Darkside Challenge poll thread draft
lordmarcovan
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Original discussion and entry thread
Who made the "best" world coin purchase for less than $20 this May?
Vote for whichever selection you like the most. It need not be the most valuable item, though a good cherrypick ought to count for something.
Just whatever you think was the neatest buy (or best bang for the buck, or whatever).
The winner will get to choose between two prizes (a 1580 Hungarian denar put up by me, or a 1927 Australian florin put up by Musky1011). The runner-up will receive the remaining prize.
ENTRY #1
1917-S Finland silver 50-pennia, Civil War Issue, NGC MS64
Purchased by 3keepSECRETif2rDEAD for $20.00
ENTRY #2
1927 Italy silver 5-lire
Purchased by thatoneguy for $10.97 (as half of a two-piece lot which cost $21.93 after shipping)
ENTRY #3
1970 Belize 1 dollar (.999 silver/.9937 oz)
Purchased by AA1Coins4Fun for $18.00
(He said he was going to withdraw his entry, but I thought it was a good one and have left it in)
ENTRY #4
Ancient India (Western Satraps) silver coin, circa 4th century AD
Purchased by LarkinCollector for $18.50
ENTRY #5
1790 Dutch East India Company (Gelderland) copper duit
Purchased by GMan for $6.00
ENTRY #6
Unusual 1859 (Narrow 9) Canadian large cent (see commentary in original thread)
Purchased by YQQ for $2.40 ($2.99 Canadian)
ENTRY #7
2006 Kurdistan 250-dinar (Eurasian Lynx), PCGS MS67
Purchased by bcbgboy13 for $15.45
ENTRY #8
China Kuang-Hsu dollar (.900 silver/.7726 oz), Year 25 (1899)
Purchased by Jinx86 for $1.00 (one coin out of a 1,500-coin dealer lot purchased for $1,500)
ENTRY #9
German States (Berg) 3-stuber, 1802-R (.220 silver/.0131 oz)
Purchased by jughead1893 for $6.89
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