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<p>[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 5528223, member: 19463"]Caligula AE23 Caesaraugusta, Spain / 2 ox team - a Latin language coin of a Colony Scipione et Montano II Vir </p><p>'Restored' by polishing - This is rather the opposite of what we usually see with fields smoothed and details added. Here the rough details were worn away leaving rough fields below. I suspect this coin was a rough and ugly VF before it was worn down to its present state. People will differ on whether this was an improvement or just trading one dog for another. Certainly we all would prefer mint state originals but, sometimes, that is not realistic. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1240601[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 5528223, member: 19463"]Caligula AE23 Caesaraugusta, Spain / 2 ox team - a Latin language coin of a Colony Scipione et Montano II Vir 'Restored' by polishing - This is rather the opposite of what we usually see with fields smoothed and details added. Here the rough details were worn away leaving rough fields below. I suspect this coin was a rough and ugly VF before it was worn down to its present state. People will differ on whether this was an improvement or just trading one dog for another. Certainly we all would prefer mint state originals but, sometimes, that is not realistic. [ATTACH=full]1240601[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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