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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Eduard, post: 2904407, member: 8959&quot;]I was going to attend the sale in person. Not only do you get to see the coins you are going to bid on in-person (<b>very important</b> with Peus in my opinion), but they also have a delicious buffet to go with it....</p><p>I can&#039;t believe that come the day of the sale, I had totally forgotten about it, so had to bid on-line from home.</p><p><br /></p><p>I was enthralled by an as of Hadrian showing the emperor with foot over a crocodile</p><p>a very scarce and charming type, and was ready to bid high for the coin - up to 2x start bid, or slightly over if necessary. It was not to be.. it sold for 1100 euros + commission.</p><p><br /></p><p>I would have really like to have it:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]700278[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>I hope I come across another one in my lifetime.</p><p><br /></p><p>What was not too cool about the Peus sale was the number of fake/suspect coins in the world coin section. They had a number of very scarce Santiago, Mexico and Lima 8 reales from the reigns of Fernando V and Carlos III.&nbsp; </p><p>The Santiago mint 8 reales of Carlos III specifically are extremely rare, and I was ready to try my luck, but only after a personal and detailed inspection.</p><p><br /></p><p>I was disappointed to see that all of the coins were withdrawn, most likely due to dubious authenticity. I am glad to see they were pulled before damage was done, but you can argue it should not have happened in the first place.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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