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<p>[QUOTE="panzerman, post: 3943252, member: 77704"]I agree on those counterstamps<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie3" alt=":(" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> What really gets my goat, are that every blessed AV 4 Dukaten from Bulgaria (Tsar Ferdinand I/ Boris III) are holed. I have been after these types for 20 years, many auctions later, no luck in finding a MS coin, without a hole.</p><p>I think its the novice collectors who purchase all this modern nonsense/ themes like "Superman" coloured coins<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie80" alt=":shame:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> Advanced collectors like Yourself, appreciate the classical coinage produced by skilled mintmasters throughout the ages, coins that not only look good, but are historical treasures. Maybe its a good thing, so many go after the modernistic theme coins, otherwise we would even have stiffer competition for our prized older material.</p><p>John[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="panzerman, post: 3943252, member: 77704"]I agree on those counterstamps:( What really gets my goat, are that every blessed AV 4 Dukaten from Bulgaria (Tsar Ferdinand I/ Boris III) are holed. I have been after these types for 20 years, many auctions later, no luck in finding a MS coin, without a hole. I think its the novice collectors who purchase all this modern nonsense/ themes like "Superman" coloured coins:shame: Advanced collectors like Yourself, appreciate the classical coinage produced by skilled mintmasters throughout the ages, coins that not only look good, but are historical treasures. Maybe its a good thing, so many go after the modernistic theme coins, otherwise we would even have stiffer competition for our prized older material. John[/QUOTE]
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