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<p>[QUOTE="-jeffB, post: 2381811, member: 27832"]Thanks. <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/the-latest-ebay-pig-in-a-poke.227450/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/the-latest-ebay-pig-in-a-poke.227450/">That lot</a> was some of the best fun I've had in the hobby. It looked like any other cull/junk lot, but I bought it on the strength of the holed trade dollar and a few other identifiable blobs -- and it turned up that 31-S (as the last coin at the bottom of the bag), a 12-S nickel (also corroded), a really nice darkly toned 25-S nickel (I typed the date wrong in the original post), and several lesser semi-key Lincolns. I think I quadrupled my money just on the trade dollar, but the best part of the whole experience really was the several hours of "good Lord what <i>next</i>?" as I went through it.</p><p><br /></p><p>Just goes to show that the ugly ones can be good fun, too. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="-jeffB, post: 2381811, member: 27832"]Thanks. [URL='https://www.cointalk.com/threads/the-latest-ebay-pig-in-a-poke.227450/']That lot[/URL] was some of the best fun I've had in the hobby. It looked like any other cull/junk lot, but I bought it on the strength of the holed trade dollar and a few other identifiable blobs -- and it turned up that 31-S (as the last coin at the bottom of the bag), a 12-S nickel (also corroded), a really nice darkly toned 25-S nickel (I typed the date wrong in the original post), and several lesser semi-key Lincolns. I think I quadrupled my money just on the trade dollar, but the best part of the whole experience really was the several hours of "good Lord what [I]next[/I]?" as I went through it. Just goes to show that the ugly ones can be good fun, too. :)[/QUOTE]
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