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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;CamaroDMD, post: 1753684, member: 5233&quot;]So, my wife and I recently returned from a two week vacation in Italy.&nbsp; Throughout the trip, she kept reminding me that I needed to find some kind of souvenir for myself...as I&#039;m not a big souvenir person this was proving difficult.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Towards the end of the vacation, we went to Vatican City.&nbsp; As a sovereign nation and a member of the European Union they produce euro coins of their own, although my understanding is they are limited to mint and proof sets because they really have no need to produce circulating coins.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Following our tour through the Vatican, we went to a gift shop next to St. Peter&#039;s and inside was a 2011 Vatican Euro Proof Set.&nbsp; The price was 140 euros (about $185) and I just couldn&#039;t justify spending the money.&nbsp; So, we left.&nbsp; Afterwards, my wife was telling me that it would have been the perfect souvenir for me...it was a coin set (and actual coin set, not some stupid souvenir token) and I was raised Roman Catholic.&nbsp; I also did some research and discovered that $185 was a competitive price (which surprised me since it was at a gift shop). It really was the ideal souvenir for me...something that I could actually &quot;use&quot; as part of my coin collection. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>So, we went back the next day (our last day of our vacation which we didn&#039;t have much planned)...and when we got there we realized you couldn&#039;t get to that specific gift shop without going back through long security line.&nbsp; Because we had time, and the line appeared to be moving well we decided to try it...if it was taking too long we would just leave.&nbsp; The line moved quickly and we got in...and I got my proof set.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I wish they had had the 2013 sets since that was the year of our trip...but all they had was 2011.&nbsp; So, I picked one up and am really happy I did:</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p style="text-align: center"><a href="http://s17.photobucket.com/user/RichieB16/media/Img_4470_zps1c4d8c07.jpg.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://s17.photobucket.com/user/RichieB16/media/Img_4470_zps1c4d8c07.jpg.html" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b97/RichieB16/Img_4470_zps1c4d8c07.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center"><a href="http://s17.photobucket.com/user/RichieB16/media/Img_4474_zps8ff294c4.jpg.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://s17.photobucket.com/user/RichieB16/media/Img_4474_zps8ff294c4.jpg.html" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b97/RichieB16/Img_4474_zps8ff294c4.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center"><a href="http://s17.photobucket.com/user/RichieB16/media/Img_4477_zps43b23319.jpg.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://s17.photobucket.com/user/RichieB16/media/Img_4477_zps43b23319.jpg.html" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b97/RichieB16/Img_4477_zps43b23319.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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