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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Curtisimo, post: 3166740, member: 83845&quot;]I love both of these coins.&nbsp; I will say that I think the reason a lot of people have a bias toward gold is that the ancients themselves did as well.&nbsp; The dies were often cut by the best engravers and gold is so chemically inert that many gold coins still look the way they did in antiquity, even after being buried for centuries.&nbsp; Silver tones, bronze builds a patina.&nbsp; Not that those things are bad (I prefer toned and patina&#039;d coins) its just that I can see some of the fascination with gold over silver / bronze going beyond modern bullion values.&nbsp; It&#039;s the time machine of metals.</p><p><br /></p><p>This is a great match up.&nbsp; [USER=84744]@Severus Alexander[/USER] &#039;s coin is historic, a great bargain, and his write up is peerless (Fantastic job, my friend).&nbsp; I agree you should post your write up after the tournament.&nbsp; It deserves a feature.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I think the more pressing question is which 3 people voted against that stater for eye appeal and will now need to be fitted for a pair of glasses, stat! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie99" alt=":watching:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie99" alt=":watching:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie99" alt=":watching:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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