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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 3134084, member: 19463&quot;]As Andrew said, we discussed the insider joke by private conversation.&nbsp; I recently sold what I considered a great example of this coin (to one of you, I believe) but I wanted to &#039;upgrade&#039; by my definition.&nbsp; Andrew wanted to upgrade by his definition so he sold the coin I bought replacing it with a coin that I would not consider an upgrade for my purposes.&nbsp; Provenance is now much more important than it once was.&nbsp; Lack of wear is more important to most people now than it is to me.&nbsp; What I liked about the coin&nbsp; I got was the closer to complete legends.&nbsp; My previous one was weaker on REX ARETAS.&nbsp; Andrew&#039;s new coin is better in that respect but lacks full height&nbsp; PREIVE. It does have the R at the end that was only on some dies.&nbsp; It also has a really fine scorpion.</p><p>My new:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]799979[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Andrew&#039;s new:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]799981[/ATTACH]</p><p>The one I recently sold was tight on several sides but did not lose all of anything.&nbsp; I liked the style better than my new one but I wanted more legends.&nbsp; It also shows the thunderholt that overlaps the border better than any.</p><p>My previous:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]799980[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>What is wrong with these coins?&nbsp; Absolutely nothing.&nbsp; We all make our choices based of parameters of our own invention.&nbsp; Someone out there may have one that is better than all of these in every respect but I have seen many offered that were mint state and did not show a single bit of CAPTV.&nbsp;&nbsp; Each coin has something going for it. Who cares?&nbsp; Some of us do more than is easy to explain.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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