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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2274399, member: 19463&quot;]<a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Anonymous%20Follis" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Anonymous%20Follis" rel="nofollow">http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Anonymous Follis</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Just in case anyone is interested and new to the subject:</p><p>The above linked article explains the 15-16 major types of Anonymous Christ folles.&nbsp; These came from a period in the 10th to 12th centuries when the emperors did not put their names on the copper coins (but did on the gold).&nbsp; Among our number here there are a few who might want a set of 16 and others who hope never to hear them discussed again (not to mention everything in between). </p><p><br /></p><p>Those who want just one for their general collection usually go for a class A2 which are big and common.&nbsp; Only specialists will want a class M which is going to be ugly and expensive unless you find one in a junk bin (the only way I will have one).&nbsp; The examples shown in the article are nice average coins and will give an idea which types will be impossible to find in mint state.&nbsp;&nbsp; There are, however, a few like me that would be happy to have a dozen examples of some of the cheap ones as long as they showed what we might consider interesting minor variations or wild overstrikes.&nbsp; It is definitely a field making it hard to say which of two examples is &#039;better&#039;.&nbsp; We pick the faults we each find least disturbing. </p><p><br /></p><p>Christ portrait collectors will also be interested in the large number of coins made with Christ sharing the coin with one or more rulers.&nbsp; When you add images of other Christian figures (Mary and St.George come to mind) a &#039;set&#039; will be many coins.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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