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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2653461, member: 19463&quot;]I miss the good old days.&nbsp; By that I mean the good old days when I could buy what were then rare and unusual denarii of Septimius Severus from branch mints because so many dealers could not tell the difference.&nbsp; One told me that the coins I wanted were junk of poor style and another always listed them as barbarous issues so I could tell I was bidding on an Eastern mint coin even though his list was not illustrated.&nbsp; As the experts learned that the &#039;different&#039; coins were different in a good way the deals based on the coins being barbarous dried up.&nbsp; Now we have that situation with Eastern mint denarii of Hadrian but this time I&#039;m the one having trouble telling the barbarous from the branch mints. I don&#039;t always know enough to be sure but I often know as much as the &#039;experts&#039; who tell me all they know and more.&nbsp; It is fine to discuss the matter but lets be careful to state whether we are working from expertise or hunches.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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