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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2341059, member: 19463&quot;]I like Probus but don&#039;t have the rare ones like Martin may be showing.&nbsp; Instead I will address your statement:</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I have a real problem with silvering.&nbsp; 100% silver is great.&nbsp; 0% silver is fine with me.&nbsp; The problem comes when you have %0% silver arranged in a patchy pattern making it hard to see the designs.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Probus has three major portrait styles: Plain, Military and Consular.&nbsp; Each has many variations including some really rare ones but a general collector might want one of each as a starter.</p><p><br /></p><p>Plain bust, little silver Tripolis mint Jupiter and emperor - KA alloy mark for 20:1</p><p>[ATTACH=full]475683[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Same thing with silver - which is better?</p><p>[ATTACH=full]475684[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Military bust - very different but similar</p><p>&nbsp;Serdica - no silver</p><p>[ATTACH=full]475685[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Siscia silvered</p><p>[ATTACH=full]475686[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Consular silvered Ticinum</p><p>[ATTACH=full]475689[/ATTACH] </p><p>Consular patchy silver Siscia</p><p>[ATTACH=full]475690[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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