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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;stldanceartist, post: 3648827, member: 13307&quot;]Some recent pickups:</p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center"><b>Aland Islands (Finland) - 1994 50 Daler Token</b></p> <p style="text-align: center"><b><a href="https://www.ngccoin.com/price-guide/world/aland-islands-50-daler-x-5-1994-cuid-1062302-duid-1235986" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.ngccoin.com/price-guide/world/aland-islands-50-daler-x-5-1994-cuid-1062302-duid-1235986" rel="nofollow">NGC Price Guide</a></b></p> <p style="text-align: center">Apparently, in 1994 a private company called the Aland Mint decided to mint tokens in 10, 50, and 1,000 Daler denominations.&nbsp; Public confusion reigned supreme (whether or not they were tokens, souvenirs, or actual spending money) and the Bank of Finland (a country where I&#039;d quite like to be - eating breakfast or dinner, or snack lunch in the hall...Finland has it all) decided to purchase the entire mintage.&nbsp; Surviving pieces are apparently very hard to find (reflected by the above NGC Guide price.)&nbsp; Bought it with the original box and COA.</p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH=full]979999[/ATTACH] </p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center"><b>France - 1950 (a) 5 Francs</b></p> <p style="text-align: center">Mintage of over 128 million, and a relatively low book value (about $5) but it&#039;s <i>such</i> a gorgeous coin I feel responsible to keep it.</p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH=full]980000[/ATTACH] </p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center"><b>Oman - 1975 10 Baisa</b></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]980002[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>...and...</p><p><br /></p><p>I dunno what the heck this thing is.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]980001[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>One side is a hologram sticker.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m thinking it&#039;s from the Czech Republic, maybe a souvenir token from the &quot;Praga Mystica&quot; group around the year 2000.&nbsp; If anyone has seen this one before, feel free to educate me.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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