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<p>[QUOTE="ddddd, post: 8068585, member: 22377"]It's certainly not easy to find and I don't have a great source. These came from a variety of places: the Ukrainian coin from mint reps at the ANA show, some from eBay, and some from Great Collections. On eBay, the best deals tend to come when someone places a coin in a no reserve auction as there can be periods when the right person isn't looking and it goes for less. But that is not always the case. The Azerbaijan coin is actually one I lost via auction and a few months later purchased for less via buy-it-now (the seller looked to be clearing out his collection as he had several coins priced at below their prior auction result). </p><p><br /></p><p>The reason it has been a challenge on a few of these countries is because the only available coins have inflated prices. There are quite a few Turkmenistan coins on eBay but all are $200+ (I've contemplated picking one up but just can't justify paying that much for now). There is also one I somewhat regret not bidding more strongly on: an Uzbekistan PCGS graded coin with a starting bid of 115. I was hoping to win it at the first bid but someone else came in and sniped it at the end. I have not seen another graded Uzbekistan coin since for that same price level (I actually saw that same one offered by the winning bidder for $500).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="ddddd, post: 8068585, member: 22377"]It's certainly not easy to find and I don't have a great source. These came from a variety of places: the Ukrainian coin from mint reps at the ANA show, some from eBay, and some from Great Collections. On eBay, the best deals tend to come when someone places a coin in a no reserve auction as there can be periods when the right person isn't looking and it goes for less. But that is not always the case. The Azerbaijan coin is actually one I lost via auction and a few months later purchased for less via buy-it-now (the seller looked to be clearing out his collection as he had several coins priced at below their prior auction result). The reason it has been a challenge on a few of these countries is because the only available coins have inflated prices. There are quite a few Turkmenistan coins on eBay but all are $200+ (I've contemplated picking one up but just can't justify paying that much for now). There is also one I somewhat regret not bidding more strongly on: an Uzbekistan PCGS graded coin with a starting bid of 115. I was hoping to win it at the first bid but someone else came in and sniped it at the end. I have not seen another graded Uzbekistan coin since for that same price level (I actually saw that same one offered by the winning bidder for $500).[/QUOTE]
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