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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2058235, member: 19463&quot;]I also usually avoid double die duplicates but make the exception when one of three situations come up.&nbsp; First is when I find a coin at a good price that no one appreciates and I feel it needs a good home.&nbsp; Long ago, a dealer told me that these were very rare (Reka Devnia 0) and I should feel lucky to have the one I had (the one with the hole).&nbsp; Since then I have upgraded but will not sell the first because it is family from the early days.&nbsp; The second best is a dog which is not good enough for most collectors but I was willing to take it in in the hope of trading it to someone for an example of another die of the type that I don&#039;t have.&nbsp; I don&#039;t like coins that are very rare to be trashed just because they are not mint state.&nbsp; My best of the type (LEG XXII PRI) is another reverse die.&nbsp; There is another obverse and reverse die I don&#039;t have yet.&nbsp; The missing die set is the only one I have seen to provide full legend coins which means they sell easily when they appear.&nbsp; I&#039;ve seen two and they were not cheap.&nbsp; I would really like to know how many coins of this type actually exist.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]379123[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]379124[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]379125[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The second reason to accept a die duplicate is when the die changed.&nbsp; My die clash page explains why but I felt the need to have two of this Julia Domna die pair showing identical damage from the clash proving that the oddity was on the die and not from a striking anomaly.</p><p><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/jdclash.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Even more in need of two are these two Domnas with the same dies but before and after the clash occurred.&nbsp; By themselves this could be taken as evidence that the damage was not on the die but it turns out that the clash happened after one coin was made and before the other.&nbsp; This clash is not nearly as severe as the first but it is what it is and I have not found a preclash coin from that first set.</p><p><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/jdbefaftclash.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>The third reason is when you have two coins that are off center in opposite directions so the two provide everything between them.&nbsp; </p><p>[ATTACH=full]379140[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]379141[/ATTACH] </p><p>This was Martin&#039;s OP situation until he found the third coin which makes the other two obsolete.</p><p><br /></p><p>Steve can stop counting the number of coins Martin has that I don&#039;t.&nbsp; He does not have that many fingers, believe me![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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