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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Hiddendragon, post: 1695772, member: 25270&quot;]I know this will sound strange to you MS-67 collectors out there, but sometimes coins are just too nice for me. Sure, I want to own a nice looking coin as much as the next guy, but then again it doesn&#039;t bother me at all when a coin is circulated as long as it isn&#039;t heavily damaged, and the nice coins are just too expensive. Here&#039;s the latest example. I&#039;m trying to complete a set of Brazilian reis coins from a certain time period, and I only need a few more. The rarest is the 1935 500 reis, with a mintage of 14,000. They very rarely come up for sale, and this one came up for sale today. </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/380611182032?nma=true&amp;si=oUrKqLzuHGQcqL3FD6qfvh2GM2U%3D&amp;rt=nc&amp;_trksid=p4340.l2557&amp;orig_cvip=true" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/380611182032?nma=true&amp;si=oUrKqLzuHGQcqL3FD6qfvh2GM2U%3D&amp;rt=nc&amp;_trksid=p4340.l2557&amp;orig_cvip=true" rel="nofollow">http://www.ebay.com/itm/380611182032?nma=true&amp;si=oUrKqLzuHGQcqL3FD6qfvh2GM2U=&amp;rt=nc&amp;_trksid=p4340.l2557&amp;orig_cvip=true</a></p><p><br /></p><p>As you can see, it sold for more than $100, probably because it&#039;s in superb condition. But honestly I would have bought it if it had been sitting in the street and gotten run over a few times, and would have paid far less for it. If I&#039;m looking for a rare coin, I&#039;d much rather get a well-circulated example because that&#039;s the only way it will ever fit my budget. </p><p><br /></p><p>Incidentally I bid $55, and that would be the most I&#039;d ever paid for a single coin. It was barely half the sale price though.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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