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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Nvb, post: 7893058, member: 99531&quot;]I’ll agree with some others here.</p><p>The OP coin has many great attributes but the die shift is… pretty significant and many (most?) discerning collectors would pass on this example</p><p><br /></p><p>How can NGC can give it a 5/5 for strike while I’m over here getting a headache just trying to focus on the obverse?</p><p><br /></p><p>I’m going to assume you are pretty new to ancients - much like myself just a few years back.</p><p><br /></p><p>My advice?</p><p><br /></p><p>It’s great that you’ve found a type you are enamoured with..now go to ACsearch or the CNG archives and look at as many examples of the type as you can. The beauty of ancients is the much wider variations between coins of same type (die, strike etc.) </p><p>You’ll get a better idea of how this one stacks up against the many MANY other examples that have (and will continue to) come up for sale.</p><p>The research archives at CNG are a lot deeper than HA, complete with prices[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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