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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;-jeffB, post: 1961202, member: 27832&quot;]Thanks for resurrecting this thread; I somehow missed it the first time around.</p><p><br /></p><p><i>This</i> is the part of collecting that gets my motor running. I&#039;ve come to appreciate matched sets, nicely toned coins, and the like, but it&#039;s <i>finding hidden treasures</i> that keeps my interest and enthusiasm.</p><p><br /></p><p>Most of my activity, and therefore most of my luck, is on eBay:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/latest-ebay-hits-and-misses.245210/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/latest-ebay-hits-and-misses.245210/">A lot of 11 silver coins</a> for $113 that included a problem-free VF 1919-S half, which I sold at a show for $150</p><p><br /></p><p>A lot of 18 Peace dollars for about $640 (about $150 over melt at the time) that included <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/1921-and-1934-s-peace-gtg.235035/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/1921-and-1934-s-peace-gtg.235035/">a nice 1921 and 1934-S</a>, slabbed later by ANACS at 62 and 50 respectively, and worth nearly the cost of the entire lot</p><p><br /></p><p>A <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/another-ebay-bad-picture-gamble.222694/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/another-ebay-bad-picture-gamble.222694/">large lot of silver with a very dark-looking half dollar</a>, which turned out to be an XF details 1901-S</p><p><br /></p><p>And, the granddaddy of them all, a <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/the-latest-ebay-pig-in-a-poke.227450/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/the-latest-ebay-pig-in-a-poke.227450/">lot of 493 &quot;damaged and culled&quot; coins</a> that included <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/not-the-usual-lot-of-wheats-more-news-from-the-poke.227845/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/not-the-usual-lot-of-wheats-more-news-from-the-poke.227845/">cull 1910-S, 1915-S, 1922-D, 1924-D and 1931-S cents</a>, a <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/corroded-key-v-nickel-another-piglet-from-that-ebay-poke.228561/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/corroded-key-v-nickel-another-piglet-from-that-ebay-poke.228561/">corroded 1912-S nickel</a>, a <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/dark-buffalo-would-it-grade.228753/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/dark-buffalo-would-it-grade.228753/">darkly- but colorfully-toned 1925-S nickel</a> that got me $50 at the show, and a <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/1878-p-trade-dollar-yeah-right.227707/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/1878-p-trade-dollar-yeah-right.227707/">holed, engraved Trade dollar that turned out to be a genuine proof-only issue</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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