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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;1934 Wreath Crown, post: 8068557, member: 76965&quot;]I&#039;m sure we all are especially happy and proud of some of the bargains we snagged during the year and sad about some we lost out on. Let&#039;s make this a happy post. A coin you purchased at a price well below what you expected to pay or a must have coin you finally added to your collection at a price below $1,000. State why you think it was a special purchase.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ll go first. From my 2021 10 Best list its quite obvious that I&#039;ve added some unusual Cleos and even a Julius Caesar issue to my collection. Last year I purchased a Cleopatra VII 80 Drachmae for only a few hundred but saw something else that was very tempting so I sold it for a very decent profit. I continued to feel this gap in my collection and had so far missed out on all Cleo 40 and 80 Drachmae offered up at auctions. And then I think I got lucky:</p><p><br /></p><p>Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Cleopatra VII Thea Neotera Æ Diobol - 80 Drachmai. Alexandria, 51-30 BC. Diademed and draped bust to right / KΛEOΠATPAΣ BAΣIΛIΣΣHΣ, eagle standing to left on thunderbolt; cornucopia to left, Π to right. Svoronos 1871; Weiser 183; SNG Copenhagen 419-21; Noeske 380-2. 17.21g, 27mm, 12h.</p><p><br /></p><p>Near Very Fine. Very Rare. I paid $520 inclusive of BP and shipping costs.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1398939[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>And this one graded VG just sold for $1,100</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1398941[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1398943[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;d like to think I did alright.</p><p><br /></p><p>Please post your best/bargain buys under $1,000 for 2021.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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