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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Gallienus, post: 2379487, member: 42034&quot;]I like the coins of the early Latin American Republics &amp; don&#039;t have a single Colonial 8 E&#039;s in any condition.&nbsp; I&#039;ve tried for Colonials but was always outbid. Also a few years ago it was possible to find nice pieces &quot;relatively cheaply&quot;.&nbsp; I suspect in Europe one can still cherry pick great pieces but it&#039;s almost like you have to see the coins in person.&nbsp; I&#039;ve had some auction representation in the past 2 years and today it&#039;s almost like the guys collect the commission and <b><i>don&#039;t even bother to look at the coins.&nbsp; </i></b></p><p><br /></p><p>Right now I&#039;m living in Brazil and all dealers, the 1st thing they do when they get a coin is take it out of it&#039;s holder and rub it between thumb and forefinger.&nbsp; Even 300 year old gold coins.&nbsp; Thus there are absolutely no unworn coins left in the whole country that haven&#039;t already been sent off to Heritage.</p><p><i><b><br /></b></i></p><p><i><b><img src="http://coinsandhistory.com/pix_coin/Bol_8E_1837_both-Heritage_med.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </b></i></p><p><i><b>Bolivia, 1837, in a 62 slab</b></i></p><p><i><b><img src="http://coinsandhistory.com/pix_coin/Bol_8E_1856-FJ-heritage_both_med.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </b></i></p><p><i><b>Bolivia, 1856, raw but gotten for me by Jim Elmen (so it&#039;s nice)</b></i></p><p><i><b><img src="http://coinsandhistory.com/pix_coin/Chil_8E_1832_Heritage_NYICS-2014_both_med.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </b></i></p><p><i><b>Chile, 1832, in a 64 slab, the Eliasberg piece</b></i></p><p><i><b><img src="http://coinsandhistory.com/pix_coin/Per_8E_1840_both.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </b></i></p><p><i><b>Peru, 1840, in a 62 slab, P/L, Millenium sale, bought in person: no hl&#039;s</b></i></p><p><i><b><br /></b></i></p><p><i><b></b></i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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