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<p>[QUOTE="Drusus, post: 330380, member: 6370"]Here is a cheap one I got recently:</p><p> </p><p><img src="http://www.cachecoins.org/friedrichwilhelm.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p> </p><p><i>Brandenburg Prussia Friedrich Wilhelm III. 1797-1840. Bronze medal 1840. On the occation of his death, MEMORY medal for the guard Corps, medal by H. F. Brandt</i> </p><p> </p><p>There are gold, silver, and bronze versions of this medal, all pretty low numbers. Its not in the BEST of shape but I have seen examples that weren't as nice sell for 40+. I think this was a nice deal for a person who love portraits as this portrait is very nice.</p><p> </p><p> Oh, and although more often than not I dont see coins and medals selling below worth on ebay much, more often they go over. Here and there you see and make good deals and get something for real cheap. I recently saw a 400 USD notgeld coin sell for 60 when it was listed incorrectly as a medal. I bid against another guy who got because he went higher than I could go... I thought it was a 90 dollar coin but it turns out it was a more rare variety...and this medal here, though not worth a whole lot in the first place, I got for roughly 10 bucks.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Drusus, post: 330380, member: 6370"]Here is a cheap one I got recently: [IMG]http://www.cachecoins.org/friedrichwilhelm.jpg[/IMG] [I]Brandenburg Prussia Friedrich Wilhelm III. 1797-1840. Bronze medal 1840. On the occation of his death, MEMORY medal for the guard Corps, medal by H. F. Brandt[/I] There are gold, silver, and bronze versions of this medal, all pretty low numbers. Its not in the BEST of shape but I have seen examples that weren't as nice sell for 40+. I think this was a nice deal for a person who love portraits as this portrait is very nice. Oh, and although more often than not I dont see coins and medals selling below worth on ebay much, more often they go over. Here and there you see and make good deals and get something for real cheap. I recently saw a 400 USD notgeld coin sell for 60 when it was listed incorrectly as a medal. I bid against another guy who got because he went higher than I could go... I thought it was a 90 dollar coin but it turns out it was a more rare variety...and this medal here, though not worth a whole lot in the first place, I got for roughly 10 bucks.[/QUOTE]
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