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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2713840, member: 19463&quot;]I&#039;m with Sallent on this one.&nbsp; Th OP &#039;worst coin&#039; is better than half of my collection and that include both mint workmanship and things that have happened to the coin since it left the mint.&nbsp; When I did my grading pages I termed these things Condition of Manufacture and Condition of Preservation.&nbsp; I believe NGC employs similar concepts calling them Strike and Surface.&nbsp; An unpleasant fact of collecting ancient coins is that there are a million variations and not all of them survive in a condition the majority of collectors would be willing to admit they own.&nbsp; When there is one example known there is a good chance that one will be FDC or even presentable.&nbsp; Upgrading might then mean pretending that the coin does not exist. </p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m not sure that it is my worst coin but the one I will show is pretty evil looking but it is also the only seen by me Septimius Severus, Alexandria mint denarius with the Trophy of Arms reverse commonly used at Emesa.&nbsp; I have posted it several times in several places asking for someone to show another.&nbsp; Please do but remember it must be Alexandria mint, not Emesa, style.&nbsp; </p><p>[ATTACH=full]613344[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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