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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 3322804, member: 85693&quot;]An interesting thread - I like hearing what makes other collectors tick.&nbsp; I&#039;m definitely a style over condition collector - with my budget I don&#039;t have much choice, but even with more moola I think I&#039;d be fishing in the F-VF waters rather than Unc. </p><p><br /></p><p>I am a real fan of a pretty toning or patina - even if the coin is quite worn.&nbsp; This Lucilla sestertius is one of my favorites, if only because of its green patina:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]880727[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Things that do not bother me that probably should:</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Off-center strikes</b> - I have no interest in modern error coins, but for inexplicable reasons I like off-center ancients.&nbsp; This RR denarius isn&#039;t going to win any popularity contests - but I really like it (the banker&#039;s marks help). </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]880729[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Countermarks, banker&#039;s marks and test cuts </b>- probably stemming from my chop mark collection of many years, I really like these obvious signs of commerce.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ll put up with a lot of ugly for an interesting countermark - here I Antoninus Pius countermarked on Antoninus Pius:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]880739[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Antoninus Pius&nbsp; Æ 25</b></p><p><b>Yr. 190 (142-143 A.D.)</b></p><p><b>Syria, Laodicea ad Mare</b></p><p>ΑVΤΟ ΚΑ ΤΙ ΑΙ ΑΔΡ ΑΝΤΩΝЄΙΝΟΝ СЄ ЄV, laureate, draped, cuir. bust left / ΙΟVΛΙЄΩΝ ΤΩΝ ΚΑΙ ΛΑΟΔΙΚЄΩΝ ΚPA ϞΡ, turreted bust of Tyche left.</p><p>RPC 8586 temp.; Mionnet 753. </p><p><b>Countermark:</b> A. Pius in oval. </p><p>Howgego 113.</p><p>(8.11 g. / 25 mm)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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