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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;princeofwaldo, post: 1251370, member: 24091&quot;]Yes, I have all nine of the regular issue 100 Franga coins. All of them slabbed. The 1926-Star is AU58, the 1938 Marriage is AU55, and all the rest are MS62 to MS64. Also have the 50 Franga 1938 10th Year of Reign in MS66 (probably finest known) as well as every other gold issue from the regin of King Zog, all of them in mint state (MS62 and better). </p><p><br /></p><p>The only exception is the 1926 Albania 20 Franga with Zog on it, which I am convinced doesn&#039;t really exist, and the Skanderbeg 20 Franga with the fasces privy mark of whch there are only 10 known (or something like that). I&#039;m not into the regisrty set non-sense, but if I were, pretty sure I have the nicest set ever assmebled. At least in regular issue gold.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have the silver coins too, though I&#039;m missing a few, most notably the 1926-r Franga. Also only have the 1926 Zog 2 Franga; missing the 1927. Have both the 5 Franga and all the other silver issues up to 1939. Also have a bunch of modern stuff, though not even close to complete.</p><p><br /></p><p>Most of these coins were purchased 10 to 15 years ago when collecting Albanian coins was a little more reasonably priced. All along I have shied away from the provas because a.) They cost too much. b.) Most of them were struck as regular issues anyway. c.) The chances of completing a set were slim, especially if you include platinum strikings.</p><p><br /></p><p>But now that I have all the gold circulation issues, there&#039;s only a few options left if I want to continue collecting the series. Upgrade the regular issues, work on the remaining silver issues i don&#039;t have, or collect the provas. While it&#039;s real cool that I have stumbled across the recent prova, the idea of collecting the rest of them, especially the 1928 issue 100 Franga is overwhelming. I don&#039;t think I could ever afford to buy some of those unless I was willing to sell-off other parts of the collection in huge chunks to help pay for it. (yup, have nice collections of a few other countries as well, though nothing as comprehensive as Albania)</p><p><br /></p><p>I have owned a few other provas over the years, but invariably they end-up in the collection of a friend in Switzerland who collects just the provas. I had won a 1928 Albania 2 Lek prova about 8 years ago in a Ponterio auction at a very good price, and it was sent to my pal in Bern. </p><p><br /></p><p>One other option would be to have all the coins regraded by one company. I&#039;ve got them in PCGS holders, NGC holders, and old-style ANACS holders (both the Skanderbeg coins). Would be nice to get them all in one style holder, and mayber even get the grade raised on some of them. Case in point, what planet did the grader come from who disparaged this coin with an MS64 grade? There are a few others that might move up a point in MS, in addition to the Marriage 100 Franga which has good shot AU58 using todays grading standards.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH]134703.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]134704.vB[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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