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I prefer the silver at this time. Also been looking for an Italian silver commemorative issued in 2003 in a set. The coin has Europa I believe and a tree on the back. The coin is absolutely beautiful but I have never seen one on ebay for sale. I don't remember if it was a $5 Euro or $10 Euro but if any of you think you have one or can locate one I would love to know about it! Thanks and I will check out the silver commemorative you listed lim118 but won't buy a thing until I put up an ultimate fight for the Australian Masterpieces in Silver from 1992 which are currently listed on ebay. If I have my way those coins will be in a new home in the U.S. very soon! |
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ageka, What a NEAT site. Can't wait to spend more time there. Thanks for posting it for all of us to enjoy.
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Hey lim118 only 28 hours until the auction for the Australian 1992 Masterpieces in Silver ends and I DO intend to bring them to the USA!!! Will be staying up late tomorrow night!
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Belgium
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Terry
maybe if you like the site copy as much as you want because
I have seen a lot of neat sites go down and dissapear
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Thanks ageka for the information!
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Australia
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Originally posted by crystalk64
Hey lim118 only 28 hours until the auction for the Australian 1992 Masterpieces in Silver ends and I DO intend to bring them to the USA!!! Will be staying up late tomorrow night!
I am monitoring that auction as well, so far so good, closest rival has no recent records of high bids in auctions. Only 12 hours to wait....would you like me to bump it up a bit  [:p]  |
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What are friends for? I will just suffer through this one quitely and stay up half the night to get the last word in. That set belongs here in the U.S. as quickly as I can get it over here. Had to pass on a set of Australian Birds Piedfort set yesterday that I wanted as well but only got so much to spend on coins at the moment. Will let you know how I do even though you will already know. Guess you know that winning bidder right now is me?
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Hey lim118 what is that set of coins actually worth in AU right now? Got any idea? Guess it doesn't matter as I am staying up for the final bid but was wondering what to expect out of the Aussie bidders?
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Australia
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Thanks lim118, it helps to have a second option here! Maybe both sets belong over here?
One set HAS BEEN PURCHASED!!! THANKS lim118!
Edited by crystalk64
11/16/2005 8:34 pm
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Many of the pre-euro coins are getting a lot more scrutiny now as well. Like most coins from the latter half of the 20th century there was a tendency to ignore these coins when they were issued and in the ensuing years. Now, many of themn are extremely difficult to find in uncirculated condition and a few collectors are noticing this. Most of the coins that were circulating when the euro was introduced have already been destroyed to make alloy for the world metals markets. High denomination coins, especially, have been decimated.
Time don't fly, it bounds and leaps.
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Thats exactly my problem. I am scrutinizing world coins and searching for those low mintage coins and I keep finding more than my wallet can handle! So many coins, so little time and so little money!
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Belgium
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I heard that virtually all pre euro french coins containing nickel have been sold to the chinese and melted down to make stainless steel  |
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I heard that virtually all pre euro french coins containing nickel have been sold to the chinese and melted down to make stainless steel
This applies only to those which were actually redeemed by the populace. A few coins will escape redemption because they are forgotten or mislaid. Sometimes the owner is wealthy enough that he has no interest in the money he could get for them Some people will retain their coins hoping to get higher prices from collectors. There will be very high percentages of higher denominations turned in but small denomination coins are much more likely to escape. It's unlikely many coins will be made scarce by this procedure simply because mintages of most coins is so high now days that even the destruction of 98% of them leave enough that they are still "common". But how many coins like the old Belgium 5F are going to be around? The oldest of these were already few in number and getting quite thin because of their many years in circulation. Most can't be found in uncirculated but no one noticed or cared. Now that they're gone and the survivors aren't seen a few people want to start collections and are finding that the coins aren't available. This same thing exists almost worldwide; coins made since 1950 weren't saved. The exact date varies from country to country but the story is about the same everywhere. When the switch was made to base metal coinage collectors quit collecting it. Now days most of it is tough to find or is distressingly common. There is very little in between. Time don't fly, it bounds and leaps.
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You are absolutely right However out of pure nostalgia I kept two 500 francs coins to find out that they now trade on ebay at 80% what they would have been worth if I had traded them in |
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