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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 7916048, member: 19463&quot;]If I were in the class that allowed such bids, the land tortoise I would seek would not be selected for the shell but for the head detail.&nbsp; Rather few of those coins have heads on flan with enough detail to show that the head is shown from the top with two eyes as on this coin.&nbsp; The Triton coin</p><p><br /></p><p>appears to show the head turned the opposite way from the sea turtles that preceded the land tortoise type. Frankly, I have trouble accepting that coin but would need to see quite a few more land tortoises with good head detail to have a meaningful opinion.&nbsp; Who else has a full face detail tortoise? I do not have one and probably never will but I do prefer to show my sea turtle swimming left in keeping with its head orientation. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1367763[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Even my low grade one has enough head to tell it is turned.&nbsp; This last coin does not show a killer whale swimming right at the bottom.&nbsp; Die cuds can be deceptive.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1367775[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I assume everyone is aware that the change from sea to land animals on coins came when the city lost their navy at war.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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