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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 3173274, member: 19463&quot;]I really regret not having a match for your Alexandria mint Julian II.&nbsp; I love the style.&nbsp; I&#039;ll make up for that showing two of the Probus.&nbsp; One is like your coin a bit more than the other.&nbsp; The other is a bit more like <i>the description</i> you copied than like your coin.&nbsp; Is it silly to have both of these coins?&nbsp; There is just a dot of difference.&nbsp; Ordinarily I would not keep both but here we have my best example of a coin with lots of retained silvering that I do not find as attractive as the one without it.&nbsp; I do not collect Probus to the point that I worry about a dot or not but I do like pretty coins.&nbsp; These two coins also differ in style and I prefer the artwork shown on the one with less silver and no dot.&nbsp; The silvered one cost almost twice the price of the multicolor one.&nbsp; If these two coins butted heads in Curtisimo&#039;s contest, which would win?&nbsp; Eye appeal is a matter of opinion. How much value is added by the silvering?&nbsp; The historical and numismatic interest could be written to favor either one.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]816053[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]816054[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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