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<p>[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 2445220, member: 19463"]IMHO, condition has nothing to do with the desirability of a coin but everything to do with the price I would pay. There are many people out there who don't care about style or even strike as long as a coin is mint state and undamaged. Worn or not, this has a wonderful portrait making it worth having. The question is how much to pay. I believe $80 is plenty considering the scratches but I am not particularly interested in Domitian and have all the Minerva reverse coins of his I intend to own. I suspect Vespasian would feel the same way about some of my Septimius Severus coins. Perhaps that is why the Romans were so kind as to have so many different emperors and so many different types allowing us each to find what we want at a price we would be willing to pay. It is only right that such a coin winds up in a collection where it will be loved.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 2445220, member: 19463"]IMHO, condition has nothing to do with the desirability of a coin but everything to do with the price I would pay. There are many people out there who don't care about style or even strike as long as a coin is mint state and undamaged. Worn or not, this has a wonderful portrait making it worth having. The question is how much to pay. I believe $80 is plenty considering the scratches but I am not particularly interested in Domitian and have all the Minerva reverse coins of his I intend to own. I suspect Vespasian would feel the same way about some of my Septimius Severus coins. Perhaps that is why the Romans were so kind as to have so many different emperors and so many different types allowing us each to find what we want at a price we would be willing to pay. It is only right that such a coin winds up in a collection where it will be loved.[/QUOTE]
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