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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;medoraman, post: 4647617, member: 26302&quot;]I have a few. One I remember was a fuzzy pic, (I know, many are setups), that said 1812 Bible and Coin. Listed for $50 and no bids. I squinted hard and thought it was a decent large cent. So at the last second I bid opening bid and won. I got it, and it was a VF large cent. Ok, good for me, worth a few hundred. I threw the bible in a pile. I did notice it was printed in Philadelphia. </p><p><br /></p><p>Got to thinking, that is kind of early for a US bible. Looked it up, and it was pretty rare. I contacted a rare bible room of a local university and they indeed wanted it for their collection. I donated it, got a $1200 tax deduction. So, I made about $500 in taxes from that $50 purchase, and still have a nice little VF 1812 large cent. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> Even better, a local university now has the bible available for study.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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