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<p>[QUOTE="stoster38, post: 1778877, member: 11827"]I know this is an old thread but after a little over 4 years I finally got this coin!!! I first saw it at the 2009 ANA World's Fair of Money. Several mints were there including the French Mint. The coin was $90 which I thought was a little expensive. So I figured I would wait & buy it for less on the secondary market.</p><p> </p><p>Kept looking & looking & looking but none of the dealers I normally bought foreign coins from had this one coin. I would check Ebay every now & then but no one was selling it. Earlier this year it came up on Ebay but seller wanted $140 for it. Was more than I was willing to spend even though I wanted the coin.</p><p> </p><p>So I waited & waited again!! Finally last week another seller on Ebay had it for opening bid of $99.99 plus $5.95 shipping. The bidding ended shortly after midnight last Saturday and I stayed up to bid on it. Don't have snipe software or service.</p><p> </p><p>No one else ended up bidding on it!! Got the coin on Monday morning. Seller sent it 2 day priority!! I can't believe I finally have it!! Here are a couple of pics!!!</p><p> </p><p>[ATTACH]284279[/ATTACH][ATTACH]284280[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="stoster38, post: 1778877, member: 11827"]I know this is an old thread but after a little over 4 years I finally got this coin!!! I first saw it at the 2009 ANA World's Fair of Money. Several mints were there including the French Mint. The coin was $90 which I thought was a little expensive. So I figured I would wait & buy it for less on the secondary market. Kept looking & looking & looking but none of the dealers I normally bought foreign coins from had this one coin. I would check Ebay every now & then but no one was selling it. Earlier this year it came up on Ebay but seller wanted $140 for it. Was more than I was willing to spend even though I wanted the coin. So I waited & waited again!! Finally last week another seller on Ebay had it for opening bid of $99.99 plus $5.95 shipping. The bidding ended shortly after midnight last Saturday and I stayed up to bid on it. Don't have snipe software or service. No one else ended up bidding on it!! Got the coin on Monday morning. Seller sent it 2 day priority!! I can't believe I finally have it!! Here are a couple of pics!!! [ATTACH]284279[/ATTACH][ATTACH]284280[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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