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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Maxfli, post: 3145427, member: 69089&quot;]I’m usually slow to the extreme in making purchasing decisions, so these six world coins I’ve picked up since April constitute a lunatic buying binge for me.</p><p><br /></p><p>All photos are the sellers’ and most are poor, but if I wait to post my own pics you-know-what will freeze over before then.</p><p><br /></p><p>First up, Switzerland 2 francs, PCGS MS-66:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://i.imgur.com/FrSoQpq.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Latest addition to my crown collection. The photo doesn’t do it justice. In hand this is high MS with blazing lustre:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://i.imgur.com/rfML8Kf.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Czechoslovakia 1937 20 Korun, 34 mm, .700 silver. (My interest in this country increased exponentially after visiting Prague last year; I highly recommend). Again, pics under-represent this coin. An acetone bath removed the light haze and revealed a beautiful UNC coin with proof-like fields:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://i.imgur.com/wQjbjHk.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Filling a hole in my British pre-decimal set:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://i.imgur.com/eAw0B4n.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I love big copper and bronze coins from the 19th century. Bought this as an upgrade to one I already have. Pics are over-exposed — coin is a little darker than this, but still with some vestiges of red. I’ll call it AU-58, due to a hint of wear on her hair (although I&#039;ve seen worse get an MS grade from NGC):</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://i.imgur.com/FqSoPKU.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Continuing with big copper . . . this coin has some issues, but it’s difficult to find one unslabbed without Vittorio’s mustache and hair worn flat. The price was right and it’s far better than the example I have, so I can live with it for now:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://i.imgur.com/I7Jfi0C.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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