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<p>[QUOTE="princeofwaldo, post: 4500638, member: 24091"]On the chance anyone is interested in the disposition of the prova I originally posted about in 2011. Soon after it came back from NGC as AU58 the coins was sold, to a guy in Chicago who owned a taxi company. I got $3,500 for it best-offer with a $5,000 buy it now price listed. Not bad for a coin I only had $400 in. Did a little internet research on the guy who bought it, seems he had been to hell and back with the immigration service. They wanted to deport him to Albania, but because he had legal problems there including a charge of smuggling cigarettes, he pleaded for asylum claiming he would likely be executed if he were sent back. Case ended-up in the appellate courts before he finally won and was allowed to stay. </p><p><br /></p><p>Meanwhile, for all of you Albanian aficionados, here's an auction you will for certain want to check-out. Nice run of Albanian material including provas. Beats me why the countries are not listed alphabetically, but the first Albanian coin is at the bottom of this page. Page forward to see the rest of them. Enjoy.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://auktionen.sincona.com/Auktion/Onlinekatalog?intAuktionsId=855" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://auktionen.sincona.com/Auktion/Onlinekatalog?intAuktionsId=855" rel="nofollow">https://auktionen.sincona.com/Auktion/Onlinekatalog?intAuktionsId=855</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="princeofwaldo, post: 4500638, member: 24091"]On the chance anyone is interested in the disposition of the prova I originally posted about in 2011. Soon after it came back from NGC as AU58 the coins was sold, to a guy in Chicago who owned a taxi company. I got $3,500 for it best-offer with a $5,000 buy it now price listed. Not bad for a coin I only had $400 in. Did a little internet research on the guy who bought it, seems he had been to hell and back with the immigration service. They wanted to deport him to Albania, but because he had legal problems there including a charge of smuggling cigarettes, he pleaded for asylum claiming he would likely be executed if he were sent back. Case ended-up in the appellate courts before he finally won and was allowed to stay. Meanwhile, for all of you Albanian aficionados, here's an auction you will for certain want to check-out. Nice run of Albanian material including provas. Beats me why the countries are not listed alphabetically, but the first Albanian coin is at the bottom of this page. Page forward to see the rest of them. Enjoy. [URL]https://auktionen.sincona.com/Auktion/Onlinekatalog?intAuktionsId=855[/URL][/QUOTE]
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