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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Honolulu Dick, post: 945569, member: 24745&quot;]HOO-RAY!!!&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; SALUT-TAY!!!&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; BANSAI!!!&nbsp; &nbsp; Or as they say in Hawaiian --- HO OHO!!!</p><p><br /></p><p>As mentioned earlier in this thread, I was so taken with the beautiful 1910, Caballito coin that I was willing to shoot my monthly coin budget in one pop to obtain one.&nbsp; Saturday past, the Menehune coin fairy, named Minta, blessed me with a 1911, long ray Caballito.&nbsp; It was in one of those u-do-it flips, with the staples badly rusted and the white paper turning yellow, filed in a 20-pocket page, kept in a 3-ring binder.&nbsp; It appeared as though the coin had been in inventory for a considerable period of time and without the dealer having up-dated the price.&nbsp; The flip was marked at $55.00.&nbsp; Since I was purchasing a couple of other coins as well, he let me have the Caballito for en even $50.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Not knowing what a Caballito was worth, I spent the morning hours searching around on V Coins to learn what dealers were asking.&nbsp; None of the 25 dealers listed in the World and Ancient category was offering a Cab.&nbsp; Then I checked with Littleton, no results.&nbsp; So, I headed out blind, but with the thought that Cabs were not going to be all that easy to find.&nbsp; When the dealer placed that shiny, nicely detailed, AU Cab in my hand, and for only $50, I started to levitate. </p><p><br /></p><p>Once home and having more time, I continued with further research.&nbsp; Learned that on 1May10, icollector.com sold a 1910 Cab for a lowly $30.&nbsp; Was I ever deflated!&nbsp; I began to seriously second guess&nbsp; myself.&nbsp; Then I learned that a 1913 Cab was sold for $52 on Collectibles-Articles.&nbsp; Now I&#039;m starting to be happy again.&nbsp; Finally, I checked with Black Mountain Coins and saw a slabbed 1911, long ray Cab in AU 58 priced at $349.99.&nbsp; Mine looks to be as AU as the AU they are offering.&nbsp; Now I&#039;m really feeling good.</p><p><br /></p><p>A couple of days have passed and when I look at my newly acquired beauty, I ask myself --- What would I rather have, the money or the coin?&nbsp; The answer --- It&#039;s all about the coin, dummy, it&#039;s about the coin.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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