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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Stork, post: 3266008, member: 71642&quot;]My pride and joy and important because of the smallish fasces.&nbsp; Of the 6000 1926 Prince Skanderbeg 20 FrA there were 100 made with a fasces mark.&nbsp; The coins were designed and minted in Italy, and the fasces was typical of the era.&nbsp; Of the 100, 90 were melted.&nbsp; I suspect the prominent fasces mark was unacceptable to the Albanians as &#039;too Italian&#039;.&nbsp; In the same time frame on of the banknotes was withdrawn prior to release due to the eagle being &#039;too Italian&#039;.&nbsp; It would not surprise me if the first 100 were reviewed, and rejected, with the dies re-worked.&nbsp; A source form the Bank of Albania refers to the 10 as &#039;trials&#039; (distinct from the provas though), which would lend some credence to the fact the first 100 were minted for review.</p><p><br /></p><p>In any case, an original run of 100, with 90 widely reported as melted.&nbsp; A population of 10 then.&nbsp; Of course the annoying/pesky NGC prong is right where the fasces is placed!&nbsp; A coin I never thought to own but due to selling some bullion, luck, and a person who happened to be traveling to Switzerland, this became mine.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]860332[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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