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<p>[QUOTE="7Jags, post: 4786977, member: 78719"]Yes, I quite agree with that last. However, the pall seems to have extended over their perfectly decent coins; admittedly many were overpriced for the time and their "subscription" service advertised in papers and telly were a ripoff & not to mention the assorted special Barbie dolls, car models, plated jewelry, repro Michael Jackson paraphernalia.</p><p>Although mintages were listed up through about 1980-81, some are very misleading. In fact, some at the same mintage levels are much scarcer than others. Both the 1975 and 1975FM coins are listed at 2500 mintage, but even though many of the 1976s were noted to have been melted, it has been my experience that the earlier coin is scarcer in real world terms of availability.</p><p>I got one out of Eastern Europe and another from Netherlands by recall, but got three of the 1976s on Ebay without much struggle & then didn't bother with any others.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="7Jags, post: 4786977, member: 78719"]Yes, I quite agree with that last. However, the pall seems to have extended over their perfectly decent coins; admittedly many were overpriced for the time and their "subscription" service advertised in papers and telly were a ripoff & not to mention the assorted special Barbie dolls, car models, plated jewelry, repro Michael Jackson paraphernalia. Although mintages were listed up through about 1980-81, some are very misleading. In fact, some at the same mintage levels are much scarcer than others. Both the 1975 and 1975FM coins are listed at 2500 mintage, but even though many of the 1976s were noted to have been melted, it has been my experience that the earlier coin is scarcer in real world terms of availability. I got one out of Eastern Europe and another from Netherlands by recall, but got three of the 1976s on Ebay without much struggle & then didn't bother with any others.[/QUOTE]
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