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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;gmarguli, post: 26313344, member: 246&quot;]I recently purchased both these coins at auction, from a major auction house. They were consecutive lots with basically identical descriptions. Both sold for €70. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1680001[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>When they arrived, they looked and felt noticeable different. One was significantly heavier than the other, and they had a different color. Turns out they are very different coins! </p><p><br /></p><p>The top coin is the standard copper-nickel collector version with a mintage of 2,200. </p><p><br /></p><p>The bottom coin is a pattern strike in silver. Only 100 minted, of which 84 were melted according to Kurt Jaeger (Die deutschen Münzen seit 1871: Bewertungen mit aktuellen Marktpreisen). </p><p><br /></p><p>The last sale I found was last year, where a example sold for around $13,500.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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