There's nothing better than having a sesh and then finding a tenner in the back pocket of your trousers the next morning.
You weren't expecting to see it - it's like making dollar for nothing.
So imagine how happy this guy who was hoarding a rare 18th century coin as part of his and his son's 'pirate treasure' collection was when he heard he could buy a house with it, mortgage-free, and have change for a sports car and a few round-the-world trips for good measure.
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According to Metro, the five guinea Queen Anne 'Vego' coin is just one of 20 that were ever made and was seized by the British (we seem to make a habit of that) from the Spanish in 1702. There are fewer than 15 of the coins currently accounted for.
The owner of the coin inherited it from his grandfather as part of a treasure coin collection as he played pirates as a little lad. He then gave it his son who used it for the same purpose.
Screw it, I say, the little lad who has it now is the owner, not the father. EVICT HIM!
The father from Stortford, Essex, and who has asked not to be named, suspected the coin may be worth something and took it to specialists to have a gander.
The owner of the coin told the expert: "My granddad had travelled all over the world during his working life and had collected many coins from the various countries he had been.
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"He gave me bags of coins to play with throughout my early years because I was into pirate treasure. As time passed these coins went back into bags and boxes and were forgotten about until I re-discovered them after my granddad passed away.
"I looked back through the coins, remembering the stories I made up about them when I was small, and then gave them to my own son to play with and put into his own treasure box."
Credit: Masons
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Now a bit of a history lesson.
The coins were 'seized' by the British after they failed to take the Spanish city of Cádiz. They nabbed a load of gold and silver from Franco-Spanish treasure ships as a consolation and to save face.
Out of this gold they made 20 of these coins to cover up how badly they failed to take the port city.
The item is going up for auction next week, with the owner ready to become properly minted.
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