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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 1818716, member: 19463&quot;]I agree with everything you say but particularly like the grading of MS15 which pretty much tells the story.&nbsp; It is a great portrait and a great example of the coinage of a period that was, to put it kindly, not so great.&nbsp; I have a TRP XV coin but no XVI and agree fully with your view on rarity and junk bins.&nbsp; Here is the sad fact.&nbsp; This coin is beneath the notice of 90% of the collecting establishment even though it may be one of the finest known of its type.&nbsp; I&#039;d like to think that I would have bought the coin if I ran across it in a junk bin for $10 but I might have passed it up not realizing that the very bold TRP XVI makes the example quite collectible among those of us who can accept such things in our collections.&nbsp;&nbsp; I am always thrilled when a coin ends up in the hands of someone who can appreciate coins that have &quot;numismatic interest beyond their lack of aesthetic appeal and/or rarity.&quot;[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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