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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;medoraman, post: 1328864, member: 26302&quot;]I find world coins much like ancients, not a lot of pressure on exact dates. There are just so many coins, that most simply slip through the cracks. I catch some, but never pursue many hard since there are 1,000 more coins I need and the one I am looking at is just one or the 1,000. Others do the same, this is why world and ancient coins with book values of $30 can be bought for almost nothing all day long, and why coins worth less than that are frequently bunched into piles and their specific dates ignored.</p><p><br /></p><p>I would bet you there are 500 people in the US, (and probably 20 on this board), who don&#039;t even know they own the little Mexican coin you are looking for. The major problem with such coins is no one cares if they own them, so they simply do not list them. I buy bulk lots of coins all of the time, and don&#039;t pay attention to them unless I know what they are. I was looking through an album, (about 200 coins), a week ago that I bought a year ago, and the only reason I looked up a stupid coin is the holder said $600, and I thought they were smoking something. Well, yeah, Krause says $500, and I had no idea I owned the stupid thing, (I still think its retarded pricing from KM), and frankly would have never known this was in a book I bought for $80 unless someone had put it on the flip. </p><p><br /></p><p>It sucks man, I know your pain. I wanted a Colchis coin once, and looked all over the world for one. I went to major shows, talked to every major dealer, nothing. I know what its like to want a coin and having not one to buy. But, I promise you it does make it sweeter when you do find it. That&#039;s the beauty of collecting lesser collected series, the thrill of the hunt.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> Yeah, I know, a lot of rambling and it still doesn&#039;t get you a 1975 10 peso right? I just wanted to tell you that this is part of your world coin hobby. Its like boot camp, I bet you will never forget this expereince, right? You will be telling your grandkids how granddad took years tracking down this little coin. lol.</p><p><br /></p><p>Chris[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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