coin is the second below.&nbsp; I rotated it to match the traces of undertype on the first coin below.&nbsp; I regret that this new coin is not the pretty brown of the overstruck one but even its smooth black surfaces are better than most of these we see.&nbsp; I like owning plain undertypes of the overstrikes I have.&nbsp; That may not be the best reason for buying a coin this late in the year but it is what it is and I&#039;m glad to have it.&nbsp; Thanks Brian!&nbsp; The good service made this the last coin of 2019 for me.&nbsp; I wonder if I will buy anything in 2020.&nbsp; Will I buy ten coins worth posting next December?&nbsp; Will I be collecting next December?&nbsp; Too many questions.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1045647[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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