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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cladking, post: 1599635, member: 68&quot;]There are several factors working against this coin being a valuable coin.&nbsp; It&#039;s not so much the high mintage (2.5 million) as it is the high denomination.&nbsp; People will work pretty hard to retrieve high denomination coins so the attrition is lower.&nbsp; Fewer are kept around the house exposed to fires and floods.&nbsp; These were recognized as being tougher fairly early (mid-&#039;80&#039;s) back when more examples existed and had less wear so they were removed from circulation and protected by collectors.&nbsp; Almost none were saved and hundreds of thousands were lost and millions melted with the switch to the euro.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I suspect there are still very few collectors of these so it&#039;s possible even lower grade coins might become much more highly sought if/ when the collector base expands.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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