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What is your "worst" coin, and why do you like it?


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My worst coin is probably this one. I don't particularly like it, although the provenance from the Kenneth Bressett collection is interesting:

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This is probably the worst coin the I like. Mainly because I was able to obtain it so cheaply, and despite the corrosion it still retain a lot of detail, especially on the obverse. It look like nature tried its own damnatio memoriae:

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I don't have a massive ancients collection (but it's growing), so as far as that category goes, this Probus probably qualifies as "the worst." It was the first ancient coin I ever purchased, so I will likely hold on to it for that reason alone. At the most, it probably cost $10 - $20 and came out of a cardboard box labeled "ancients" at a local coin store. The green chunks on the reverse don't crumble and they haven't really changed since I bought the coin, so no signs (yet) of the dreaded BD.

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Probus AE Antoninianus. Antioch, 281 AD. IMP C M AVR PROBVS AVG, radiate draped bust right / CLEMENTIA TEMP, Probus standing right, holding sceptre, receiving Victory from Jupiter standing left, holding sceptre. Officina letter in lower centre. Mintmark XXI. Ric 921, Bust type C

 

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