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<p>[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 5397943, member: 19463"]I prefer to liken it to his having been kept up all night with that drum beating all the time.</p><p><br /></p><p>It is good to see not everyone judges a coin <i>only</i> by grade. There are often little things that separate a common and an upgrade in coins. In this case the drum is about as much an upgrade as VDB is on a 1909 Lincoln (for those here who know what a Lincoln cent is - not all do). I would expect most people would pick up on what was different about the coin below but wonder if anyone has an example without scepter (a variation I lack). [ATTACH=full]1232733[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>For the record, these also come as asses but all I have is this 'Cast in Gaul'.</p><p><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/two-middle-bronzes-one-really-lightweight-whats-going-on.362072/#post-4580961" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/two-middle-bronzes-one-really-lightweight-whats-going-on.362072/#post-4580961">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/two-middle-bronzes-one-really-lightweight-whats-going-on.362072/#post-4580961</a></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1232734[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 5397943, member: 19463"]I prefer to liken it to his having been kept up all night with that drum beating all the time. It is good to see not everyone judges a coin [I]only[/I] by grade. There are often little things that separate a common and an upgrade in coins. In this case the drum is about as much an upgrade as VDB is on a 1909 Lincoln (for those here who know what a Lincoln cent is - not all do). I would expect most people would pick up on what was different about the coin below but wonder if anyone has an example without scepter (a variation I lack). [ATTACH=full]1232733[/ATTACH] For the record, these also come as asses but all I have is this 'Cast in Gaul'. [URL]https://www.cointalk.com/threads/two-middle-bronzes-one-really-lightweight-whats-going-on.362072/#post-4580961[/URL] [ATTACH=full]1232734[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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