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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;kanga, post: 3546154, member: 9270&quot;]There are coins you want but can&#039;t get because they have high catalog value.</p><p>Then there are coins you want with low catalog value but can&#039;t get because you can&#039;t find them.</p><p><br /></p><p>FINALLY after a multi-year search I found a coin I want.</p><p>It&#039;s for my birth year set.</p><p>It&#039;s a 1941 Peru ½ Sol <u>variety</u> that just never got listed for sale, at least not when I was looking.</p><p>Krause has it listed for only about $5.</p><p><br /></p><p>The 1941 Peru ½ Sol coins comes in 2 varieties according to Krause: the 5 palm leaf and the 3 palm leaf varieties.</p><p>The 5 palm leaf variety is the common one; the 3 palm leaf variety is the scarcer(?) one.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s the common 5 palm leaf variety.</p><p>Note that there are 5 palm leaves pointing at the llama.</p><p><img src="http://www.dcderoo.com/Peru-1941-Hf-Sol-5_Leaf-r-35.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s the less common 3 palm leaf variety.</p><p>Note that there are only 3 palm leaves pointing at the llama.</p><p><img src="http://www.dcderoo.com/Peru-1941-Hf-Sol-3_Leaf-r-35.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>The 3 palm leaf variety is about 4 times less common than the 5 palm leaf variety.</p><p>But that&#039;s about $5 vs. $1.50.</p><p>A LONG struggle just to find a $5 coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>And just to be complete here&#039;s the obverse:</p><p><img src="http://www.dcderoo.com/Peru-1941-Hf-Sol-5_Leaf-o-35.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Okay, no where&#039;s that 1941 Argentina 5 centavos coin that will cost me at least $1.00 <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie41" alt=":depressed:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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