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<p>[QUOTE="IdesOfMarch01, post: 3386570, member: 39084"]Maybe I have a much more restrictive definition of "unique," but personally I find that about 80% of the coins illustrated in this thread aren't really what I'd call unique reverses.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here are just a few that illustrate my definition of unique:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]899493[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]899495[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]899498[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Here's an example of one that doesn't fit my definition of unique:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]899496[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Contrast the two coins immediately above, and ask yourself the following: if I were to glance (less than one second per coin) at these two coins, side-by-side, in a tray at a coin show or in a dealer's shop, which one would make me think "Wow -- there's an unusual reverse; I wonder if that's unique to the emperor?"</p><p><br /></p><p>Maybe my definition is too restrictive and non-quantifiable for this thread, but that's where I situate my idea of uniqueness relative to this thread.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="IdesOfMarch01, post: 3386570, member: 39084"]Maybe I have a much more restrictive definition of "unique," but personally I find that about 80% of the coins illustrated in this thread aren't really what I'd call unique reverses. Here are just a few that illustrate my definition of unique: [ATTACH=full]899493[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]899495[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]899498[/ATTACH] Here's an example of one that doesn't fit my definition of unique: [ATTACH=full]899496[/ATTACH] Contrast the two coins immediately above, and ask yourself the following: if I were to glance (less than one second per coin) at these two coins, side-by-side, in a tray at a coin show or in a dealer's shop, which one would make me think "Wow -- there's an unusual reverse; I wonder if that's unique to the emperor?" Maybe my definition is too restrictive and non-quantifiable for this thread, but that's where I situate my idea of uniqueness relative to this thread.[/QUOTE]
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