{"id":7467,"date":"2018-07-14T16:55:11","date_gmt":"2018-07-14T16:55:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/grumpyguyinc.com\/?p=7467"},"modified":"2018-07-14T16:55:11","modified_gmt":"2018-07-14T16:55:11","slug":"1962-elgin-polarus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/grumpyguyinc.com\/?p=7467","title":{"rendered":"1962 Elgin Polarus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After years of trying, I finally won a Polarus on eBay. \u00a0It is 10K gold, with a case number of 5933. 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