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<p>[QUOTE="mlov43, post: 24834353, member: 16729"]Yes, high-grades are the most worth your time and money, but now even red brown examples of the 1960s Five-Won and 10-Won are selling in the "tens of dollars" and more. </p><p><br /></p><p>I see people selling circulated examples for a few bucks. They will sell, but is it worth your time to try and move $2 to $8 coins (with the eBay vig and shipping costs)? If looking for circulated examples, the 1966 dates WILL sell much better. Also the 1969 10-Won will sell quite well if in higher circulated condition. Circulated 1970 10-Won coins seem to be numerous and don't seem to do well.</p><p><br /></p><p>And nobody selling coins outside of Korea addresses the varieties or strike characteristics in their listings, e.g., </p><p>The 1969 Five-Won Wide Date Spacing and Closely Spaced Date (recognized by NGC),</p><p>The two 1973 10-Won date varieties, </p><p>The 1966 One-Won obverse clashed dies (look at them, and you might find one! They're common). </p><p>Those 1966 fully-struck 10-Won coins without blobby pagoda eaves.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="mlov43, post: 24834353, member: 16729"]Yes, high-grades are the most worth your time and money, but now even red brown examples of the 1960s Five-Won and 10-Won are selling in the "tens of dollars" and more. I see people selling circulated examples for a few bucks. They will sell, but is it worth your time to try and move $2 to $8 coins (with the eBay vig and shipping costs)? If looking for circulated examples, the 1966 dates WILL sell much better. Also the 1969 10-Won will sell quite well if in higher circulated condition. Circulated 1970 10-Won coins seem to be numerous and don't seem to do well. And nobody selling coins outside of Korea addresses the varieties or strike characteristics in their listings, e.g., The 1969 Five-Won Wide Date Spacing and Closely Spaced Date (recognized by NGC), The two 1973 10-Won date varieties, The 1966 One-Won obverse clashed dies (look at them, and you might find one! They're common). Those 1966 fully-struck 10-Won coins without blobby pagoda eaves.[/QUOTE]
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