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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2464010, member: 19463&quot;]I was able to get the Claudius because I have a worse one.&nbsp; I never assigned this a number in my collection but it gas such a nice patina that I could never let it go either.&nbsp; I&#039;m old and worn out, too.</p><p><br /></p><p>This is why I do not recommend new collectors buy hard to identify coins.&nbsp; Things like these are easier if you have seen a few hundred before.&nbsp; Specialists better than I am can often name the reverse on a coin seeing only the obverse because they recognize the style that was in use for a particular type.&nbsp; Big dealers who have handled a million coins have such an advantage over those of us who have seen a few thousand.&nbsp; </p><p>[ATTACH=full]517090[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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