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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Paul M., post: 2712139, member: 73165&quot;]Uhh... no way, José!&nbsp; That&#039;s one of the coolest coins of <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/antoninus-pius-i-love-that-guy.277177/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/antoninus-pius-i-love-that-guy.277177/">my favorite emperor</a>! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie7" alt=":p" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I agree inasmuch as one can easily predict the winner of the &quot;eye appeal&quot; category based on which coin is the higher grade.&nbsp; OTOH, popular coins are popular for a reason.&nbsp; That reason may be because they&#039;re readily available (<i>e.g.</i> VRBS ROMA), or because they&#039;re historically and numismatically interesting (<i>e.g.</i> portrait Julius Caesar denarius).&nbsp; Variants of interest only to specialists are not going to do well in this category simply because they are variants of some other not so interesting thing, and I don&#039;t find that to be a problem.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m enjoying this contest as an observer, because I&#039;ve gotten to see a lot of cool coins that I haven&#039;t seen before.&nbsp; It might be apples vs Beef Wellington, but I&#039;m just glad it&#039;s food. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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