Day 3 - 1st coin sale

My first eBay coin sale was this 5 Mark 1936 German coin, gifted to me 

Next time I’ll work on better photos, but it’s quality shone through nonetheless. Here’s a couple circle-cropped I could have posted.



Lesson learned: Maybe only decent photos are needed for sought after coins? I’ll see what other early German coins I have - maybe the buyer would be interested? Should I message them? That’s a possibility.

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