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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lordmarcovan, post: 3560633, member: 10461&quot;]So here&#039;s me, just this week.&nbsp; Swapped a coin to a forum member.</p><p><br /></p><p>He always adds extra freebies when he sends <i>me</i> stuff.</p><p><br /></p><p>So I need to add at least <i>one</i> extra something in his package, right?</p><p><br /></p><p>Hmm... so let&#039;s paw through my box of unpicked World coins and find him something.</p><p><br /></p><p>(Random grab)</p><p><br /></p><p>Oh, here, look.&nbsp; A 1924 reichspfennig from Weimar Germany.</p><p><br /></p><p>Pretty <a href="https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces1914.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces1914.html" rel="nofollow">common type</a>, but old enough to be interesting and make a fun freebie.</p><p><br /></p><p>Cool.&nbsp; Into the package it goes, and off in the mail.</p><p><br /></p><p>Hmm... think maybe I should&#039;ve gotten my loupe out and checked the mintmark?</p><p><br /></p><p>Looked it up, perhaps?</p><p><br /></p><p>Naahhh... who&#039;s got time for that, right?</p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s a common type, after all...</p><p><br /></p><p>Oops. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]946729[/ATTACH]</p><p><a href="https://www.ngccoin.com/price-guide/world/germany-weimar-republic-reichspfennig-km-37-1924-common-date-cuid-1130478-duid-1319314" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.ngccoin.com/price-guide/world/germany-weimar-republic-reichspfennig-km-37-1924-common-date-cuid-1130478-duid-1319314" rel="nofollow"><font size="3">Screenshot source: NGC</font></a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>LOL</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Edit</b>- <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/see-what-i-got-in-my-cracker-jacks-bonus-prize.340347/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/see-what-i-got-in-my-cracker-jacks-bonus-prize.340347/">here is @Paddy54&#039;s side of the story</a>.</p><p><br /></p><p>I do stuff like this all the time.&nbsp; I&#039;m often an accomplice to someone cherrypicking me.&nbsp; But in this case and many others, it didn&#039;t really cost me anything, since the coin was literally a random pick from a bulk bag.&nbsp; So it&#039;s all good.&nbsp; And other people are generous with me, so it all comes back around.&nbsp; Good for him!&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Edit 2: never mind. </b> Much ado about nothing.&nbsp; The coin is a <i>renten</i>pfennig, not a <i>reichs</i>pfennig (similar designs and easily confused), so the apparent &quot;accidental cherrypick&quot; here was not what it first appeared to be.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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