Dear Tom, et al;- I'm glad you got your P africanum at a decent price. This again goes back to the experience of coin collectors. Remember all those blue books with slots for coins? Most of us could never afford pure gem, uncirculated, never been to the supermarket coins. What we did was get the best we could find to hold the date. We called them "slot- holders". We do the same with shells----those of us with "Millionaire appatites" and "Welfare incomes" scan around for place-holders. Later on, after we win the lottery or Auntie Maude passes on, we plan to replace the place-holders. Maybe we never do---but so what! Art