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<p>[QUOTE="medoraman, post: 3609134, member: 26302"]With all due respect sir, my avatar was used and then buried for over 1000 years. Modern collectors "give coins a break" due to their age more than ancient ones. </p><p><br /></p><p>The main problem with leptons and prutah, ("widow's mite" technically a lepton), were that they were such a small denomination no one cared how poorly they were struck. They were struck on cast flans connected to each other to speed up striking. If they were well struck, or struck at all, does not seem to be much concern. Then, the soil in that area is notoriously acidic, and the coins weren't worth much, so most were found unprotected in the soil. </p><p><br /></p><p>Most today are in miserable condition, but they DO exist nicer. I have a very pretty VF one in my collection, with full strike.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="medoraman, post: 3609134, member: 26302"]With all due respect sir, my avatar was used and then buried for over 1000 years. Modern collectors "give coins a break" due to their age more than ancient ones. The main problem with leptons and prutah, ("widow's mite" technically a lepton), were that they were such a small denomination no one cared how poorly they were struck. They were struck on cast flans connected to each other to speed up striking. If they were well struck, or struck at all, does not seem to be much concern. Then, the soil in that area is notoriously acidic, and the coins weren't worth much, so most were found unprotected in the soil. Most today are in miserable condition, but they DO exist nicer. I have a very pretty VF one in my collection, with full strike.[/QUOTE]
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