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Getting to the estate sale three hours before it opens was obviously not good enough for me. Somebody spent the night in the driveway waiting for the sale to open. Another swing and a miss. Two guys almost got in a fight over this one. I still love the hunt but wish I could've got it.

Rare RAT, not many made compared to other denominations. The difference between a nickel and a penny was only $15 to $25 depending on pricing at the time. Takes you 5 times longer to pay for it so most operators bought a penny Treasury or a penny Watling Wonder Bell. The Wonder Bell was less than half the price of a RAT.

Watlingboy

Obviously, the estate person did not do their homework.

I see there was another machine just to the left of the RAT.

What was it?

It was gone also.

Not such a good deal on that one. Probably when the crowd saw the guys fighting over the bird they figured this was had to be a deal.