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<p>[QUOTE="-jeffB, post: 16288830, member: 27832"]This was one of my favorites - heavy on luck, with the main smart component being "I'll have a lot of fun with this even if there's nothing good in it".</p><p><br /></p><p><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/">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/the-latest-ebay-pig-in-a-poke.227450/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>The <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/1878-p-trade-dollar-yeah-right.227707/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/1878-p-trade-dollar-yeah-right.227707/">"most likely fake" trade dollar</a> was an impaired 1878 proof. I sold it for several times the cost of the lot.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/not-the-usual-lot-of-wheats-more-news-from-the-poke.227845/#post-1709682" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/not-the-usual-lot-of-wheats-more-news-from-the-poke.227845/#post-1709682">The wheats included a 1910-S, a 1924-D, and a 1931-S</a>. That <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/dark-buffalo-would-it-grade.228753/#post-1719783" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/dark-buffalo-would-it-grade.228753/#post-1719783">nice Buffalo (darkly toned) was a 1925-S,</a> not 1924-S, but I still sold it for a nice price. And as it turned out, <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/corroded-key-v-nickel-another-piglet-from-that-ebay-poke.228561/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/corroded-key-v-nickel-another-piglet-from-that-ebay-poke.228561/">one of the Liberty nickels was a 1912-S</a>. (I'm keeping that one.)</p><p><br /></p><p>Holy cow, that was almost ten years ago! I've got to get back in the game.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="-jeffB, post: 16288830, member: 27832"]This was one of my favorites - heavy on luck, with the main smart component being "I'll have a lot of fun with this even if there's nothing good in it". [URL]https://www.cointalk.com/threads/the-latest-ebay-pig-in-a-poke.227450/[/URL] The [URL='https://www.cointalk.com/threads/1878-p-trade-dollar-yeah-right.227707/']"most likely fake" trade dollar[/URL] was an impaired 1878 proof. I sold it for several times the cost of the lot. [URL='https://www.cointalk.com/threads/not-the-usual-lot-of-wheats-more-news-from-the-poke.227845/#post-1709682']The wheats included a 1910-S, a 1924-D, and a 1931-S[/URL]. That [URL='https://www.cointalk.com/threads/dark-buffalo-would-it-grade.228753/#post-1719783']nice Buffalo (darkly toned) was a 1925-S,[/URL] not 1924-S, but I still sold it for a nice price. And as it turned out, [URL='https://www.cointalk.com/threads/corroded-key-v-nickel-another-piglet-from-that-ebay-poke.228561/']one of the Liberty nickels was a 1912-S[/URL]. (I'm keeping that one.) Holy cow, that was almost ten years ago! I've got to get back in the game.[/QUOTE]
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