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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;World Colonial, post: 2505673, member: 78153&quot;]To the extent Krause agrees with home country price guides, it is either by accident or because Krause uses them as the source.</p><p><br /></p><p>For South Africa Union and ZAR, there is no similarity between Krause and the Hern Guide.&nbsp; Krause is either exactly or substantially the same between my 2010 and 1998 guides.&nbsp; (This is correct, the prices have not changed.)</p><p><br /></p><p>Online auctions occasionally list catalog using the local guide, such as Spink.&nbsp; One example I checked (once) was the 1952 6P.&nbsp; The price in &quot;UNC&quot; doesn&#039;t remotely coincide and though grading standards differs, I don&#039;t believe this is the reason for the difference.</p><p><br /></p><p>I would ignore both local guides and Krause, unless there is evidence it is based upon actual sales.&nbsp; Otherwise, it is just &quot;made up&quot;.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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