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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 3215260, member: 19463&quot;]That is a fact.&nbsp; Even the better examples often would show half detail on the better side.&nbsp; If you look at enough coins you might find one you like but most of us are happy to get one we can tolerate.&nbsp; I like my Marcian even though the CON mintmark is 95% off flan.&nbsp; I bought it for $50 from Bill Porter 30 years ago.&nbsp; He should be at the Baltimore show next week (not this week) but he probably would ask more now.&nbsp; </p><p>[ATTACH=full]835897[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>That list of Dane&#039;s is a good resource.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Sometimes we get lucky and find a poor coin that is really very good by nothing short of dumb luck.&nbsp; Below is an AE4 of Leo I.&nbsp; It has a dirt filled natural hole all the way through the flan and the mintmark is completely gone.&nbsp; However it is off center in just the right way that the left side obverse legend is clear and you can see it is the variety using the Greek lambda in place of the L.&nbsp; That makes the coin special to me.&nbsp; Had it been off center the opposite direction it would have been just another scrappy coin.&nbsp; Some we win.&nbsp; Dan Clark $45, 20 years ago.&nbsp; Patience. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]835907[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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