<p><strong>Yes</strong>,</p>

<p>From the <a href="http://www.riograndegames.com/uploads/Game/Game_4_gameRules.pdf">rules</a>, pg7 under "A new round ..."</p>

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  <p>Now, the governor takes three doubloons from the bank, placing one each on the three role cards that were not selected during the round.</p>
</blockquote>

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Pat Ludwig
<p>Although "prospector" seems like one role, there are two people playing it. Call them prospector 1 and prospector 2. </p>

<p>If prospector 1 is chosen for the current round and prospector 2 isn't, prospector 2 will get a coin placed on him. Meaning that he will be chosen the next time someone needs a prospector.</p>

<p>The prospectors were inserted in the game as a "mechanic" to keep the number of agents greater than the number of players by three. There are no prospectors in a three person game, one in a four person game, and two in a five person game.</p>

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Tom Au
<p>Yes.</p>

<p><strong>Any</strong> role not chosen at the end of the round gets a coin placed on it.</p>

<p>I can't find the official rules online, but I can point you to the <a href="http://boardgamegeek.com/file/download/2fdktaeg63/PuertoRico_v1.1.pdf">Universal Head rules summary</a>, which says, under "Reset the Roles":</p>

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  <p>Place one doubloon on each of the three role cards not
  chosen this round and then return all role cards.</p>
</blockquote>

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@John Robertson - But there will be one Prospector role card in a player's possession and one Prospector role card not chosen - one of three. The Prospector role card a player took will obviously not receive a doubloon, but the unchosen card **will**.
gomad
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The card is the role. The two prospector cards are different roles, they just happen to have the same name.
Kempeth
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gomad
<p>If only one prospector is chosen during a round, does the other one get a coin placed on it?</p>

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In Puerto Rico If only one prospector is chosen during a round, does the other one get a coin placed on it?
John Robertson
# In Puerto Rico If only one prospector is chosen during a round, does the other one get a coin placed on it?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2011-03-15)

If only one prospector is chosen during a round, does the other one get a coin placed on it?

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## 3 answers

### Answer by username_3 on 2011-03-15. Score: 12 | Accepted answer

Yes.

**Any** role not chosen at the end of the round gets a coin placed on it.

I can't find the official rules online, but I can point you to the [Universal Head rules summary](http://boardgamegeek.com/file/download/2fdktaeg63/PuertoRico_v1.1.pdf), which says, under "Reset the Roles":

> Place one doubloon on each of the three role cards not
> chosen this round and then return all role cards.

> **Comments:**
> **username_3**: @username_0 - But there will be one Prospector role card in a player's possession and one Prospector role card not chosen - one of three. The Prospector role card a player took will obviously not receive a doubloon, but the unchosen card **will**.  
> **username_4**: The card is the role. The two prospector cards are different roles, they just happen to have the same name.  

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### Answer by username_1 on 2011-03-15. Score: 9

**Yes**,

From the [rules](http://www.riograndegames.com/uploads/Game/Game_4_gameRules.pdf), pg7 under "A new round ..."

> Now, the governor takes three doubloons from the bank, placing one each on the three role cards that were not selected during the round.


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### Answer by username_2 on 2013-09-15. Score: 1

Although "prospector" seems like one role, there are two people playing it. Call them prospector 1 and prospector 2.

If prospector 1 is chosen for the current round and prospector 2 isn't, prospector 2 will get a coin placed on him. Meaning that he will be chosen the next time someone needs a prospector.

The prospectors were inserted in the game as a "mechanic" to keep the number of agents greater than the number of players by three. There are no prospectors in a three person game, one in a four person game, and two in a five person game.


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