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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Orange Julius, post: 3013579, member: 77226&quot;]Many of us save for coins that are beautiful and may stretch our coin budgets. Most of us also are also looking for coins that are poorly photographed, misdescribed or under appreciated that with the right eyes or a few glasses of wine are a great buy.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m sure this has been done before but this is (maybe another) thread for those coins that others thought were junk but turned out to be (probably still junk to most) but a lucky buy for those seeing what others did not.</p><p><br /></p><p>I saw this coin and could see it was a Domitian denarius with good silver under the crud. It is not in great shape but for under $10... I feel it qualifies as a thrifty victory.</p><p><br /></p><p>PS: My photos are terrible... but with an iPhone at 2am... this is what you get.</p><p><br /></p><p>PPS: Cleaning: A thumbnail, toothpick and a few hours... probably more that could be done but I&#039;m leaving it here.</p><p><br /></p><p>PPPS: Some of you are probably saying &quot;He should have kept it all cruddy... all the coins you see are all cleaned up... it&#039;s rarer to see one looking &quot;as found.&quot; I agree somewhat. After removing the crud cocoon, I&#039;ve had some regret that I didn&#039;t just keep it that way... but I like it now too. It looks much better (as they say) in-hand. I have not scratched the coin at all during cleaning, the dark areas could probably be removed easily.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]747793[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]747794[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Domitian Denarius. 76 AD. CAESAR AVG F DOMITIANVS, laureate head right / COS IIII, winged Pegasus standing right with raising left foreleg. RIC V921, BMC 193, RSC 47.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Post your thrifty before and after buys!</b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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