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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;nicholasz219, post: 2968184, member: 75641&quot;][USER=57495]@zumbly[/USER] [USER=19463]@dougsmit[/USER] [USER=42773]@John Anthony[/USER] Thank you all for the help.&nbsp; I agree with Doug in that unless you can see what description there is with a reference number you can not be sure if a coin actually is listed under something like Varbanov 2636 where “varieties” changes the status of a coin from a fantastic new discovery to just a variety of a coin posted online or in a book.&nbsp; Not that I think I am changing the world or buying unnoticed rarities for $13 here, for sure.&nbsp; It speaks to the problem that I feel pervades the collecting of ancients.&nbsp; It’s like the secrets of craftsmen in the Middle Ages.&nbsp; Knowledge held close to the vest to preserve the exclusivity and therefore price of that knowledge.</p><p><br /></p><p>Luckily there are cracks in the foundation of that wall so to speak when nice folks like you all help to educate the apprentice out of kindness.</p><p><br /></p><p>So for what it is worth I will settle on Varbanov 2636, var. Eagle on thunderbolt, head right, wreath in beak; Moushmov 980, var. same; AMNG I 1330 var. same.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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