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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lordmarcovan, post: 3753446, member: 10461&quot;]Really nice Wheatie for a dug one.&nbsp; I hit one site here on St. Simons Island where the Wheaties came up like that- didn&#039;t even look like ground finds.&nbsp; Got a nice 1919 that way, and shallow- like half an inch or less in the ground.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now go find some <i>actual</i> Puerto Rican coins with young Alfonso on &#039;em- <i>then</i> you&#039;ll be talkin&#039;!</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/img_9389-jpg.246439/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/img_9388-jpg.246438/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>(Pix <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/what-kind-of-things-walk-into-matts-shop.217288/page-5#post-1664580" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/what-kind-of-things-walk-into-matts-shop.217288/page-5#post-1664580">borrowed</a> from [USER=16994]@LostDutchman[/USER].)</p><p><br /></p><p>A dealer I worked for here in town once bought a box lot I saw on eBay, at my recommendation.&nbsp; The coins were in a cigar box and the auction photos weren&#039;t great, but it looked like there was a British gold half-sovereign in there.</p><p><br /></p><p>When the box arrived, the &quot;half-sovereign&quot; turned out to be fake- just a jewelry charm.&nbsp; BUT the box was loaded with some nice scarce Puerto Rican coins!&nbsp; He sent them all off to be slabbed, and they fetched a couple of grand when he sold &#039;em.&nbsp; Not bad for a $40 investment.&nbsp; As I recall, he threw me a bone, since I was the one who had pointed the lot out to him.</p><p><br /></p><p>The only Puerto Rican coin I have personally owned was this holed 1895 PG-V 20-centavo piece, which I kept on my old <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/my-holey-coin-vest-and-holey-gold-hat.286762/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/my-holey-coin-vest-and-holey-gold-hat.286762/">Holey Coin Vest</a>.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/Holey%20Coins-%20World/HCV-PuertoRico-20c-1895-edit2.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I would imagine there are some nice <i>reales</i> and such in the dirt down there!&nbsp; Go get &#039;em!&nbsp; I wanna see what comes up![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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