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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;satootoko, post: 35941, member: 669&quot;]Hello young lady.&nbsp; Welcome to the forum.Do you have the 4-coin set, or the 8-coin set?</p><p><br /></p><p>Both sets contain 20 and 50 centesimi, 1 lira, and 2 lire stainless steel coins of Pius XII, but the larger set also includes&nbsp; 5 and 10 centesimi brass and 5 and 10 lire silver.</p><p><br /></p><p>The 2005 Standard Catalog of World Coins by Krause &amp; Mishler values the extended set, which had a mintage of 4,000, at $230 retail.&nbsp; No value or mintage for the short set is given, but the total catalog value for all four in uncirculated condition is only $15, so $20-25 is probably the most a collector of Vatican coins would pay for a set in original packaging.</p><p><br /></p><p>Interestingly, the combined catalog value for individual uncirculated examples of the brass and silver coins is $265, which strangely puts a negative premium on the complete set, even though many set collectors want only mint packaging.&nbsp; Maybe there is a member with specific knowledge of the Vatican coinage market who can explain that.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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