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Message:: [QUOTE="Darkhorse, post: 852963, member: 3454"]I spent about 8 or 9 months in Europe in 2004. Most of that time I was in the city of Karlsruhe teaching English. I did pick up a few German souvenirs while I was there - mainly the odd coin here and there and the occasional medal. My options were going to the local coin place or the one in Stuttgart. The place in Stuttgart had a nice man running the place, but he mostly dealt in medals. The local place was more coin-oriented but the people running the place were quite rude and unfriendly by and large. German customer service is a rare commodity. I decided to go to the local place this time, and I asked the person working the desk to see the folders of coins. He condescendingly looked me over and said they cost more money. I said I could always get more. As I opened the folders I saw a lot of green. A LOT of it. I was entering a PVC nightmare, and there was NOT a whole lot of quality Kaiserreich material. I was getting frustrated when I spotted this coin sparkling in the muck. <img src="http://formerairline.com/wp-content/gallery/coins/bremen.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> I could hardly believe it. I asked him to name his price and he said 85 Oyro. This seemed entirely reasonable to me so I rescued it and it's been with me ever since. It's one of the coins I don't think I could ever sell.[/QUOTE]