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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;nerosmyfavorite68, post: 24866905, member: 134416&quot;][ATTACH=full]1595393[/ATTACH]</p><p>Nero (Caesar, 50-54). AR Denarius (19mm, 3.23g, 12h). Rome, AD 51. Bareheaded and draped young bust l. R/ Simpulum above tripod; on r., lituus above patera. RIC I 77 (Claudius); RSC 312. Near VF</p><p><br /></p><p>This coin, which I regret buying, (I bought it only because I didn&#039;t realize that denarii of Nero as Caesar were more affordable than denarii of Claudius, and I didn&#039;t want to spend much on Nero as Caesar).&nbsp; It perfectly represents grading inflation.&nbsp; Is that Near VF?&nbsp; I graded it aVG.</p><p><br /></p><p>The coin&#039;s sad ending.&nbsp; Lesson: don&#039;t send a coin overseas in a floppy mailer, without a cardboard coin protector, or equivalent. A vcoins dealer should know better.&nbsp; I was livid when I discovered it like this.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1595394[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1595395[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The strange part is that there wasn&#039;t any super-obvious bend/damage in the package or the flip itself.&nbsp; The Philip provincial Sestertius was fine.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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