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Author Topic: Aurelius sestertius  (Read 343 times)

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Offline nikopolis1

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Aurelius sestertius
« on: February 24, 2023, 02:52:50 pm »
How would you grade this coin-VG,F,VF..etc?Any opinion is welcome.

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Re: Aurelius sestertius
« Reply #1 on: February 24, 2023, 03:55:08 pm »
Hi niko,

I would grade it aVF.

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Re: Aurelius sestertius
« Reply #2 on: March 05, 2023, 10:52:37 am »
Personally I stopped worrying about grading years ago.  With the advent of easy phone photography very few coins are sold or traded without a photo.  Also, ten assessors will give you 12 answers.

In these situations a photo is literally worth 1000 words. 

That is a really nice coin that way.

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