"Owen W. Linzmayer" <IBNS@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> The problem as I see it is that there probably is no system in place for
> justifying those values in the catalog. What's needed is do***entation
> that
> can be traced back with actual citations of dealer prices, auction
> results,
> eBay sales, etc.
>
Owen;
It is a narsty but truth that the contributors are known to have skewed
prices in favour of what they desire them to be based on buying and
selling
in the marketplace.
For example Czechoslovakia P-17 is very very rare in high grade, it is not
even priced for Uncirculated. It is the 100 Korun from 1920 with Slavia
from an Alfons Mucha work, it is a very very popular note with Czech
collectors, because of the design of the note, it was printed by ABNco,
and
was replaced in 1931, so that pristine examples are very hard to come by,
but it is priced low in XF in the catalogue. Go figure. Slavia is even
mis-described as a Pagan Priestess, which is farcical given that Slavia is
a
known and published Mucha work. In a couple of years of looking, I have
not
been able to find a nicer than repaired VF for this note.
Other notes from Czechoslovakia, for example P-20, the 10 Korun of 1927
are
priced much lower than actual market value. Generally when these are
available, and NOT specimen cancels, the best examples come out of the
Czech
Republic.
http://www.geocities.com/scottishmoney/banknotes/czechoslovakia/czechoslovakia.html
The Czechoslovakian notes are some of the best printed, and loveliest
designed notes that ever circulated in Central Europe, many in fact were
designed by Alfons Mucha, one of my favourite graphic artists.
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