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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 1045069, member: 19463&quot;]Probus ruled for several years and was pretty successful partly due to taking good care of his large army.&nbsp; That means making a lot of coins.&nbsp; This Probus shows quite a bit of retained silver wash which is a blessing and a curse.&nbsp; The silver makes the coin look like it did when new but it is very hard to clean such a coin without damaging the silvering on the surface.&nbsp; Sometimes the coins look better when all the silver is gone and you are left with a pretty copper looking coin rather than a patchy gray mess.&nbsp; They are not the easiest things to photograph and can look better &#039;in hand&#039;.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>The ping pong coin was the last thing before the currency reform that brought us the larger Falling Horseman coins.&nbsp; They tend to be pretty scrappy.&nbsp; This one is pretty nice.&nbsp; They are not very popular because kids of all ages seem to prefer the blood and guts of the Falling Horsemen to ping pong (AKA 2 Victories with wreaths).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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