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Message:: [QUOTE="Alegandron, post: 2633874, member: 51347"]I enjoy bankers marks. I collect on a historical basis, not so much numismatically. I enjoy wear on a coin as it shows that people used them, traded, purchased items, etc.  With Bankers marks, another dimension emrges: they are proven to be an authentic coin during ancient times, and they have been used in commerce. I do not specifically collect them. Rather, I am not averse to capturing them as well as wonder about the whats and whys of the various bankers marks. Purdy cool. On the Athenian Owl, I understand that bankers were not afraid to chop or test the coin between the Owl's eyes. Kind of a dig at Athens. However, there were reluctant to deface the Goddess Athena, being a powerful goddess. Mine are kind of cool with bankers chops all over Athena's faces, and not damaging the Owls. I am Curious as to why. [USER=19463]@dougsmit[/USER] suggested one time that they may had traded well out of the Greek world, and either were ignorant of or not cared about Athena. Would love to know the mystery behind them[/QUOTE]