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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;medoraman, post: 1355472, member: 26302&quot;]Lol, eye of the beholder man. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Warning, OT comments ahead: For anyone interested, the cross is what really makes this coin interesting. They were Eastern Christians, (first the Sogdians were Buddhists and instrumental in bringing Buddhism to China, but then later Eastern Christian, not Orthodox, but Eastern Christians who have died out and this is one of the very few artifacts left of their religion), So, its a rare variety of a rare coin of a rare civilization. Rare(3) if you will. Its very esoteric, and unknown even to most ancient collectors. Believe it or not, this one is quite good for these, with the ragged flan being its major problem, but still better than 90% you would ever see, if you would ever be able to see another one of these. Its a great example of a great rarity a knowledgable collector of ancients can get for little money. There is probably one Sogdian coin, (of all of their types minted), in existence for every 1000 Franklin halves. Probably more like 10,000 or 100,000 really.</p><p><br /></p><p>See, I KNOW ugly. If someone can see beauty in this coin, I very well can see how others find beauty in the Franklin the OP posted, just not me. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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