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  • This week in Philly history, longshoreman Joey Coyle finds $1 million on a South Philly street

    02/28/2025 2:15:00 PM PST · by Kid Shelleen · 10 replies
    Philadelphia Inquirer ^ | 02/28/2025 | Tommy Rowan
    The methamphetamine was wearing off as soon-to-be South Philly legend Joey Coyle sipped coffee on his Front Street steps on the morning of Feb. 26, 1981. He was waiting on the mailman, who was carrying his $700 paycheck, but his next binge couldn’t wait. Coyle persuaded two young neighbors to drive him to his drug dealer’s house, but the dealer wasn’t home. On the way back, Coyle was riding shotgun and scanning the South Philly sidewalks for metal scraps when he spotted it. ---SNIP--- He had hit the South Philly lottery: money that literally fell off a truck. The haul:...