[Poll] #5 zumbly vs #12 FitzNigel (round 1) CIT 2017

I like both Byzantine and Medieval coins but I slightly prefer Byzantine. Factor in its a Heraclius silver, makes it a lot more appealing to me. Not saying the William Denier is not good, it looks awesome too.

 

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I'm with you @Bing I tried some byzantine coins and only have 1 now. Have no desire to collect them.
I like some mideval coins but not sure I will ever seriously pursue them.
That said, I do my best to vote for the coin as laid out for this contest and not how I feel personally.
I hope that makes sense.

 

Good on you Smojo, that's how I feel to.

 

I agree... if @stevex6 busts out his Antoninus Pius Taurus drachm, I think I'm going to be compelled to vote for it no matter what.

This one has been the toughest choice of the ones I've done so far. It's usually easy for me to pick a clear winner in each category (*e.g.* how do you beat a $3 EF Probus antonianinus on value for money?!?), but these two coins really both do it for me in different ways.

 

Perhaps that is why some of us don't care for the competitive by price idea and perhaps why the rules had to be changed to comply with CT rules. There are may $3 coins that are worth less than $3 but there are also gold coins that are worth melt. If you had a gold coin with numismatic value of $1000, would you melt it when spot hit $1001?

 

I understand what you mean about the intrinsic value vs numismatic value being an interesting dynamic for the different metals and different coins. Totally agree.

I wasn't completely following you on your competitive by price comment though. Are you saying you didn't care for the $100 limit before the mods changed it or that you don't care for the current method of voting on value for money? Both have their downsides no doubt so I am just curious to understand your thoughts.

 

I see evaluation of the price category as a two-step process. First, I want to have a sense if the price paid for a coin represents good value against what others of the same type or class have brought in other sales. Yes, this does involve me searching out hammer prices of Kushano-Sasanian gold dinars which I have zero experience with, but that's part of the fun. After I make an assessment of the price paid for both coins seperately, I weigh them against each other, decide which I feel was a better deal and vote accordingly. I realise of course not everyone votes this category this way, but in the absence of a guideline, I settled on this method. In this category I see the battle as being between the coiners rather than the coin. The one who nabbed the better deal wins!

 

There is still a few hours left on this poll for anyone who would like to cast a last minute vote and hasn't already done so. Well played by both members

 

Hello everyone! This was a great match-up and I thank both of the participants for playing below are the final results:

Results:
@zumbly: 93 (WINNER)
@FitzNigel: 63

The voters liked the Eye Appeal of FitzNiglel's coin but good numbers in the Value for Money and Interest categories were enough to decide the match in favor of zumbly! Thanks again to both of you!

 

Congrats @zumbly ! Well deserved!

 

both are great coins, was for me to hard

 

Good game, @FitzNigel! I enjoyed your coin and our matchup .

Looking forward (with some anxiety) to Round 2!

 

Mine - get them while its hot...


You might also want to know this coin type was also the oldest coin found in a viking coin hoard. Google it.

 

My first "ancient" coin was a Byzantine AV Solidus Justinian I. It was $100 for a mint state example from NFA in 1985....
Now, I like all ancient coinage/ plus all worldwide.

 

Nice buy, was that from Vcoins?

 

ebay....many moons ago.