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<p>[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 5287911, member: 19463"]Selecting a coin as a pocket piece is hard for some of us. I would suggest one with poor and encrusted surfaces that carrying around might even improve. Thirty years ago a dealer at a show reached in his pants pocket and pulled out his pocket change. Among the nickels and quarters was a tetradrachm of Uranus Antonius. He said that it had been an ugly mess when he started and was not bad looking now with a few months of 'honest' wear. He was going on the theory (then correct) that a smooth Fine would be easier to sell than a crusty lump VF. I never heard when he decided to stop and sell it. My sestertius of Galba has the look of a pocket piece carried by a previous owner (not me). I have no idea what it looked like when its service began. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1221697[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 5287911, member: 19463"]Selecting a coin as a pocket piece is hard for some of us. I would suggest one with poor and encrusted surfaces that carrying around might even improve. Thirty years ago a dealer at a show reached in his pants pocket and pulled out his pocket change. Among the nickels and quarters was a tetradrachm of Uranus Antonius. He said that it had been an ugly mess when he started and was not bad looking now with a few months of 'honest' wear. He was going on the theory (then correct) that a smooth Fine would be easier to sell than a crusty lump VF. I never heard when he decided to stop and sell it. My sestertius of Galba has the look of a pocket piece carried by a previous owner (not me). I have no idea what it looked like when its service began. [ATTACH=full]1221697[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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