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<p>[QUOTE="lordmarcovan, post: 3103840, member: 10461"]PS- gigliato Coin B <i>does</i> have a "make offer" button in its MA-shops listing, while Coin A does not. But the portrait and toning on that Lizzie groat have now sufficiently distracted me to the point of nearly forgetting about the two gigliati here altogether.</p><p><br /></p><p>In the <i>perfect</i> scenario, I'd find a dated QE1 sixpence from 1565 (400 years before my birthyear) or 1588 (Spanish Armada, yo!) ... with perfect "CircCam" contrast and a nice portrait and flan. At an affordable price.</p><p><br /></p><p>As to the 1575 sixpence which [USER=83845]@Curtisimo[/USER] posted (which his bride recently wore in her shoe, per tradition) - that coin totally <i>dominated</i> all the <$100 examples I saw out there. Had it been just the tiniest bit higher grade, it would've qualified for Eclectic Box inclusion and Curtis' bride would've needed a different lucky sixpence for her shoe. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="lordmarcovan, post: 3103840, member: 10461"]PS- gigliato Coin B [I]does[/I] have a "make offer" button in its MA-shops listing, while Coin A does not. But the portrait and toning on that Lizzie groat have now sufficiently distracted me to the point of nearly forgetting about the two gigliati here altogether. In the [I]perfect[/I] scenario, I'd find a dated QE1 sixpence from 1565 (400 years before my birthyear) or 1588 (Spanish Armada, yo!) ... with perfect "CircCam" contrast and a nice portrait and flan. At an affordable price. As to the 1575 sixpence which [USER=83845]@Curtisimo[/USER] posted (which his bride recently wore in her shoe, per tradition) - that coin totally [I]dominated[/I] all the <$100 examples I saw out there. Had it been just the tiniest bit higher grade, it would've qualified for Eclectic Box inclusion and Curtis' bride would've needed a different lucky sixpence for her shoe. :)[/QUOTE]
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