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<p>[QUOTE="Archeocultura, post: 3866352, member: 97204"]Nice thread, but Be aware, we could start in the opposite direction. RIC marking as very rare and yet easily available. This goes especially for LRB's from Siscia. Hardly anyone really wants them as they are so plentiful, but browsing through RIC or better, through Helvetica's lists, R4s and R5s abound in Siscia.</p><p>The explanation is simple: the inventory of coins in musea was done many decades ago when the metal detector wasn't yet for public use and Yugoslavia was a stern communist country. In the past 25 years millions of coins have emerged from the former Eastblock countries and have changed the picture completely. The same goes for series from the mid-second century that were shipped almost entirely to the east to pay the soldiers. Some types are not even known to RIC and are now very common.</p><p><br /></p><p>Frans[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Archeocultura, post: 3866352, member: 97204"]Nice thread, but Be aware, we could start in the opposite direction. RIC marking as very rare and yet easily available. This goes especially for LRB's from Siscia. Hardly anyone really wants them as they are so plentiful, but browsing through RIC or better, through Helvetica's lists, R4s and R5s abound in Siscia. The explanation is simple: the inventory of coins in musea was done many decades ago when the metal detector wasn't yet for public use and Yugoslavia was a stern communist country. In the past 25 years millions of coins have emerged from the former Eastblock countries and have changed the picture completely. The same goes for series from the mid-second century that were shipped almost entirely to the east to pay the soldiers. Some types are not even known to RIC and are now very common. Frans[/QUOTE]
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