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Owl - again
Here's yet another Owl. Can't get enough. This one is also atypical, and
interesting, and for several reasons, one being the price. With apologies in advance for my crassness (what, talk about money when talking about coins, how uncivilized), anybody want to hazard a guess as to what, and why? Anybody who guesses the correct figure wins the coin. http://rg.ancients.info/misc/Owl8.jpg -- Consumer: http://rg.ancients.info/guide Connoisseur: http://rg.ancients.info/glom Counterfeit: http://rg.ancients.info/bogos |
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Owl - again
On Nov 9, 10:18�pm, Reid Goldsborough
wrote: Here's yet another Owl. Can't get enough. This one is also atypical, and interesting, and for several reasons, one being the price. With apologies in advance for my crassness (what, talk about money when talking about coins, how uncivilized), anybody want to hazard a guess as to what, and why? Anybody who guesses the correct figure wins the coin.http://www.collectingbanter.com/showthread.php?t=273201 http://rg.ancients.info/misc/Owl8.jpg -- Consumer:http://rg.ancients.info/guide Connoisseur:http://rg.ancients.info/glom Counterfeit:http://rg.ancients.info/bogos Deja vu all over again? http://www.collectingbanter.com/showthread.php?t=273201 ~Anka |
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Owl - again
Anka wrote:
Deja vu all over again? http://www.collectingbanter.com/showthread.php?t=273201 I forgot I talked about it earlier, though I didn't mention the price. You didn't guess the price. I find pricing, deals, good buys, bad buys, cherrypicking, volume vs. boutique dealers and the risks and rewards of each, and so on a really interesting aspect of numismatics. Others don't, just focusing on the coins, paying whatever it takes to get what they want. To me a coin I got a good deal on is nicer to look at than one I spent too much on. -- Consumer: http://rg.ancients.info/guide Connoisseur: http://rg.ancients.info/glom Counterfeit: http://rg.ancients.info/bogos |
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Owl - again
its not a brilliant one, and 3 cuts , hmm, $200?
"Reid Goldsborough" wrote in message ... Anka wrote: Deja vu all over again? http://www.collectingbanter.com/showthread.php?t=273201 I forgot I talked about it earlier, though I didn't mention the price. You didn't guess the price. I find pricing, deals, good buys, bad buys, cherrypicking, volume vs. boutique dealers and the risks and rewards of each, and so on a really interesting aspect of numismatics. Others don't, just focusing on the coins, paying whatever it takes to get what they want. To me a coin I got a good deal on is nicer to look at than one I spent too much on. -- Consumer: http://rg.ancients.info/guide Connoisseur: http://rg.ancients.info/glom Counterfeit: http://rg.ancients.info/bogos |
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Owl - again
The more I look at it, the better it gets, so ive probably way undervalued
it at 200. "Alan Marshall" wrote in message ... its not a brilliant one, and 3 cuts , hmm, $200? "Reid Goldsborough" wrote in message ... Anka wrote: Deja vu all over again? http://www.collectingbanter.com/showthread.php?t=273201 I forgot I talked about it earlier, though I didn't mention the price. You didn't guess the price. I find pricing, deals, good buys, bad buys, cherrypicking, volume vs. boutique dealers and the risks and rewards of each, and so on a really interesting aspect of numismatics. Others don't, just focusing on the coins, paying whatever it takes to get what they want. To me a coin I got a good deal on is nicer to look at than one I spent too much on. -- Consumer: http://rg.ancients.info/guide Connoisseur: http://rg.ancients.info/glom Counterfeit: http://rg.ancients.info/bogos |
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Owl - again
Athena's face looks like it was glued on from a different coin ?
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Owl - again
Alan Marshall wrote:
The more I look at it, the better it gets, so ive probably way undervalued Thank you. g The full crest is what most distinguishes it, though like with most mass Classical Owls that have all of Athena's helmet crest on the flan, the opposite side of the design is somewhat off the flan. I'd grade the coin VF. And the three test cuts are actually fairly aesthetic, for test cuts anyway, equally distant from one another and with one splitting the owl's head in half, as a large percentage of Owl test cuts strangely do. In answer to another poster, no, the face wasn't glued on. At least I didn't glue it on. g And no indication from the coin in hand that this happened either. -- Consumer: http://rg.ancients.info/guide Connoisseur: http://rg.ancients.info/glom Counterfeit: http://rg.ancients.info/bogos |
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Owl - again
A contemporary counterfeit, $150. Billy
"Reid Goldsborough" wrote in message ... Here's yet another Owl. Can't get enough. This one is also atypical, and interesting, and for several reasons, one being the price. With apologies in advance for my crassness (what, talk about money when talking about coins, how uncivilized), anybody want to hazard a guess as to what, and why? Anybody who guesses the correct figure wins the coin. http://rg.ancients.info/misc/Owl8.jpg -- Consumer: http://rg.ancients.info/guide Connoisseur: http://rg.ancients.info/glom Counterfeit: http://rg.ancients.info/bogos |
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Owl - again
note.boy wrote:
A contemporary counterfeit, $150. Billy Nope. It's full-weight and the right diameter and thickness -- solid silver. There are a lot of contemporary counterfeits of these, so that's a a credible guess, but this isn't one of them. -- Consumer: http://rg.ancients.info/guide Connoisseur: http://rg.ancients.info/glom Counterfeit: http://rg.ancients.info/bogos |
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Owl - again
While im at it, have a look at my owls (guess what I paid also) Tet - http://www.imagebucket.net/bucket/is...AthenaOwl2.jpg Baby owl - http://www.imagebucket.net/bucket/is...aHalfOwl.j.jpg Hopefully Imagebucket works Alan Marshall.. "Reid Goldsborough" wrote in message ... Alan Marshall wrote: The more I look at it, the better it gets, so ive probably way undervalued Thank you. g The full crest is what most distinguishes it, though like with most mass Classical Owls that have all of Athena's helmet crest on the flan, the opposite side of the design is somewhat off the flan. I'd grade the coin VF. And the three test cuts are actually fairly aesthetic, for test cuts anyway, equally distant from one another and with one splitting the owl's head in half, as a large percentage of Owl test cuts strangely do. In answer to another poster, no, the face wasn't glued on. At least I didn't glue it on. g And no indication from the coin in hand that this happened either. -- Consumer: http://rg.ancients.info/guide Connoisseur: http://rg.ancients.info/glom Counterfeit: http://rg.ancients.info/bogos |
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