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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cladking, post: 26096943, member: 68&quot;]It does seem like you should be able to find this cheaper.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>This has been the problem all along with moderns and FM in particular.&nbsp; Most of the demand is from collectors who see it and like it but they aren&#039;t looking specifically for that coin.&nbsp;&nbsp; Moderns that are worth a lot are things like a scarce high grade one cent coin that someone needs for a registry set; they need that specific date and mint.&nbsp;&nbsp; My guess is a couple or few collectors got caught up in a bidding war because they wanted a coin with a jaguar or a cat of some type so needed this specific coin.&nbsp; Since they are not often available they were willing to try to outbid one another.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I can certainly imagine how many bidders might chase a few of these low mintage FM coins in the future.&nbsp; There are lots of coins with mintages of a few hundred that might appeal to a very broad audience.&nbsp; Many even have themes that would appeal to US collectors or any collector of exotic animals, events, etc.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>FM made great very high quality coins, token, and medals in often very limited numbers.&nbsp; Even their common coins had mintages of fewer than 20,000 and the attrition can be very high on some.&nbsp; Future collectors will care more about the mintages and quality and less about whether or not to original buyer paid too much.&nbsp; They&#039;ll care more about the artistic quality and integrity.&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve been saving all the low mintage and interesting pieces and everything in very high grade.&nbsp; Most of the rest is being melted but I certainly wouldn&#039;t have melted the 250C if I had one.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>FM is grossly underappreciated and this really applies even to the most common issues of world coins.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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