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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2333887, member: 19463&quot;]Another fact is that some designs stand up to wear and corrosion better than others.&nbsp; Certainly there is no doubt that this is a Sulla&#039;s Dream coin but appreciating what is going on in the design is lessened by the surface deterioration. On the other hand a Brutus EID MAR can be worn down to outlines and still tell the tale.&nbsp; People will pay more for an EF of either but the need for full detail is different.</p><p><br /></p><p>A coin on my want list that will never be filled is the Provincial showing Noah and his wife in their &#039;Ark&#039;.&nbsp; The highest part of the design is the front of the box where the letters NOE appear.&nbsp; The coin is rare in any grade but examples with full NOE strike me as worth a lot more than the difference between VF and VF+ might suggest. </p><p><a href="http://www.ancientcoinage.org/noah-and-the-flood.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ancientcoinage.org/noah-and-the-flood.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.ancientcoinage.org/noah-and-the-flood.html</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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