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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 2448118, member: 56859&quot;]I wanted to post some &quot;good for the grade coins&quot; but was stumped because I really don&#039;t know how to traditionally grade coins.&nbsp; I have many which I think are &quot;good for type&quot;, but that&#039;s not the game we&#039;re playing today <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.</p><p><br /></p><p>Various practical grading schemes have been jokingly suggested before, something like:</p><p><br /></p><p>Nope</p><p>aboutBing</p><p>excellentX6</p><p>nearAJ</p><p>AJ</p><p><br /></p><p>I tend to grade mine on this scale, which isn&#039;t necessarily linear:</p><p><br /></p><p>Nope</p><p>Wholesome</p><p>As good as I can afford or want to spend</p><p>Very respectable</p><p>Awesome</p><p><br /></p><p>Since I don&#039;t have the ability to say if any of my coins are &quot;good for grade&quot;, instead I&#039;ll post a couple of low condition coins that I still find very appealing.&nbsp; Something about evenly worn coins makes me want to touch them.&nbsp; And touch them I do <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>My purse-piece <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.&nbsp; It&#039;s special because I found it locally.&nbsp; While where I live there are many great ancient coins set in jewelry, free range ancients are not often found <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.&nbsp; I love the even wear and wonder how long this drachm circulated.</p><p><img src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae43f8_c33314fbadcb4702bb9ce297b75e2cc6.jpg/v1/fill/w_1000,h_512,al_c,q_90/ae43f8_c33314fbadcb4702bb9ce297b75e2cc6.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>EGYPT, Alexandria.&nbsp; Antoninus Pius</b></p><p>year 17, CE 153/4</p><p>AE drachm</p><p>Obv: [AVTKTAIΛAΔPANTωNINOCCEBEVC]; laureate bust right</p><p>Rev: eagle standing facing, head left (wreath in beak?); L IZ</p><p>Ref:&nbsp; Emmett 1496.17; Dattari 3094</p><p><br /></p><p>And here&#039;s another evenly worn &quot;touch me&quot; coin recently purchased.&nbsp; I&#039;m tempting fate by showing it because it has not arrived although it&#039;s on track to be here in a week or so.&nbsp; Edited seller&#039;s images.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]511440[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Syria, Laodicea. Septimius Severus</b></p><p>CE 193-211</p><p>Æ, 31 mm 18.8 gm</p><p>Obv:&nbsp; jugate draped busts right of Septimius Severus, radiate and cuirassed and Julia Domna, set on crescent; countermarks: 1) C(AΓ) within rectangular incuse; 2) COL within rectangular incuse</p><p>Rev:&nbsp; Marsyas standing left, right hand raised, holding wineskin over his left shoulder</p><p>Ref:&nbsp; SNG Righetti 2114; Howgego 581 and 586[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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