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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 3568802, member: 19463&quot;]I never thought of myself as a condition snob but this thread makes me fess up.&nbsp; I am very forgiving of things that happened in manufacture, rather forgiving of things done in antiquity, slightly forgiving of damage from the centuries in the ground and very hard on coins damaged in the process of recovery and &#039;processing&#039;.&nbsp;&nbsp; Time heals some ails in my mind. I can tolerate a coin removed from very old jewelry but have less interest in things done in modern times to &#039;improve&#039; the coin (mounting, tooling, e.g.).&nbsp; Coins cut in half in antiquity to make change are not damaged as much as they are &#039;small&#039; but still are never worth even a quarter of the whole coin, to me.&nbsp; Test cuts and banker&#039;s marks are part of life. Recently broken coins need some special circumstance to make me want them. We each will see these things differently. </p><p><br /></p><p>My favorite broken coin is a New Style Athenian fourree tetradrachm with all its secrets on full display. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]949871[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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