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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 5006390, member: 19463&quot;]Many of the coins shown here are not as much worn as they are corroded and I am much harder on corroded coins than on those with &#039;honest wear&#039;.&nbsp; In either case it makes a lot of difference if the type is regularly available in a higher grade or if it is something sold once in a lifetime.&nbsp; My most recent worn example is one of two I know to exist (show me yours) so buying it was not a question of grade but whether or not I wanted this coin ever.&nbsp; There are many coins I do not want ever; there are too many to have them all.&nbsp; I may be the only one here who cares there is a Septimius Severus and Clodius Albinus facing bust coin (this from Pautalia).&nbsp; That is fine.&nbsp; Who knows, I may get the other one, too,&nbsp; if no one wants it.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1201242[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>My Julia Domna sestertius is worn but it is from the portrait die I like the best of those I have seen so it is welcome here at least until I find an upgrade from that die.&nbsp; I have seen several nice coins of the type but I&#039;m still looking for the die.&nbsp; Specialists can be very picky.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1201243[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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