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<p>[QUOTE="jgusdon, post: 8162606, member: 95132"]I agree -- this is pretty dang close to the original to my eye -- unless the following was also "tooled." And I love the type -- just can't ever afford it.</p><p><img src="https://www.cngcoins.com/photos/big/680984.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /><b>Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 984.</b> Estimate $2000. </p><p>Closing Date: Monday, 10 January 2005. </p><p>Sold For $3750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.</p><p><br /></p><p>I wish I had such skill as the fellow who worked on the coin in the coming auction -- then I might be able to sell a sculpture or two. And, yes, I agree with a previous comment that his abilities were spent on the wrong thing -- it must have taken many hours of work and years of practice to do such a job. He could be making knives and selling them by the boatload on youtube. Perhaps two thousand years ago there were people with this level of skill but today?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="jgusdon, post: 8162606, member: 95132"]I agree -- this is pretty dang close to the original to my eye -- unless the following was also "tooled." And I love the type -- just can't ever afford it. [IMG]https://www.cngcoins.com/photos/big/680984.jpg[/IMG][B]Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 984.[/B] Estimate $2000. Closing Date: Monday, 10 January 2005. Sold For $3750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. I wish I had such skill as the fellow who worked on the coin in the coming auction -- then I might be able to sell a sculpture or two. And, yes, I agree with a previous comment that his abilities were spent on the wrong thing -- it must have taken many hours of work and years of practice to do such a job. He could be making knives and selling them by the boatload on youtube. Perhaps two thousand years ago there were people with this level of skill but today?[/QUOTE]
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