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<p>[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 3752313, member: 19463"]Let's face it. There are coins of each ancient sub-group that are better or worse than others. Some Greek coins are embarrassingly bad. Some late Romans show artistic merit. Sometimes we see a reason for poor work. Usually the worst coins come from times the mint was especially rushed due to wars or unstable economy. Some collectors place a lot of importance in 'fine style' while others would rather have MS grade no matter how bad the engraving was. My collection is not typical but I'd say half of my Republicans border on embarassing. There was a dealer in the 90's tht I avoided because he regularly seemed to have coin of poor style in high grade. We all differ.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 3752313, member: 19463"]Let's face it. There are coins of each ancient sub-group that are better or worse than others. Some Greek coins are embarrassingly bad. Some late Romans show artistic merit. Sometimes we see a reason for poor work. Usually the worst coins come from times the mint was especially rushed due to wars or unstable economy. Some collectors place a lot of importance in 'fine style' while others would rather have MS grade no matter how bad the engraving was. My collection is not typical but I'd say half of my Republicans border on embarassing. There was a dealer in the 90's tht I avoided because he regularly seemed to have coin of poor style in high grade. We all differ.[/QUOTE]
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