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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Gallienus, post: 1845330, member: 42034&quot;]Well I attended the Eliasberg auction in NY Spring, 2005.&nbsp; A famous Latin American dealer told me not to bid much for the coins as everything would be over priced and he could find stuff for me after market more cheaply.</p><p><br /></p><p>Well that was 2005 and over the past 8 years, he didn&#039;t find me a single piece.&nbsp; As mentioned I didn&#039;t get the 1832 then.&nbsp; I saw 2 unc Dos Bandaras types in the Millenium auction (2008: which I also attended in person) Both were slabbed 62&#039;s with light hairlines (an 1820 and an 1826 I believe).&nbsp; I lost both of them to a coin dealer.&nbsp; I then haggled with that dealer for almost 2 years, trying to buy them but he wanted too much of a markup and eventually sold them to somebody else.</p><p><br /></p><p>Then I saw the 1819 in Stack&#039;s 2011 auction (lot 1512) but lost it to a split bid.&nbsp; I wasn&#039;t too upset as I got the really rare Rosas Portrait 8 reales (1836) out of that sale for less than half my maximum.</p><p><a href="http://www.coinsandhistory.com/countries/Argentina.html#coin%20of%20Rosas" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinsandhistory.com/countries/Argentina.html#coin%20of%20Rosas" rel="nofollow">http://www.coinsandhistory.com/countries/Argentina.html#coin of Rosas</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Hence when I saw these 2 up for sale I made a somewhat concerted, but not crazy, effort and I got them.&nbsp; I believe (???) I know the market for these coins having tried unsucessfully to buy unc ones for almost a decade.&nbsp; I do have a really rare date Dos Bandaras dated 1841 (ef-40) which is unlisted in SCWC.&nbsp; Of course once I pay for &amp; get these they&#039;ll be seen only at &quot;informational coin shows&quot;, BSA merit badge classes, and the like but will not appear for sale.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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