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<p>[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 4966665, member: 19463"]gsimonel covered this well but I would add that beginners are twice cheated by the sellers who lead them to think that a coin 1800 years old needs to look like that. While being poor metal and being buried in harsh soil certainly hurts, the harsh cleaning of heavily encrusted coins is responsible for most of the ugliness we see today. Sure your coin has rather little wear from circulation but the terrible surfaces make the coin worth a fraction of a similar coin with smooth surfaces. My coins below are far from a perfect specimens but show what I would term average 'normal' surfaces. The market value differences between your coin, mine and the coins still having 'as struck' surfaces are huge. I would suggest you consider this factor when planning future purchases.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1193740[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1193739[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 4966665, member: 19463"]gsimonel covered this well but I would add that beginners are twice cheated by the sellers who lead them to think that a coin 1800 years old needs to look like that. While being poor metal and being buried in harsh soil certainly hurts, the harsh cleaning of heavily encrusted coins is responsible for most of the ugliness we see today. Sure your coin has rather little wear from circulation but the terrible surfaces make the coin worth a fraction of a similar coin with smooth surfaces. My coins below are far from a perfect specimens but show what I would term average 'normal' surfaces. The market value differences between your coin, mine and the coins still having 'as struck' surfaces are huge. I would suggest you consider this factor when planning future purchases. [ATTACH=full]1193740[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1193739[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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