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So recently I bought a 1993 silver Eagle on ebay. After I got it in the mail I decided that, although it's a beautiful design, I was kind of bored with it. So I took it in to my local coin shop and traded it away for this:   Please forgive the quality of the pics...I just took quick snapshots with my iPhone. It's a 1913 German Saxony 3 Mark. So anyway I don't know a lot about this coin or the battle that it commemorates, but I'm gonna learn. Isn't that one of the reasons we collect coins, anyway? Cheers! Mike |
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United States
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It is a nice coin but I think you may have come up a bit short on the trade. That coin is valued at around $18 or so. But if you are happy with it that is all that really matters.
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You're right, I probably got hosed. That's what I get for buying a coin I know nothing about.
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Canada
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It is still a beautiful coin.
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Thailand
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United States
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Checking the closed auctions on ebay for that coin, the average selling price is closer to 30.00. So I would say you didn't do to bad. At least this coin has a little history behind it, The silver eagle was just a slab of silver. |
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At least this coin has a little history behind it  You can always get another Silver Eagle... |
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Philippines
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that saxony 3 marks looks great! its one of the harder ones to find in VF to EF condition Depends on what you collect, since I collect 3 and 5 mark in this era 1900 to 1920 known as the German states and that 1913 drei mark looks good  & a lot more interesting than the silver eagle which is easier to find  Edited by Nic
12/02/2012 01:20 am
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That's cool, Nic! Do you have any pics of your collection posted? This is the first German comm Em I have seen and I really find it interesting.
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mklpatrick, check out Bachus' project. There are lots of handsome German coins there! |
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Posted 11/29/2012 8:34 pm
