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Sharing an Ebay Gamble

ModCrewmanModCrewman Posts: 4,041 ✭✭✭✭✭
So last week I had a little time at the office before heading out to lunch, so thought I'd take a short break and browse Ebay. I found a little group of Franklin proofs with what looked to be some potential. I threw down a bid a couple bucks higher than the existing high bidder, and went to lunch, never expecting to win the auction which had about a half hour or 45 minutes to run. Surprisingly, there were no additional bids, and I won the auction. Here are the auction photos.

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The coins arrived this week, and 2 of the 4 looked to be junk...heavily hairlined...the other two showed some potential. Here are my photos of the better or the two with potential when they arrived.

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How do you think I came out after giving this one a bath today?

Edit: I thought it'd be fun to have people guess without seeing the after pictures...but anyway...here they are. Vote away. image

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