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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cladking, post: 26177316, member: 68&quot;]A lot of the scarcer world moderns when found aren&#039;t in collections or even in the country of issue because they haven&#039;t been saved.&nbsp; They come from other countries because they were kept as a memento instead of as a collectible.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>The few coins available from the country of issue tend to be heavily worn and in deplorable condition and exist only because they were never turned into the bank when they were being gathered up to be melted. Some countries with very low tourism like East Germany have numerous tough coins.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Since tourists saved most of the coins still in existence and they just kept&nbsp; whatever happened to be in their pockets it means VF and higher moderns can be very difficult and pristine examples almost impossible.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>In my experience this date is tough above VF and tougher with any luster.&nbsp; There&#039;s an unremarkable XF (-) on sale now on eBay for $150.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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