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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 3184303, member: 19463&quot;]There is an advantage at being new to the hobby.&nbsp; The contest rules only allowed coins purchased in 2017 or 2018 so a beginner with wide interests will have an advantage over someone who is running out of coins on the want list that will show well.&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I really disagree with this.&nbsp; Some Eastern mints of Gallienus toward the later part of the reign are often broad and bold but silver washed AE rather than solid silver alloy.&nbsp; Unfortunately, they did not make the popular zoo series coins or have the wonderful portrait style of the earliest period like the contest coin.&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p>[ATTACH=full]821112[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]821113[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]821114[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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