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<p>[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 3316464, member: 19463"]I'm with Bing on this one. Those who do not specialize in a series may not appreciate rarities. Is there something indicated by the legend that makes it special other than being different? Does it allow dating of the coin more to a specific period? I know I do the same thing when posting odd Septimius Severus variations and need to remember that not everyone will understand or recognize how and why something is special to specialists.</p><p><br /></p><p>Ordinary one with CENS:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]878993[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>The Vespasian below is special to me because I bought it from the great NFA as a fourree 30 years ago but it was just in need of cleaning due to being stored in the bad kind of plastic. The other four coins in the lot actually were fourree but this is solid.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]879006[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 3316464, member: 19463"]I'm with Bing on this one. Those who do not specialize in a series may not appreciate rarities. Is there something indicated by the legend that makes it special other than being different? Does it allow dating of the coin more to a specific period? I know I do the same thing when posting odd Septimius Severus variations and need to remember that not everyone will understand or recognize how and why something is special to specialists. Ordinary one with CENS: [ATTACH=full]878993[/ATTACH] The Vespasian below is special to me because I bought it from the great NFA as a fourree 30 years ago but it was just in need of cleaning due to being stored in the bad kind of plastic. The other four coins in the lot actually were fourree but this is solid. [ATTACH=full]879006[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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