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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;stefy, post: 1714832, member: 42593&quot;]Once I saw in a numismatic shop a lot of mixed Swiss coins for just 5€. I asked the seller if I could open it and buy only the dates I needed (I don&#039;t collect Swiss coins by date but I saw some silver through the plastic bag <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />). Initially he wanted me to buy the whole lot but then he allowed me to open it. I picked 2 silver 1-franc (including a 1913), 3 silver half-franc and a non-silver 5 francs. He said: &quot;6 coins, 0,20€ each, 1,20€ in total&quot;. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>I kept 1 franc and 1/2 franc for my collection, sold the other 3 silver coins on E-Bay for 5€ and exchanged the 5fr coin with a friend that was departing to Switzerland (4€)!</p><p>I also picked up 6 US silver quarters, 3 US silver dimes (including a 1941 Mercury), 3 Canadian silver 10 cents (including a 1943 King George), a silver Canadian 25 cents, 2 50% silver British one shilling and almost a dozen of old Asian and African silver coins, all from mixed bags of worthless world coins of few cents each. Some I kept, other I sold.</p><p><br /></p><p>I was exchanging old Italian coins with another collector. I offered a 1961 commemorative of the unification 500 lire in exchange of a 1949 2 lire. He told me it wasn&#039;t fair because my coin was silver and his was aluminium. I replied there was no problem, I just needed that coin. Well, my silver coin was only worth melt (7€ back then) and his aluminium coin (rare date and high grade) around 30€!</p><p><br /></p><p>And I found some pre-unification (late 1700s - early 1800s) Italian coins in mixed lots for 50 cents each.</p><p><br /></p><p>In a lot of old Italian coins I inherited from my grandparents there was also the ultra-rare 1946 1 lira (100,000 pieces minted, worth 100€ even circulated).</p><p><br /></p><p>Have you some similar stories to tell?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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