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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lordmarcovan, post: 24620077, member: 10461&quot;][USER=96124]@Heavymetal[/USER] - that was a nice junkbox cherrypick!</p><p><br /></p><p>Back in the early 2000s I spotted a cigar box lot of coins on eBay.&nbsp; In the sub-optimal photo it appeared to have a gold half sovereign peeking out.</p><p><br /></p><p>The bidding got too steep for me (though still modest), so I showed the lot to the dealer I was helping out at the time.&nbsp; He decided to take a gamble on it, bid, and won the lot.</p><p><br /></p><p>The &quot;half sovereign&quot; turned out to be fake- merely a gold plated jewelry charm.</p><p><br /></p><p>BUT the lot was chock full of Puerto Rico and other goodies!&nbsp; No peso, but every other denom, some high grade- plus some duplicates and a ton of other World goodies.</p><p><br /></p><p>He sent all the PR stuff off to ANACS (this was in the old small holder days).</p><p><br /></p><p>He ended up making thousands on that box lot that I had spotted and was too poor to risk &lt;$100 on.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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