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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Theodosius, post: 2610583, member: 77077&quot;]As to why I wanted this coin, when I first learned that particular coins were made in conjunction with the Olympic games, I thought it was really amazing. I also learned that many are found in very worn condition with the speculation that athletes and spectators may only go to the games once or twice, so they would get a coin from their trip and carry it with them for years afterwards causing the extensive wear.&nbsp; The stories these coins could tell...</p><p><br /></p><p>The style of most of these coins is also very bold and artistic.&nbsp; This is a later coin whose style is not quite up to the earlier ones but still good.&nbsp; There are quite a few variations of Elis staters but all of them are pretty rare.&nbsp; When I was a younger collector a dealer told there was a European collector who basically bought anything from Elis on the market.&nbsp; Until he died it was very hard to find any.&nbsp; Maybe that is partly a mythical story and the rise of the Internet is the real reason you can find these now, but I only saw a few in my early collecting days, and none that I could afford.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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