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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;jamesicus, post: 2904707, member: 14873&quot;]<b><font face="Times New Roman">Sometimes my upgrades are very subtle. </font></b></p><p><b><font face="Times New Roman"><br /></font></b></p><p><b><font face="Times New Roman">Reiteration of the criteria I use for including coins in my collection:</font></b></p><p><b><font face="Times New Roman">1. Historical significance/association</font></b></p><p><b><font face="Times New Roman">2. Clarity and completeness of inscriptions/legends</font></b></p><p><b><font face="Times New Roman">3. Clarity of obverse and reverse depictions (particularly obverse portraits)</font></b></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><b>I do not put much emphasis on overall condition: I am not much bothered by some surface roughness or minor blemishes, incidental dings and scratches, etc. I do favor coins that are well centered and pleasing to my eye.</b></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><b>Here is a subtle upgrade:</b></font></p><p><b><font face="Times New Roman"><br /></font></b></p><p><b><font face="Times New Roman">RIC VI, Londinium, No.6b, Maximian Herculius, Augustus of the West:</font></b></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><img src="http://jp29.org/lon6bo2.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /><img src="http://jp29.org/lon6br2.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><b>IMP C MAXIMIANVS PF AVG</b> .............................. <b>GENIO POPV -- LI ROMANI</b></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">Laureate, cuirassed, bust.</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">10.1 gm.</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">And the coin it replaced:</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><br /></font></p><p><b><font face="Times New Roman">RIC VI, Londinium, No.6b, Maximian Herculius, Augustus of the West:</font></b></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><img src="http://jp29.org/lon6bo1.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /><img src="http://jp29.org/lon6br1.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><b>IMP C MAXIMIANVS PF AVG</b> .............................. <b>GENIO POPV -- LI ROMANI</b></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">Laureate, cuirassed, bust.</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">9.9 gm.</font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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