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<p>[QUOTE="Stork, post: 2990939, member: 71642"]Here's are a few newps I'm happy to show off. My Albanian coins with King Zog are getting harder to find, so I'm expanding slightly into the Italian Occupation (don't think I'll go any more modern than these). </p><p><br /></p><p>I'd seen a lot at Stacks with 19 Albanian coins. Most would have been duplicates (or in some cases a third or even fourth example). One would have been a very desirable dupe, but I was fortunate enough to have the only other one recently bought from a European auction. HOWEVER, there were four coins I wanted--one a serious upgrade to my Zog core set, plus three super nice Italian Occupation coins to populate a custom set over at NGC. </p><p><br /></p><p>By the time that auction lot came up though I had spent far more elsewhere and could NOT justify a lofty price to get 4 (or 5) coins out of 19. I don't have the inclination to resell on a large scale, so the other 15 (or 14) coins would have been a big chore even though the cost would offset the purchase some. The sum I had hoped to bid was exceeded by the opening of the auction, so I let them go.</p><p><br /></p><p>Fast forward a couple weeks, and lo and behold the coins are now all individually listed on eBay. The asking prices were high (sure the guy needs to make a buck and offset costs), but this way I could make offers on the four coins I REALLY wanted. I paid more than I would have liked but less than if I'd gone for the whole lot--not even considering just how high the winning bidder actually had in reserve. However, the guy has sold me some coins in the past that I'm very fond of so I consider this a win-win and no need to try and wring an extra few dollars out of the deal.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here's the first-- 1939 Lek, NGC MS-64:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]737840[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Stork, post: 2990939, member: 71642"]Here's are a few newps I'm happy to show off. My Albanian coins with King Zog are getting harder to find, so I'm expanding slightly into the Italian Occupation (don't think I'll go any more modern than these). I'd seen a lot at Stacks with 19 Albanian coins. Most would have been duplicates (or in some cases a third or even fourth example). One would have been a very desirable dupe, but I was fortunate enough to have the only other one recently bought from a European auction. HOWEVER, there were four coins I wanted--one a serious upgrade to my Zog core set, plus three super nice Italian Occupation coins to populate a custom set over at NGC. By the time that auction lot came up though I had spent far more elsewhere and could NOT justify a lofty price to get 4 (or 5) coins out of 19. I don't have the inclination to resell on a large scale, so the other 15 (or 14) coins would have been a big chore even though the cost would offset the purchase some. The sum I had hoped to bid was exceeded by the opening of the auction, so I let them go. Fast forward a couple weeks, and lo and behold the coins are now all individually listed on eBay. The asking prices were high (sure the guy needs to make a buck and offset costs), but this way I could make offers on the four coins I REALLY wanted. I paid more than I would have liked but less than if I'd gone for the whole lot--not even considering just how high the winning bidder actually had in reserve. However, the guy has sold me some coins in the past that I'm very fond of so I consider this a win-win and no need to try and wring an extra few dollars out of the deal. Here's the first-- 1939 Lek, NGC MS-64: [ATTACH=full]737840[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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