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Message:: [QUOTE="stevex6, post: 2568418, member: 44183"]Obviously the price goes up as you add more bells and whistles ... => test cuts, small flans and off-center obverses and/or off-center reverses will lower the coin's price ... I guess it depends upon how much coin-cash you're willing to pay and how many bells and whistles you can live without (I realize that my test cuts reduce my coin's mintiness, but they don't bother me ... and I actually think they add a bit of history to the ol' gal) Doug often comments that he likes these coins when they have Athena's nose on flan and a smile on her face ... Obviously, a well-struck and well-centered coin on a big flan will cost you more than a coin that shows zero-crest and/or is missing a few of the other cool details. I am certainly "not" an expert on these coin-types, or even a person who claims to know anything about them other than they're super cool and that they are an example of a classic ancient Greek coin!! ... but there are a few dudes on this site that seem to know the era and evolution of these coins and hopefully one or more of 'em will chime-in with some comments on how to determine one from another. Sadly, as stated earlier by others => these babies seem relatively expensive considering that there are always many examples available!! (I guess people merely love 'em, so they'll pay whatever it takes to score one of 'em?) physics-fan => good luck with your owl hunt (they're pretty cool)[/QUOTE]