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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Stork, post: 2746511, member: 71642&quot;]I went to a local coin show and saw a &#039;bad regime/nice coin&#039; I just couldn&#039;t buy--or even check the price.&nbsp; It was one of those cool Belgian Congo elephants (2 Francs) in decent condition, but, just no.&nbsp; I also see a gorgeous Mussolini art deco medal on eBay but, just no.</p><p><br /></p><p>That said I do buy Japanese coins and they were not always exactly benevolent in times of war or conquest....It&#039;s not always logical and honestly what would I collect if I disallowed every country that has engaged in some kind of horrible activity?&nbsp; Even so, I can&#039;t pull the trigger on the medal directly celebrating Mussolini (or King Leopold II himself) or one where the elephant is cool, but at what cost?&nbsp; Too bitter.</p><p><br /></p><p>Anyway, what I did come away with was a small handful of less-than-costly items.</p><p><br /></p><p>I got this one that was mislabeled and I have no idea as to the value, though the identity is more nailed down thanks to helpful people on the interwebs.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://collectivecoin.imgix.net/aXQyGU5HS7KiJ2e0vTqF_combo.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Got directed to a site describing it as the 2 gazzetti/4 soldi from around 1570-16 something.&nbsp; It was labeled a 5 soldi from the 1700s.&nbsp; Not that I knew the value of the labeled version, but now I can&#039;t even look up a price guide.</p><p><br /></p><p>&lt;&lt; edited to add:&nbsp; pending a lengthy bath in acetone as it looks quite cruddy and the flip felt like pvc.&nbsp; Actually all the coins from the show are on their way to the &#039;baths&#039; &gt;&gt;</p><p><br /></p><p>This one was a couple dollars too--not even close to being a rarity of any sort with a mintage of roughly a bazillion.&nbsp; Showa 49/1974.&nbsp; But the color was too fascinating to resist.&nbsp; It was in a regular 2x2, have no idea what in it&#039;s life caused a simple brass coin to look like this.&nbsp; I paid a dollar for the coin and a dollar for the color.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://collectivecoin.imgix.net/0RFZ3wj2RFaytYdOO9KR_combo.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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