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<p>[QUOTE="Al Kowsky, post: 3915947, member: 97383"]O.J., That's an impressive run of good looking folles <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie57" alt=":jawdrop:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />! You're right about bargains galore with these large folles <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />, but "the times they are a changing". More Roman coin enthusiasts are taking a closer look at these coins & snatching up high grade examples, especially slabbed coins. The coin pictured below sold last week at auction by G.C. for $348.75 <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie9" alt=":eek:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />! I don't pretend to have grading expertise but this coin looks <b>over-graded </b>to me <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie85" alt=":smuggrin:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />. Both sides of this coin have obvious corrosion, so why does it get a "Surface: 5/5" rating? This is a very common follis. In this case I believe someone bought the slab & not the coin....</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1032146[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1032147[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1032148[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Al Kowsky, post: 3915947, member: 97383"]O.J., That's an impressive run of good looking folles :jawdrop:! You're right about bargains galore with these large folles ;), but "the times they are a changing". More Roman coin enthusiasts are taking a closer look at these coins & snatching up high grade examples, especially slabbed coins. The coin pictured below sold last week at auction by G.C. for $348.75 :eek:! I don't pretend to have grading expertise but this coin looks [B]over-graded [/B]to me :smuggrin:. Both sides of this coin have obvious corrosion, so why does it get a "Surface: 5/5" rating? This is a very common follis. In this case I believe someone bought the slab & not the coin.... [ATTACH=full]1032146[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1032147[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1032148[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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