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<p>[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 3156492, member: 19463"]A and B can be a little hard to distinguish in the 'handwriting' of the day. I have a B with more of the letter on flan. We do not have the 'same' coin since mine is from the issue with dots flanking the mintmark letters. There are many variations.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]809428[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>One good thing about having your first ancient is that you have about a million perfectly reasonable choices for your second coin. When you have a few thousand coins you may need to put in more thought about what your collection 'needs' but now all you really need to do is find something you like. I am not joking about some people having a few thousand coins. You have been warned about the addictive part of our hobby.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 3156492, member: 19463"]A and B can be a little hard to distinguish in the 'handwriting' of the day. I have a B with more of the letter on flan. We do not have the 'same' coin since mine is from the issue with dots flanking the mintmark letters. There are many variations. [ATTACH=full]809428[/ATTACH] One good thing about having your first ancient is that you have about a million perfectly reasonable choices for your second coin. When you have a few thousand coins you may need to put in more thought about what your collection 'needs' but now all you really need to do is find something you like. I am not joking about some people having a few thousand coins. You have been warned about the addictive part of our hobby.[/QUOTE]
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