On The Subjectt Of Our 'Smackdowns"

I support Ancientnoob in his doing a smackdown. What shall the subect be?

Go for it!

OK feel free to make suggestions and or comments on this topic before it goes goes to SMACKDOWN VII...

The Smallest Bronze / Brass / Billon Denomination.
1) Only one (1) coin per Member. (make it count, the coin will stand on its own)
2) Coin Parameters :Coin can have any device from any Region of the ancient world. The coin can be from any Era, Dawn of Bronze (BC 500ish) coinage to Byzantine collapse, AD 1476. Coin has to be attributable / or at least partially and the coin must be whole. You must have weight or maximum diameter or both, which is preferred. The coin must be an authentic relic. Barbarian types, ancient counterfeits are fine and encouraged. The coin cannot have competed in a prior Smackdown, unless its your smallest denomination or coin size.
3) Voting: Each member will compete with there bronze coin in all three tiers. Each member will submit 3 votes. The one with the higest sum will win. Tier 1)= Gold = 4 pts, Tier 2)= Silver = 2 pts, Tier 3) = Bronze = 1 pt.
4) Judgement: As many are not lavish collectors with huge budgets and a vast numismatic network of dealers, many people have crude or "inexpensive" types. I urge you all when judging take this into consideration. Please don't judge soley on immediate eye appeal, but obviously submit your best piece, thats why we are here. :-). Remember here we are going to be dealing with the smallest of all ancient bronze relics. The main judging factor here is size!

Nate

@Ben thats enough comments for me I posting it I can't wait. I have been sitting on the edge of my seat for 2 days...and its starting to hurt.

@Doug-
I doubt anyone seriously cares if they win. Now I can only speak for myself. Yes winning is cool, but I don't care who wins. I want to see a real "wopper" of a coin super rare, super nice, super historical. Let the best coin win. The last Smackdown was great considering the subject, I saw extraordinary pieces. Very enjoyable. I don't think you or anyone else for that matter dropping out would improve the fun of the game but in fact do the exact opposite. Seeing as though no prize is won and we each really don't know each other nothing can be gained. So with that being said, its fair enough to say that if people whomever they might be, will have to except its tough cookies that there coin didnt win an often run online coin competition with no real prize, before they realize it was the display of the coin and the experience everyone had from seeing that matters. We are all doing this as a hobby. An the fact that a coin Guru like you that leaves your house, you should have your coin records on you up to date complete with postable sized pictures on a smartphone/ tablet at all times.J/K Lastly, being somone with known Numis-merit one can expect to be the butt of jokes.

Nate

You kidding me I am so poor at record keeping I write down on a piece of paper and stick it in the slip.

I have to agree with Doug. As I said earlier, the Smackdowns are a way to show off our coins and have a little fun. If it gets too burdensome, too onerous with details, it will quit being fun. It does not matter who wins (and I'm a competitive kinda guy). Just having a chance to show off my coins to people who will appreciate them is what makes this a great idea.