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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;mackat, post: 2848554, member: 45768&quot;]Today I had the pleasure of going to the Long Beach Expo. The first time I went was in February, and I greatly enjoyed it. I missed the one in June, but I was looking forward to this one. Here are my finds! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><ol> <li>1889 Brazil Republic 1000 réis - this one I was actively looking for as it is especially hard to find. The 500 réis that I acquired a few weeks ago is relatively common, but the 1000 réis is certainly not. There is not one example on eBay (not even an overpriced one). The only places that I had seen any reasonably priced ones were on Brazilian coin shop websites, and I’m not sure if they would even ship to the US. I was convinced that there had to be at least one at the Expo, and I was determined to find it. I must have asked at least 10 dealers if they had one before I spotted this one in a case. It’s not the highest grade; somewhere around mid AU to low UNC to my inexperienced eyes, but I am very happy to have found it: <img src="https://i.imgur.com/CjTm2eb.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> <img src="https://i.imgur.com/Uqo14zX.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></li> <li>1934-(S) Colombia 50 centavos - As I was looking at the one above, this one in the same case caught my eye. I had previously seen a more expensive one, but this one was priced very reasonably. It is now among the most eye-appealing coins that I own; it truly looks like it just left the mint yesterday. The amount of luster that it has is just incredible! The obverse has a few small contact marks, but the reverse is almost free of them. I would grade the obverse MS-64 and the reverse MS-66. This was the only coin of this design to be struck at the San Francisco Mint; the previous years were struck at Philadelphia. <img src="https://i.imgur.com/geB7LZx.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> <img src="https://i.imgur.com/ypfcrp1.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></li> <li>1965 Democratic Republic of the Congo 10 francs - I usually collect silver, and this is an aluminum coin, but I just had to buy it because of the unique lion on the obverse. A very pretty coin! <img src="https://i.imgur.com/4W6l29S.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /><img src="https://i.imgur.com/8IT1aeF.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></li> </ol><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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