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<p>[QUOTE="ffrickey, post: 3666707, member: 20613"]MA-Shops is a sister site to MuenzAuktion (<a href="https://www.muenzauktion.info/auction/list.php?lang=en&" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.muenzauktion.info/auction/list.php?lang=en&" rel="nofollow">https://www.muenzauktion.info/auction/list.php?lang=en&</a>), where dealers and others auction off coins ala ebay. I can believe their prices to ship to the US are high, as are American dealers' prices to ship to Germany (typically $17). MA-Shops is for me a very useful reference; I know I don't have to offer more than the MA-Shop price in an auction. In my experience the prices tend to be on the high side, but one can find an occasional bargain. I like to watch MuenzAuktion for potential bargains, but there you do have to scroll through oodles of bog-standard coins, especially "old German", i.e. pre-1871 small change. I have frequently bought from MuenzAuktion and occasionally from MA-Shops, and have never had any problem. But of course, when it comes to coin grades, look closely at the pictures. In my experience, most coin dealers routinely assign grades on the high side. One exception, Dr. Busso Peus, a Frankfurt dealer and auction house who sells both in MA-Shops (<a href="https://www.ma-shops.de/bussopeus/index.php" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.ma-shops.de/bussopeus/index.php" rel="nofollow">https://www.ma-shops.de/bussopeus/index.php</a>) and MuenzAuktion, and, in my opinion, generally grades conservatively. But always remember: caveat emptor.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="ffrickey, post: 3666707, member: 20613"]MA-Shops is a sister site to MuenzAuktion ([URL]https://www.muenzauktion.info/auction/list.php?lang=en&[/URL]), where dealers and others auction off coins ala ebay. I can believe their prices to ship to the US are high, as are American dealers' prices to ship to Germany (typically $17). MA-Shops is for me a very useful reference; I know I don't have to offer more than the MA-Shop price in an auction. In my experience the prices tend to be on the high side, but one can find an occasional bargain. I like to watch MuenzAuktion for potential bargains, but there you do have to scroll through oodles of bog-standard coins, especially "old German", i.e. pre-1871 small change. I have frequently bought from MuenzAuktion and occasionally from MA-Shops, and have never had any problem. But of course, when it comes to coin grades, look closely at the pictures. In my experience, most coin dealers routinely assign grades on the high side. One exception, Dr. Busso Peus, a Frankfurt dealer and auction house who sells both in MA-Shops ([URL]https://www.ma-shops.de/bussopeus/index.php[/URL]) and MuenzAuktion, and, in my opinion, generally grades conservatively. But always remember: caveat emptor.[/QUOTE]
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