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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;physics-fan3.14, post: 5542205, member: 19165&quot;]Think about it like this - sure, gold is gold. Gold coins are always going to be more valuable than silver. </p><p><br /></p><p>But, you want to know what other coin has a pop census of 5? </p><p><br /></p><p>Your favorite 1927D St. Gaudens. </p><p><br /></p><p>You think you&#039;re ever going to get one of those for $700? </p><p><br /></p><p>It has to do with demand - Sure, there might only be 5 of my coin known, but there&#039;s also only 5 or 6 people that want it. </p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><br /></p><p>Well, of course the coin &quot;existed.&quot; It just wasn&#039;t published or cataloged until about 30 years ago. It was actually struck during the US Civil War. </p><p><br /></p><p>The demand is coming from collectors of hammered/medieval Moroccan coinage, and especially date collectors of Moroccan gold hammered coinage. There aren&#039;t many collectors of such... </p><p><br /></p><p>The coin is listed in Krause as &quot;rare&quot; with no other info. To get more info, you have to buy a very, very specialized 3 volume set of books (in french) which catalogue the Moroccan coinage of the era. Not many people interested in this sort of thing. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Morocco, 1860. Called a &quot;benduqi&quot;. Thread about it here: <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/when-krause-just-says-rare.320748/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/when-krause-just-says-rare.320748/">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/when-krause-just-says-rare.320748/</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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