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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;+VGO.DVCKS, post: 8194847, member: 110504&quot;][USER=75937]@Roman Collector[/USER]&#039;s and [USER=84905]@Tejas[/USER]&#039;s posts are two of the most resonant --not <i>entirely </i>for being two of the most recent.</p><p>From a medieval kind of place, I for one can&#039;t really imagine not collecting for historical significance first, rather than esthetics.&nbsp; Even (--!) in that context, the two aren&#039;t <i>always </i>reducible to a zero-sum game; just most of the time, where minor details like budget (and access, overwhelmingly online) are factored in.</p><p>With that as prolegomenon, here&#039;s my favorite frankly crappy coin.&nbsp; (Yes, previously posted.)</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1435343[/ATTACH]</p><p>West Franks; Robertians (proto-Capetians, contemporaneous to late Carolingians).&nbsp; Hugh the Great, Duke of the Franks and Count of Paris, 923-956.</p><p>Long attributed to his son, Hugh Capet (r. 987-996), founder of the Capetian dynasty (cf. Duplessy, Royales tome I).&nbsp; Except, watch this (from the prior post). </p><p>&nbsp;...Found unattributed on Delcampe; maybe 23 Euros before shipping. You could compare it to this example, from CNG:</p><p><a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=3595215" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=3595215" rel="nofollow">https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=3595215</a></p><p>(A couple more examples:</p><p><a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?similar=6701440" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?similar=6701440" rel="nofollow">https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?similar=6701440</a> .)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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