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<p>[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 3794185, member: 19463"]It is a little bothersome that a coin this clear would be mistaken for an Antoninus Pius by anyone selling ancient coins. I am never sure where to draw the line between the bad day at the official mint and a good day at an unofficial one. The lettering on this one strikes me as believable style. Compare to mine below with the fat R and S descending below the base line (I believe yours has it at the end as well). </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1013737[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Tough love time: Those who have trouble reading legends could benefit from practice reading high grade coins sold online by CNG level sellers and working their way to reading lower grade specimens. Pay special attention to finding letters that are 'odd' like the fat R and P, B with smaller lower loop and any other letter that strikes you as different than the style your son is being taught in school. This should make reading ancient legends easier. Starting with poor coins is harder but this OP coin is clear enough that I would expect anyone to be able to read with very little practice. This might not be a good thing to do with ff2 since his school teacher might mark him down for making Gallic Empire letters on his homework.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 3794185, member: 19463"]It is a little bothersome that a coin this clear would be mistaken for an Antoninus Pius by anyone selling ancient coins. I am never sure where to draw the line between the bad day at the official mint and a good day at an unofficial one. The lettering on this one strikes me as believable style. Compare to mine below with the fat R and S descending below the base line (I believe yours has it at the end as well). [ATTACH=full]1013737[/ATTACH] Tough love time: Those who have trouble reading legends could benefit from practice reading high grade coins sold online by CNG level sellers and working their way to reading lower grade specimens. Pay special attention to finding letters that are 'odd' like the fat R and P, B with smaller lower loop and any other letter that strikes you as different than the style your son is being taught in school. This should make reading ancient legends easier. Starting with poor coins is harder but this OP coin is clear enough that I would expect anyone to be able to read with very little practice. This might not be a good thing to do with ff2 since his school teacher might mark him down for making Gallic Empire letters on his homework.[/QUOTE]
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