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-JamminJ
<< <i>Glad to hear you're happy with the coin!
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That was the first one of its type I've ever seen which wasn't corroded, worn or damaged. Nice Brazilian coins are underrated.
<< <i>That was the first one of its type I've ever seen which wasn't corroded, worn or damaged. Nice Brazilian coins are underrated.
I also noticed nice older Brazillian coins are uncommon. Are you a Brazil collector?
-JamminJ
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<< <i>That was the first one of its type I've ever seen which wasn't corroded, worn or damaged. Nice Brazilian coins are underrated.
I also noticed nice older Brazillian coins are uncommon. Are you a Brazil collector?
-JamminJ >>
Yes. It's all my wife's fault. She was the first Brazilian in my collection.
I go down there once a year or so and try to find nice coins while I'm there. It's really hard because of the climate and because Brazilian collectors (and some dealers) polish their coins.
Edited to add: The coin in my sigline is a 1913-A 2000 reis in PCGS MS66. Someday I'll get a nicer picture.
I see the very recent coins in nice condition quite often, and occasionally come across a nice one from the early 20th or 19th century. The in between coinage from the 20's and 30's seems to be the toughest.
I had a buddy from Brazil in college. We used to head over to his parent's house when there were big soccer matches. Those were some over the top bashes, well stocked with enthusiastic women.
-JamminJ
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<< <i>Hey JamminJ! I just got the 1958G Deutsche Mark and it looks great in person! I'll be getting more coins from you in the future; I wouldn't mind a few of those Brazillian hotties in my collection either.
Glad to hear you're also happy!
Getting married has really cut into my Brazillian hottie time.
-JamminJ
<< <i>Getting married has really cut into my Brazillian hottie time.
-JamminJ >>
Marrying a Brazilian hottie makes it easier to meet other Brazilian hotties and much harder to flirt with them.
On a coin-related note, Brazil went through lots of economic and political turmoil in the 1930s and 1940s, so some of the coins of that era are quite rare, both in mintages and survival rates. For example, if you can find a 1942 or 1943 5 cruzeiros in BU at anywhere near the Krause price, grab it. Those two coins -- the only ones of their type -- have a combined mintage of less than 500,000 and catalog for less than $20 each. They are minted from aluminum-bronze and the survival rate is probably very low.