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<p>[QUOTE="John Anthony, post: 2399305, member: 42773"]The hair is usually a favorite spot for toolers - always look closely at the hair! I saw <a href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/LANZ-SICILY-SYRACUSE-HIERON-KORE-BULL-CHARGING-CLUB-BRONZE-GREEK-SXX2374-/301920463517?_trksid=p2047675.l2557&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&nma=true&si=GCX24t7CMH4aEL4QLfDg9xh3DDc%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/LANZ-SICILY-SYRACUSE-HIERON-KORE-BULL-CHARGING-CLUB-BRONZE-GREEK-SXX2374-/301920463517?_trksid=p2047675.l2557&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&nma=true&si=GCX24t7CMH4aEL4QLfDg9xh3DDc%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc" rel="nofollow">this auction</a> and the reverse looked good, but the hair is tooled. And the tooling is NOT mentioned in this listing.</p><p><br /></p><p>Unfortunately, Lanz is right. Tooled and smoothed coins sell. The above coin hammered just below $50. Would it have gone over $100 if the reverse had been made to match the obverse? Probably. Evidently it's what some collectors want.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="John Anthony, post: 2399305, member: 42773"]The hair is usually a favorite spot for toolers - always look closely at the hair! I saw [URL='http://www.ebay.com/itm/LANZ-SICILY-SYRACUSE-HIERON-KORE-BULL-CHARGING-CLUB-BRONZE-GREEK-SXX2374-/301920463517?_trksid=p2047675.l2557&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&nma=true&si=GCX24t7CMH4aEL4QLfDg9xh3DDc%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc']this auction[/URL] and the reverse looked good, but the hair is tooled. And the tooling is NOT mentioned in this listing. Unfortunately, Lanz is right. Tooled and smoothed coins sell. The above coin hammered just below $50. Would it have gone over $100 if the reverse had been made to match the obverse? Probably. Evidently it's what some collectors want.[/QUOTE]
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