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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Al Kowsky, post: 3361275, member: 97383&quot;]I&#039;ve always been a sucker for coins related to or mentioned in the bible, old &amp; new testaments, &amp; that includes the famous &quot;Betrayal Shekels&quot; discussed in this thread. I bought my 1st example from Harlan Berk many years ago at a very reasonable price probably because it had been over-cleaned, see photos below. After enjoying for a long time I decided to sell it, had it slabbed, &amp; auctioned it 7 years ago for $805.00.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]890933[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]890934[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Still having a desire to own a &quot;Betrayal Shekel&quot; after selling the Berk example I decided to look for an example that wasn&#039;t over-cleaned &amp; had toning. I found the example pictured below, again at a very reasonable price <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie85" alt=":smuggrin:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />. After owning this example for several years the mushy impression &amp; pitting on the obverse began to annoy me <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie3" alt=":(" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />. So I got this example slabbed &amp; put it up for auction a little over a year ago. Even after getting the coin slabbed a number of collectors I showed the coin to weren&#039;t convinced of it&#039;s authenticity <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie12" alt="o_O" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />! The coin sold for $930.00 <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie88" alt=":sour:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />. An example of this coin I&#039;d be happy with would cost well over $2,000.00, so it&#039;s been removed from my want list <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie7" alt=":p" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]890941[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]890942[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]890943[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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