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Message:: [QUOTE="MrDSmith, post: 2765511, member: 9745"]It's sad how poorly their coins are cared for. Whenever I go to a coin shop in Saudi or Bahrain, it's always the same thing. Cracked capsules, pvc albums with sold green coins, and all priced 10x more than they're worth, and that's when they're real. Counterfeits abound, but trying to tell them that is like insulting them. I've only purchased one coin in Saudi, and it was at a coin show from a single seller who was legit. Add to that that the central banks don't have online stores, no shipping (not even within Arabia), and only certain banks sell numismatic items (during business hours when everyone is already working), and it can be very difficult to get what you want, even if you have the cash and are in the region. The other difficult thing is the level of organization, or the absence of it. I went to the Central Bank of the UAE in Abu Dhabi, but the person who ran the museum and sold the commemoratives wasn't in, and no one knew why or where she was. I've requested to visit the money museum in Saudi (you can't just show up) multiple times, but no one has returned my emails/calls. Bahrain and Oman are better, but only once in a while do I get a weekday off to go, and then I'm basically shelling out $100-200 to pick up a coin. Sent from my SM-A710F using Tapatalk[/QUOTE]