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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;HandsomeToad, post: 383879, member: 12965&quot;]I agree with that! However, my problem is most of these came from Ebay France so I&#039;ve got the French to fight, except for the two Spanish Colonial coins which came from the US and the seller didn&#039;t have a clue what the counterstamps were about. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> The French know a lot more about their coins than I do and the 1767 9/12 Deniers is one I usually get out bid on but the seller of the one I finally got, only listed it for 3 days and they also improperly labeled it so if you did a normal search, it wouldn&#039;t show up. I do multiple searches so I can manage to locate the hidden ones and it&#039;s those that I usually manage to get well below book value but not always. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Last night I bid on a 1935 Swiss Helvetia 20 Franc gold coin and it was poorly listed and the write-up was also poor. The bid was around $50 US at the time I placed my bid and I thought I&#039;d steal it but someone sniped it from me @ close, so I didn&#039;t get it but I can guarantee they paid melt for it, since my bid was just below melt. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> I don&#039;t know how much it&#039;s actually worth but I did know melt value. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Ribbit <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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