Traded in for this today, it has a pretty high relief but doesn't show it in the pic. Was a bit shinny to snap a good shot with my set up. Looks great and hand, and has a nice portrait to look at. Severus Alexander Denarius. IMP C M AVR SEV ALEXAND AVG, laureate draped bust right / PAX AVG, Pax advancing left, holding branch and sceptre. RSC 187. RIC 168 sear5 #7887
Thanks, had to say good bye to my state quarters . I'll try to snap some better shots today so I can so the relief.
Dam quarters wont be worth anything, too many. A friend of mine from australia collected them then when she moved she sent them to me and a ton of world coins with some silver. Needless to say the quarters went quick. Like you it paid for an ancient
They hand sentimental value, some being from family and friends, but the way I look at it is that that value transfered to the denarius
Nice one Randy. I find relief the one major shortcoming when buying from pics. I saw a coin that looked ok on an auction once, described as high relief. I was able to see them in hand a month later before the sale and MAN!. This coins relief was as much as the coin was thick! Its was utterly amazing, and I would have never known just from pics. Someone needs to invent a 3d download of items to really appreciate some of them.
Yeah, I understand about sentimental value. I unloaded alot of my wheatbacks and ugly morgans from my grandfather when I got back into collecting. But they went to other u.s. coins I am happy to own. As for relief, I find alot of Sev. A. portrait very high in relief, both of mine are, especially on the one thats porous and a lousy 2.1g. But thats what attracted me to ancients too. Darn washingtons are nearly flat anymore :/
Yeah, I am somewhat finding myself liking early washington's now, with their nice high relief. In ultra low relief I find all presidential portraits more like caricatures. First time I saw the ultra low relief quarter I thought it was monopoly money.
The new parks quarters a bit nice looking than then state quarters, but yet the older ones are much nicer.
