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<p>[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 2565623, member: 19463"]Unless you are ready to pay four digits or more, you need to decide which faults you can accept.</p><p>Worn and cut but excellent style and centering</p><p>[ATTACH=full]553895[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Full crest but surface problems and flatness on the owl</p><p>[ATTACH=full]553896[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>The popular tetradrachm is the easiest of the Athenian coins to find. The below 1/4 obol is easily the worst centering a coin can have and be 'full crest' <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> but how many of you have anything smaller than an obol. (Who cares?) At the last show I asked for either an upgrade to this one or the even more scarce 1/8 obol. As it is this itty bitty scrap cost about the same as the worst tetradrachms on the market but is 1000 times rarer. The reverse is a crescent.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]553902[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Three crescents make a 3/4 obol but is easier to find.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]553905[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>My favorite and most scarce owl is this three prong tail obol struck on a nice oval flan. I was happy to get it from NFA back in the day when no one wanted small silver. Sure I would like higher grade but I would insist on a clear tail feather separation. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]553906[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 2565623, member: 19463"]Unless you are ready to pay four digits or more, you need to decide which faults you can accept. Worn and cut but excellent style and centering [ATTACH=full]553895[/ATTACH] Full crest but surface problems and flatness on the owl [ATTACH=full]553896[/ATTACH] The popular tetradrachm is the easiest of the Athenian coins to find. The below 1/4 obol is easily the worst centering a coin can have and be 'full crest' :D but how many of you have anything smaller than an obol. (Who cares?) At the last show I asked for either an upgrade to this one or the even more scarce 1/8 obol. As it is this itty bitty scrap cost about the same as the worst tetradrachms on the market but is 1000 times rarer. The reverse is a crescent. [ATTACH=full]553902[/ATTACH] Three crescents make a 3/4 obol but is easier to find. [ATTACH=full]553905[/ATTACH] My favorite and most scarce owl is this three prong tail obol struck on a nice oval flan. I was happy to get it from NFA back in the day when no one wanted small silver. Sure I would like higher grade but I would insist on a clear tail feather separation. [ATTACH=full]553906[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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