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<p>[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 2027291, member: 19463"]I agree. I went on VCoins and saw a couple interesting things to the point of this thread but no coins I wanted to buy. There are a few coins of the general daggered J shape robe folds style. None are this nice but I have to wonder if there might be more than one mint for these and this robe style is characteristic to one. I have not seen anything relating to where these were minted. There is also one of the first style that I lack (half length king) but it is not very nice and not cheap enough that I am interested in it as a space filler. Overall the VCoins population should tell you something. There are a lot of these available and most of them really stink. Nice ones will be missing something you wish would be there but getting bow, crown, quiver and feet on one coin is a lot like winning the lottery. These things circulated so finding EF+ coins that have all the parts may be a bit like being struck by lightning while on your way to cash in your winning lottery ticket. Fans of perfect coins simply need to decide if they want a coin of the type that is as nice as some of the better ones shown here or if they just don't want the coin in their collection. When I was shopping for the coins for my Coin show page</p><p><a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/acmshow.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/acmshow.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/acmshow.html</a></p><p>I bought a $17.50 very off center siglos with a great strike of the face and crown but little else. I later decided that I was 'too good' for the coin and sold it. After all, I had better examples and just how many of these thing does one guy need? I am not sure I did the right thing but I doubt I would buy that coin back it it showed up again. Whether our standards are "Mint State Only" or "As long as I can ID it", we all have to make hard choices. </p><p><br /></p><p>Should we remind everyone that the silver comes in fractions as well. My smallest is this 1/12th which is perfectly centered (and that is all it has going for it) which I really liked until I discovered that they come in 1/24th size which I do not have. My standards changed. I won't get rid of this if I get a smaller one but I doubt it will be on my favorites page much longer. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]368289[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 2027291, member: 19463"]I agree. I went on VCoins and saw a couple interesting things to the point of this thread but no coins I wanted to buy. There are a few coins of the general daggered J shape robe folds style. None are this nice but I have to wonder if there might be more than one mint for these and this robe style is characteristic to one. I have not seen anything relating to where these were minted. There is also one of the first style that I lack (half length king) but it is not very nice and not cheap enough that I am interested in it as a space filler. Overall the VCoins population should tell you something. There are a lot of these available and most of them really stink. Nice ones will be missing something you wish would be there but getting bow, crown, quiver and feet on one coin is a lot like winning the lottery. These things circulated so finding EF+ coins that have all the parts may be a bit like being struck by lightning while on your way to cash in your winning lottery ticket. Fans of perfect coins simply need to decide if they want a coin of the type that is as nice as some of the better ones shown here or if they just don't want the coin in their collection. When I was shopping for the coins for my Coin show page [url]http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/acmshow.html[/url] I bought a $17.50 very off center siglos with a great strike of the face and crown but little else. I later decided that I was 'too good' for the coin and sold it. After all, I had better examples and just how many of these thing does one guy need? I am not sure I did the right thing but I doubt I would buy that coin back it it showed up again. Whether our standards are "Mint State Only" or "As long as I can ID it", we all have to make hard choices. Should we remind everyone that the silver comes in fractions as well. My smallest is this 1/12th which is perfectly centered (and that is all it has going for it) which I really liked until I discovered that they come in 1/24th size which I do not have. My standards changed. I won't get rid of this if I get a smaller one but I doubt it will be on my favorites page much longer. [ATTACH=full]368289[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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