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LostDutchman
hey gang! there is a great story behind this coin... I originally bought this coin more then 2 years ago... Money got tight and I sold it on e bay. I was looking at one of jos's coins the other day and it reminded me of this coin... so on a whim I went on e bay and searched for Mexican errors... low and behold what do I find??? The exact same coin for sale!!!! I ended up winning it and am now the proud owner of this coin... again...

I was very happy to be able to buy back one of my favorite coins ever and I am just amazed that it happened to be on e bay when I was looking for it..... maybe I need to open one of those "free reedin" lines...

here she is... about to go into pcgs with a lot of stuff...

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Hussulo
Nice story and great coin Matt bthumbsup.gif .
It must be destiny, fate whatever you want to call it. Don't sell it again! grin.gif
belg_jos
Great one. Mexico isn't the hardest country to find errors of, but this one would be hard to find anyway!

It's one that will stay for a long time now, that's for sure wink.gif

Regards,

Jos
thedeadpoint
So I take it the 79 was stuck in a bin used the next year for pesos?
LostDutchman
who knows exactly.... i wouldn't think that a struck coin would end up in a bin of blanks...without some "help" ...at least at the us mint... My guess... someone either intentionally or not dropped a struck coin in the bin of blanks and it was struck...
Dockwalliper
So how much more did you have to pay on the buyback?


Neat coin by the way.
Dockwalliper
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LostDutchman
i got it for %20 of what i sold it for is the funny part!!
Dockwalliper
Kool. Sell it again!!
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