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<p>[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 7684337, member: 19463"]Leave it in the slab. That way when you tire of ancient coins, it will not have been cleaned. </p><p><br /></p><p>Before NGC started slabbing coins and tried to force modern standards on ancient coins, there were no AU coins. That grade is whatever they say it is. There is no universal standards for grading ancients. We old timers would mention the deposits but most of us stopped using letter grades because they mean nothing when comparing the desirability compared to strike and surfaces. </p><p><br /></p><p>That is exactly how I see it. </p><p><br /></p><p>I suggest you put me on Ignore. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Wow! I was not aware you had a list and I certainly was not aware they were common. That's what I get for believing old stats. Barry's page did not have the plain one either. </p><p><a href="http://bpmurphy.ancients.info/severan/ssemesa1.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://bpmurphy.ancients.info/severan/ssemesa1.htm" rel="nofollow">http://bpmurphy.ancients.info/severan/ssemesa1.htm</a></p><p>see SEV-206</p><p>I wonder if the IICOS coins were made before the plain ones and none were in 193? I'm not likely to see that answered unless I miss my guess and someone is studying these more seriously than I know. Moneta seems to have been a common first type in a series if I was told correctly years ago. How many AVG obverse dies do you recognize?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 7684337, member: 19463"]Leave it in the slab. That way when you tire of ancient coins, it will not have been cleaned. Before NGC started slabbing coins and tried to force modern standards on ancient coins, there were no AU coins. That grade is whatever they say it is. There is no universal standards for grading ancients. We old timers would mention the deposits but most of us stopped using letter grades because they mean nothing when comparing the desirability compared to strike and surfaces. That is exactly how I see it. I suggest you put me on Ignore. Wow! I was not aware you had a list and I certainly was not aware they were common. That's what I get for believing old stats. Barry's page did not have the plain one either. [URL]http://bpmurphy.ancients.info/severan/ssemesa1.htm[/URL] see SEV-206 I wonder if the IICOS coins were made before the plain ones and none were in 193? I'm not likely to see that answered unless I miss my guess and someone is studying these more seriously than I know. Moneta seems to have been a common first type in a series if I was told correctly years ago. How many AVG obverse dies do you recognize?[/QUOTE]
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