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<p>[QUOTE="lordmarcovan, post: 3534244, member: 10461"]Just FYI, to those who might be interested, there is a nice example of that type for sale <a href="https://www.ma-shops.com/koci/item.php?id=9765&curr=USD&lang=en&save=1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.ma-shops.com/koci/item.php?id=9765&curr=USD&lang=en&save=1" rel="nofollow">here</a>. It is not quite as high grade as mine, but I like it just as much, due to its very handsome <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/what-is-a-circcam-you-ask-look-and-see-and-post-yours.288335/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/what-is-a-circcam-you-ask-look-and-see-and-post-yours.288335/">CircCam</a> contrast. I have no connection to, nor transactional history with, that particular Czech dealer, though I've bought quite a bit from Europe through the MA-Shops mall with no bad experiences yet.</p><p><br /></p><p>The price seems OK to me on a gut level, and I quite like the eye appeal on it. I don't know if it had a mount removal (common on Northern European coins of that era), but I don't see any sign of that in the pictures. I'd have snapped that piece up if I didn't already have one. I bookmarked it in case anyone else was interested, because I've gotten a lot of admiring comments on mine.</p><p><br /></p><p>Because these were struck on <a href="https://www.pcgs.com/news/old-world-coin-presses-created-bent-coins" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.pcgs.com/news/old-world-coin-presses-created-bent-coins" rel="nofollow">roller dies</a>, they have a very slightly curved/bent appearance- not quite flat. Mine is no exception. This slight "warp" is only noticeable when viewed from the edge, though.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="lordmarcovan, post: 3534244, member: 10461"]Just FYI, to those who might be interested, there is a nice example of that type for sale [URL='https://www.ma-shops.com/koci/item.php?id=9765&curr=USD&lang=en&save=1']here[/URL]. It is not quite as high grade as mine, but I like it just as much, due to its very handsome [URL='https://www.cointalk.com/threads/what-is-a-circcam-you-ask-look-and-see-and-post-yours.288335/']CircCam[/URL] contrast. I have no connection to, nor transactional history with, that particular Czech dealer, though I've bought quite a bit from Europe through the MA-Shops mall with no bad experiences yet. The price seems OK to me on a gut level, and I quite like the eye appeal on it. I don't know if it had a mount removal (common on Northern European coins of that era), but I don't see any sign of that in the pictures. I'd have snapped that piece up if I didn't already have one. I bookmarked it in case anyone else was interested, because I've gotten a lot of admiring comments on mine. Because these were struck on [URL='https://www.pcgs.com/news/old-world-coin-presses-created-bent-coins']roller dies[/URL], they have a very slightly curved/bent appearance- not quite flat. Mine is no exception. This slight "warp" is only noticeable when viewed from the edge, though.[/QUOTE]
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