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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;stldanceartist, post: 2632734, member: 13307&quot;]Exactly what [USER=15488]@sonlarson[/USER] said - it&#039;s still in the sealed OGP, so photos are only going to tell us so much (for those who would be diagnosing a prooflike strike.)&nbsp; I&#039;m more asking &quot;is there someone who collects these that knows if the proof like version listed in Krause was packaged differently than the BU version&quot; - since there is a significant difference in mintage figures (100k for BU, 2k PL.)</p><p><br /></p><p>There is a set for sale on eBay <a href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/West-African-States-1972-500-Francs-KM-7-Prooflike-With-Original-Box-/262746979020?hash=item3d2cf0bacc:g:qPoAAOSwcLxYCZKK" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/West-African-States-1972-500-Francs-KM-7-Prooflike-With-Original-Box-/262746979020?hash=item3d2cf0bacc:g:qPoAAOSwcLxYCZKK" rel="nofollow">HERE</a> right now sealed in the cello PLUS it has what I&#039;m assuming is the original box.&nbsp; It&#039;s described as the PL version...but as eBay is, you can call anything anything you want, no one is checking you for correctness.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Seller&#039;s photo of the coin in the box:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]579569[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>There is another listed as PL <a href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/WEST-AFRICAN-STATES-1972-500-Francs-Mask-Silver-Crown-P-L-Unc-Mtg-2000-Z406-/230861082883?hash=item35c0649103:m:mVIkGCNfdKzYJqdsIMsw6tQ" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/WEST-AFRICAN-STATES-1972-500-Francs-Mask-Silver-Crown-P-L-Unc-Mtg-2000-Z406-/230861082883?hash=item35c0649103:m:mVIkGCNfdKzYJqdsIMsw6tQ" rel="nofollow">HERE</a>, but by default I don&#039;t trust the information of people who don&#039;t know the difference between &quot;your&quot; and &quot;you&#039;re&quot;, and their photos are so blown out you can&#039;t tell anything.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]579570[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Here is MY COIN in the original sealed cello (I don&#039;t have the box):</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH]579566[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]579567[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>And this is the best I can do shooting through the plastic:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]579568[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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