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Message:: [QUOTE="longnine009, post: 2724619, member: 1886"]I got this in change last Sunday. The store used be a chain called Majick Market, I think. I was in line one day in 1974 in this same store when a geek started to squeal about a war nickel he'd just  gotten  in change. And the geek with him said, it's a proof. He then took a flip from his wallet and the two placed the nickel in it. I was pretty annoyed about this because I had just started collecting and that nickel should have been mine. Not only was I out geeked, I didn't even have a flip in my wallet or much money either to buy flips with. But now 43 years later in this exact same spot  that I have been to at most perhaps five more times since 1974, I get a war nickel in change. I assure everyone I'm still rocking  in ecstasy. But that's not what I' m here to talk about. Why is it  that I can beat what seem to be fantastic odds with this coin but I can't beat the powerball odds? [ATTACH=full]618142[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]618143[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]618144[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]