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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;stldanceartist, post: 2918608, member: 13307&quot;]I was on the fence about this coin from the start...do I keep it, do I sell it?</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]706248[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Keep: Low mintage (25,000)</p><p>Keep: Unc condition</p><p>Keep: Has a really cool hippo on the reverse</p><p><br /></p><p>Sell: Not silver</p><p>Sell: Not a high book value ($12 in MS63 according to the <a href="https://www.ngccoin.com/price-guide/world/gambia-the-8-shillings-km-7-1970-cuid-1126606-duid-1312302" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.ngccoin.com/price-guide/world/gambia-the-8-shillings-km-7-1970-cuid-1126606-duid-1312302" rel="nofollow">NGC price guide</a>, although they seem to sell for higher)</p><p>Sell: Tiny spot on the obverse that looks like someone tried to scratch off a different tiny spot (I didn&#039;t do it.)</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Well, as I was deciding whether or not to sell it, I imaged the coin.&nbsp; Sure enough, I noticed something cool...</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]706247[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s not a huge (valuable) variety, but it&#039;s a clear doubled die.&nbsp; Due to the low mintage, I might make the assumption that the master die would be doubled (making up a large percentage of the total mintage.)&nbsp; But I think this clearly puts it into the &quot;Keep&quot; pile...[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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