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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 3536453, member: 19463&quot;]I had not heard that term for the new batch but I assume that is what they are calling the 30,000 (rumor?).&nbsp; All seem to be from the same period (sad) but that period is one that everyone likes and produced many nice coins.&nbsp; A friend showed me three of his from the group that each had something different going for it (full crest, best reverse strike, best average overall) and commented that the prices were dropping.&nbsp; I observe that you seem to get better for the money now but I wonder how it will affect prices for owls a decade older or newer.&nbsp; I assume the new batch was a &#039;mint sack&#039; (amphora, chest, whatever) and most will be taken by those who want only a representative owl rather than a study group.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>At risk of being seen as an NGC apologist (I still hate sealed plastic coffins), the two guys are IMHO doing the right thing by being stringent on scratches because they are even harder to see after the coin is in the slab and they really do not want people cracking coins out of their slabs and finding &#039;missed&#039; faults.&nbsp; Some of us are harder on scratches than others.&nbsp; Some of us have better eyesight, some take pictures and look at coins enlarged many times.&nbsp; It is a fact that a coin honestly worn to Fine is going to have scratches (circulation happens).&nbsp; Owls were made of good silver which means they are soft and easily scratched.&nbsp; Relatively few of us have circulated owls since most of them were stored away in whatever served then as bank vaults.&nbsp; A tetradrachm was a large amount of money.&nbsp; The fast food stands did not have a tetradrachm menu (think obol?).&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]939960[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]939961[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>I had a third one which I traded to Reid long ago. I paid too much for these back in the early 1990&#039;s.&nbsp; It is common for seller&#039;s to claim their plated owl is from the Emergency and price it accordingly.&nbsp; Not all of us agree on what an emergency coin should look like.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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