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<p>[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 7814148, member: 19463"]When I bought mine below, the prevailing attitude was that these were low relief, lacking portraits and mainly collectable by people who could not afford 'real' Greek tetradrachms. </p><p>1989 from Frank Robinson because I wanted a larger silver coin:[ATTACH=full]1342977[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>This came about a week later from Stacks - Coin Galleries but I had placed both bids before the other closed so I considered it a duplicate. They were different enough that I kept both but have not looked ant another since. Even today I am not sure which I like better. One is higher grade and the other has a better basket and smiling snake. We all have our specialties and coins we feel the need to own exactly one. At the time I was unaware they came with obverse portraits but when I knew, I was not into Republicans in that price bracket.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1342976[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 7814148, member: 19463"]When I bought mine below, the prevailing attitude was that these were low relief, lacking portraits and mainly collectable by people who could not afford 'real' Greek tetradrachms. 1989 from Frank Robinson because I wanted a larger silver coin:[ATTACH=full]1342977[/ATTACH] This came about a week later from Stacks - Coin Galleries but I had placed both bids before the other closed so I considered it a duplicate. They were different enough that I kept both but have not looked ant another since. Even today I am not sure which I like better. One is higher grade and the other has a better basket and smiling snake. We all have our specialties and coins we feel the need to own exactly one. At the time I was unaware they came with obverse portraits but when I knew, I was not into Republicans in that price bracket. [ATTACH=full]1342976[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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