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<p>[QUOTE="lordmarcovan, post: 2609056, member: 10461"]Vindication is mine!! Yay!</p><p><br /></p><p>The "Headless Zombie Cow" triumphs!</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.bibliopath.com/coins/NG/tn_NG11_A.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>'T'was quite the narrow victory, however. A real "squeaker"!</p><p><br /></p><p>I now have two of these NG trophies. ([USER=82194]@dadams[/USER] is the only other person to win two Numismatic Gladiator contests, but one of his was the championship round in NG10, so one of his trophies is the even-mightier, purple-edged <i>eagle</i> trophy.)</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/NG4-trophy-sm.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> <img src="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/NG11-trophy-sm.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I will add that I broke my own "No Headless Critters" rule with this purchase. I usually avoid ancient coins that have significant design features off the flan (particularly part of any human's face or creature's head). And this one, <b>Coin A</b> here, was not only missing half the cow but all of the dolphin as well. Nevertheless, I liked it very much for the price, and it was really that mill-sail incuse punch that sold me on it. I'm a sucker for the early stuff with those archaic punches. Never thought I'd see one offered for $25. This one had a lot of "meat" on it (pun intended) for the price.</p><p><br /></p><p>Michael ([USER=81808]@Aethelred[/USER] 's) <b>Coin B</b> was, as the voting showed, a solid selection. It's a much larger coin, too, so had the coins been physically on a desk in front of everyone voting, who knows what the outcome would've been. I saw his coin during my VCoins shopping and even considered buying it myself. It was on my short list.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="lordmarcovan, post: 2609056, member: 10461"]Vindication is mine!! Yay! The "Headless Zombie Cow" triumphs! [IMG]http://www.bibliopath.com/coins/NG/tn_NG11_A.jpg[/IMG] 'T'was quite the narrow victory, however. A real "squeaker"! I now have two of these NG trophies. ([USER=82194]@dadams[/USER] is the only other person to win two Numismatic Gladiator contests, but one of his was the championship round in NG10, so one of his trophies is the even-mightier, purple-edged [I]eagle[/I] trophy.) [IMG]http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/NG4-trophy-sm.png[/IMG] [IMG]http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/NG11-trophy-sm.png[/IMG] I will add that I broke my own "No Headless Critters" rule with this purchase. I usually avoid ancient coins that have significant design features off the flan (particularly part of any human's face or creature's head). And this one, [B]Coin A[/B] here, was not only missing half the cow but all of the dolphin as well. Nevertheless, I liked it very much for the price, and it was really that mill-sail incuse punch that sold me on it. I'm a sucker for the early stuff with those archaic punches. Never thought I'd see one offered for $25. This one had a lot of "meat" on it (pun intended) for the price. Michael ([USER=81808]@Aethelred[/USER] 's) [B]Coin B[/B] was, as the voting showed, a solid selection. It's a much larger coin, too, so had the coins been physically on a desk in front of everyone voting, who knows what the outcome would've been. I saw his coin during my VCoins shopping and even considered buying it myself. It was on my short list.[/QUOTE]
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