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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;stldanceartist, post: 7768517, member: 13307&quot;]Probably one of the coins I was most excited about buying a couple weeks ago (when I went back home to visit my parents.)&nbsp; My old LCS had a box of a few items they wanted to show me before they sent them off to someone they trust (to sell.)</p><p><br /></p><p>Most of the box was pretty ho-hum, seen it before, nothing special.&nbsp; But this coin...this coin stood out so much to me that I instantly knew I wanted to add it to my collection.&nbsp; I honestly didn&#039;t think they&#039;d even sell it to me (one of the owners is German by heritage and quite often gets really, really particular when selling anything German) - so I knew I would have to make a strong opening offer or they&#039;d just put it in their trays (<i>just</i> <i>in case someone down the road would might to buy it - they do this kind of thing to me all the time</i>.)</p><p><br /></p><p>Well, I made an offer that was above what Krause showed for the retail price of the coin, and they accepted.&nbsp; I present to you my newest German States coin commemorating peace after a victory over France in the Franco-Prussian War of 1870:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1332108[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center">KM 252</p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center">&quot;Zu des Deutschen Reiches&quot; (To the German Empire)</p> <p style="text-align: center">&quot;Friedens Feier&quot; (Celebrating peace)</p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center">Thanks for checking it out!</p><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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