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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;princeofwaldo, post: 3668286, member: 24091&quot;]If you still have French coin books, I&#039;ve been looking for a copy of Mazard (2 volume set) for some time now.&nbsp; It&#039;s available in Paris but always with outlandish shipping fees, really trying to find a copy here in the US if I can. </p><p><br /></p><p>Nope, wasn&#039;t aware you had &quot;de-accessioned&quot; the collection so to speak.&nbsp; I&#039;ve been kind of sort of doing the same thing.&nbsp; Or should I say trying to become a little more focused, a perennial challenge for anyone collecting in the world coin field.&nbsp; So far, I have eliminated all of the non-precious metal coins leaving only silver and gold (plus a single platinum coin).&nbsp; I have also (just this year) dumped all of the Egyptian silver in the collection, primarily because it has gone up so much that I:</p><p><br /></p><p>A) Could not afford to add any additional coins that were meaningful.</p><p>B) Could not imagine the prices continuing their steep accent.</p><p>C) Wanting to avoid the same fate as Russian coins post-2008 or Chinese post-2011 when both crashed in price.</p><p><br /></p><p>The next natural elimination would be the silver coins smaller than a crown.&nbsp; In particular, about 15 silver minors from early 20th century Italy that are all high grade.&nbsp; Would likely sell them as a group lot in a live auction at Stack&#039;s Bowers if I let them go.&nbsp; I&#039;ve had some terrific results with Stack&#039;s the past few years with similar somewhat large lots of very desirable minors that would otherwise be lost in the online session if listed separately.</p><p><br /></p><p>As for being around a long time, I&#039;m one of those guys who tosses up 3 dozen posts in a weeks time then vanishes for 8 or 10 months.&nbsp; But I do recognize your handle.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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