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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Stork, post: 2720789, member: 71642&quot;]Can&#039;t believe I have a chance to post this.</p><p><br /></p><p>The coin is in the SDB and shockingly the only photos I found were from ~2004 (according to my software stamp).&nbsp; They were scanned IIRC, and the full size images were about 400x400!&nbsp; So this photo collage is full size!</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://collectivecoin.imgix.net/7b6HOahERmSfX0mmGjv3_1894%20combo.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>edited to add:&nbsp; The coin is one of my early purchases after re-finding the hobby.&nbsp; It certainly was a HUGE monetary outlay for a non-bullion coin!&nbsp; Not only that I bought the coin raw (!) from Syracusian/Dimitri for those who hang on the PCGS boards.&nbsp; It was quite an act of faith for both of us, it was pre-PayPal and he had to cash a check I think.</p><p><br /></p><p>So it was mailed from Greece to the US, then out to Japan as I had an FPO back then.&nbsp; Then I toted it to Hawaii on a vacation where I attended a coin show.&nbsp; ANACS was there so I had it slabbed and it came back a 63 (back in the little, white slab days).&nbsp; A decade+ later I ended up crossing it to NGC where it got a more appropriate 64.</p><p><br /></p><p>It remains one of my most treasured coins and was the genesis of many a read about the life of Queen Victoria.&nbsp; I managed to &#039;justify&#039; it over the years as I am pretending to build a 2 pound type set.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now, someday soon I will have to fetch it from the box for a new beauty shot.</p><p><br /></p><p>------</p><p>Second edit, I had to figure this out.&nbsp; I joined PayPal in 2000, so it wasn&#039;t pre-paypal, but I still think it was a check transaction.&nbsp; Either way it was certainly an act of trust on both our parts!</p><p><br /></p><p>Next up: Great Britain and/or 1893![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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