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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2710557, member: 19463&quot;]While I agree with the VI/XII readings, this does show the problem when working with rare coins that don&#039;t always come in mint state.&nbsp; In my field (Eastern Septimius) we often get help from die identity because the coins were made from very few dies and it is not unusual to be able to ID a coin when the important letters are completely missing.&nbsp; For example, the three coins below are all from the same die but not all have legibility on the important parts.&nbsp; We get, at best, what exists and what we can find.&nbsp; We do what we can do with what we get. </p><p><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/die02.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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