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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Gam3rBlake, post: 8309271, member: 115909&quot;]Oh and yeah they do have a different grading system.</p><p><br /></p><p>It’s because in ancient times every single die was engraved by hand.</p><p><br /></p><p>Obviously with engravers of different skill levels this resulted in some coins being struck with higher quality designs so these coins are given the “Fine Style” designation.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Here is a good example of my Fine Style Victoriatus:[ATTACH=full]1470789[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Compared to a normal non-Fine Style Victoriatus of equal condition grade but struck from dies engraved of a lower artistic quality:[ATTACH=full]1470790[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>You can really see the difference between the skill levels of the die engravers.</p><p><br /></p><p>My Fine Style coin has a portrait that appears much more realistic whereas the non-FS one looks more cartoonish.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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