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1950s Italian Coinage?

coinpicturescoinpictures Posts: 5,345 ✭✭✭
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Are these really as valuable as Krause indicates in XF or better? I see the darned things everywhere.

Specifically, I'm referring to 100 Lire, KM 96, from 1955 to 1961; and 50 Lire, KM 95, 1954 to 1962.

Granted, as stainless steel coins they're somewhat tough to grade since virtually all grades retain lustre.
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  • SYRACUSIANSYRACUSIAN Posts: 6,461 ✭✭✭✭
    Are these really as valuable as Krause indicates in XF or better?


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  • lordmarcovanlordmarcovan Posts: 43,658 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Granted, as stainless steel coins they're somewhat tough to grade since virtually all grades retain lustre. >>

    Therein lies the rub (no pun intended). An XF can easily look UNC.

    I would imagine it would be very tough getting full Krause for these coins, even from Italy.

    You gotta admit they're nice coins, though. Stainless steel is certainly a nice metal for coinage.

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  • spoonspoon Posts: 2,798 ✭✭✭
    Yep... that indeed is the catch. True UNCs are fairly scarce for certain date/types and judging a true UNC from a nice EF is tough--especially from a picture!

    I have seen some go for decent money, especially when sold by dealers who have a good rep in grading, but still nowhere near full Krause (well, sometimes).

    Even with the grading problem I'm not sure true UNCs are really as scarce as they're made out to be. It seems there's always a nice one available somewhere. Scarce, to me, is when you have to wait three months to see another. I don't see that here.

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