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2019 Enchanced Reverse Proof 19XE Winner! For the participants of "GIVE-a-GIFT" for Paradisefound ~
Paradisefound
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For participants in "GIVE-a-Gift" for Paradisefound thread dated 9/1/2018 
plus @Kkathyl @Regulated @spacehayduke who are equally generous over the years
updated 11/28
Due to the degree of disappointment upon the launch .... in the bucket are those who are yet to obtain one
This group of wonderful collectors made me so very HAPPY ..... Forever Happy with the gesture shown among strangers collectors alike in CU 
and I wish to return the favor by giving back this coin to the lovely pool.
Limited participants ...... a thanksgiving gift from the heart for their generous gestures Happy Thanksgiving to ALL
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Calling on these members to drop by for Dec 10th drawing
@DCW
@cardinal
@ECHOES
@PocketArt
@Timbuk3
@Insider2
@Sweetpie
@ACop
@giorgio11
@Kudbegud
@Bullsitter
@Onastone
@Twobitcollector
@Goldminers
@Zoins
@3keepSECRETif2rDEAD
@Raybo
@TurboSnail
@MANOFCOINS
@Batman23
@KindaNewish
@1940coupe
and calling these members as well
@BuffaloIronTail
@Tibor
@BryceM
@Broadstruck
@Smudge
@ErrorsOnCoins
@Bob13
@jedm
@JBK
@SiriusBlack
@jmski52
@divecchia
@bigmarty58
@bolivarshagnasty
@ricko
My sincere apology for those outside this particular circle
A limited amount of coins to the lucky few.
You must want 37 threads about it on the front page!
Let the tears begin
That is a wonderful thought and I expect nothing different from you! But in all honesty I think this coin you were so lucky to obtain directly will become a special coin. There is a lot of discussion, hype, drama over this one right now. This one would be a good coin to just put away for a while and revisit it later.
Just drop in or .......
Post your treasure and a non monetary reason as to why this 2019 Enhanced would possibly enhance your hobby
Here's mine.
Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value. Zero. Voltaire. Ebay coinbowlllc
drawing in 2 weeks ..... Dec 10th
Oh this is the one I treasure forever and will never leave my collection
40 members collectively pooled together for One of A Kind gift back in Sept 1st 2018
..... so let's make someone put it away and dream about the possibilities and hopefully not in the flip
So I can keep my kiddos ASE collection up to date! Would make a very nice Xmas present 🎁
This is my treasure
https://www.pcgs.com/setregistry/quarters/washington-quarters-major-sets/washington-quarters-date-set-circulation-strikes-1932-present/publishedset/209923
https://www.pcgs.com/setregistry/quarters/washington-quarters-major-sets/washington-quarters-date-set-circulation-strikes-1932-present/album/209923
Here is the original "Give A Gift To Paradise Found" thread
https://forums.collectors.com/discussion/1004752/the-give-a-gift-to-paradisefound-thread-we-did-it/p1
..... for those 2 anonymous contributors ..... please reveal yourself and PM your ID to @DCW so we can add your verified names to the list
You are a treasure @Paradisefound, so kind! You rock!!
Thank you, Paradise, for all the good you bring to this forum.
Fish on
adding a few who truly missed it then
@asheland
@ElmerFusterpuck
@cameonut2011
Very generous giveaway! Good luck to all participants.
My treasure is my family. Luckiest guy in the world to have my girls by my side.
MY GOLD TYPE SET https://pcgs.com/setregistry/type-sets/complete-type-sets/gold-type-set-12-piece-circulation-strikes-1839-1933/publishedset/321940
My > @Paradisefound said:
Since you are intent on spreading your good fortune and love
I will state my position. My reasons are very basic. I prefer to have something that is not "common" as an example of a coin series. In this case, 30,000 is not rare but it is the new key and not every collection can have one. I tried to order one opening morning but got left hanging with it in my cart and unavailable. I messed up and missed the correct window the following morning to pick one up. I corrected that error but the next two glimpses of opportunity were just a glimpse of time and again left me in the checkout stage again with the coin in the cart but no longer available. I have checked every morning since but I am coming to the realization they are all sold. The battle is not yet done and I will be checking each morning coming up as well... just in case. This is one of those coins that I don't "need" to have and I will not be buying one in the after market. This coin is more of a "want" and if I can pick one up it will join a couple of the other special eagle releases I have obtained from the mint over the years.
Thank you for your authentic and continued generosity! This is a special opportunity for someone.
Thanks for a very cool contest, again. Since I was very lucky to have gotten one please exclude me from the drawing. I hope it goes to a collector that was left out, Somebody is going to be verrrrrrry happy !!
Besides family...….my treasure, enough said,
Very generous. Thanks for all you bring here. Happy Thanksgiving.
My treasure is the family and friends I've been blessed with in my life. The pic is of just a few of them and the reminders that I like to have posted where I see them daily.
As to how the coin would enhance my hobby: It would be another way of reminding me that in my life my focus on people is more important to me than to focus on things.
Wow. Well, first, good to see you here again!
This seems incredibly kind. I agree that you should only do this if you're feeling exceptionally generous. If you were lucky enough to get one, just enjoy it maybe.
While I guess some people enjoy flipping coins, ripping a coin at auction, or getting an upgrade, that's a small subset of the hobby in my book. It's probably a little over-represented here. How 'bout collecting just for the joy of collecting? My favorite coins usually have a connection with a specific event, time, or person. Those coins never get sold.
Monetary is definitely not the thing for the Thanksgiving heart ............
Well... I must say that my treasure is far beyond my coins....My incredible wife and three daughters are my treasure ..... they make me happy, keep me young and also out of trouble
....As to this great coin...It would become part of my forever ASE set....which will eventually go to my daughters. But not for many more years....Thank you @Paradisefound for this contest and a chance for this fabulous prize. Cheers, RickO
Better odds than the Mint @ricko
roughly 50/50 chance 
Wow... that is great odds....Beats the odds at Blackjack in Vegas too....Cheers, RickO
Get shadow black
This is my treasure
Saturn the lean mean feline machine who helps me with my office work including listing coins on our website and on eBay
Neptune the fat rat cat who helps control the DVR
And Mrs VDB who does not like me to post or take her picture.
I have much to be grateful for and I hope @Paradisefound and suspect that you do as well!
Happy Thanksgiving to all!
Kind regards,
George
Once again @Paradisefound has outdone herself. There are just no words to describe her generosity.
I will post a treasure later, but as for a non-monetary way this 2019 ERP SE would enhance my collection, it would keep my SE collection complete enough that I might continue collecting them. There will always be the "white whale" 1995W Silver Eagle that is for now beyond reach (or at least beyond my willingness to pay for it), but that would be a final hurdle to approach once the rest of the collection was complete.
I had stayed away from the Forum since shortly after the 2019S Enh Rev Proof sales debacle two weeks ago. This was not in any way a statement on the Forum or its members, but I found myself severely impacted by my failed effort to get a coin.
Now, I have played the game before and often won, and sometimes lost. But, in the past there was the sense that the problem was poor planning or miscalculation of demand by the mint. It was frustrating but I moved on. In this case, however, it was all by design - it was the mint director's intention that things worked out the way they did. He quite intentionally wanted to disappoint so many people who wanted to order the coin. I did not want to think any more about modern coins after that experience.
But, thanks to PF, I am back, so you can blame her.
Happy Thanksgiving everyone!
P.S. - I reserve the right to edit this post later if I feel like I sound too much like a snowflake.
Happy Thanksgiving @Paradisefound and everyone!
Wow! What a way to pay us back! None of us ever expected anything except your happiness. It was a way for us to show you you're appreciated here! I'm sure everyone that pitched in feels the same way, and I remember a few felt left out after we reached our goal and so we made room for them too. Your generosity always surprises me and this particular contest really makes me smile....such good karma.
This ERP-ASE would enhance my collection that I plan to pass down to my kids, and being a hard-to-get coin may inspire them to collect vs sell and pass it down to their kids. I love inspiring people to collect!
A very ALOHA gesture m' Lady PF! While I didn't score one, m' Lovely Lady Sandy did for us! My kids too who I made it very worth their while, for the Grands and college funds. Cheers!
...and...Happy Turkey!!
I'm Honored,
Thank you...
POST NUBILA PHOEBUS / AFTER CLOUDS, SUN
Love for Music / Collector of Dreck
Thanks once again for your extreme generosity @Paradisefound !
Having enjoyed these two on my desk for years, I think the ERP would look nice between them.
Very Nice of you. Thank you and all those generous souls on the the best coin board of them all!
This is an incredibly sweet gesture, but I echo the comments of others that this is one you may want to consider holding for yourself as the opportunity to affordably own another one might not present itself again.
I think the enhanced proof coins are fascinating from a design perspective and as a collector of cameo coinage, I like the idea of a reverse cameo effect and am fascinated by the logistics/planning required to heavily polish the dies in such intricate elements of the design with such precision. Regardless of what happens with this thread, this thread has enhanced the hobby of us all. Such a selfless act/intent is so rare in this hobby and a breath of fresh air.
We only came this way once and the future opportunity might not present itself again BUT ....... living the PRESENT is a PRESENT in itself
so let someone special have a BLAST with both shall we? 
The perceived value of this particular coin is everyone's dream ..... personally as well as monetarily
Two of my many treasures, my grandson and my mother. As others have said,
the RP ASE will enhance my grandsons collection greatly. @Paradisefound, this
forum is very blessed that you are a part of it. Thank you!!
My treasure
Won in one of Paradise Founds's contests. I will never sell it and have it in a special place.
Why?
I missed out on the 1995 because I was in a coin funk at the time. Since I have gotten every one except the 95. I was surprised at how the process turned out this time. The worst experience I've ever had with the mint. This would fill the hole in the collection of the one that got away.
My family
INYNWHWeTrust-TexasNationals,ajaan,blu62vette
coinJP, Outhaul ,illini420,MICHAELDIXON, Fade to Black,epcjimi1,19Lyds,SNMAN,JerseyJoe, bigjpst, DMWJR , lordmarcovan, Weiss,Mfriday4962,UtahCoin,Downtown1974,pitboss,RichieURich,Bullsitter,JDsCoins,toyz4geo,jshaulis, mustanggt, SNMAN
This is a very insightful and thought-provoking comment.
It is indeed a matter of "perceived value".
If I were to buy something to resell, then the value is real to me. But if I want to keep or own something, value is just a measure of an item's rarity or desirability.
I have a few special mementos or trinkets of various types that have some value, but to me they are "worthless", meaning I would never sell them. Their "value" is more than a monetary number.
Thank you @Paradisefound for your kind, generous, and thoughtful inclusion for your giveaway! I was fortunate, and already received one through the mint. Please excuse me from contest so someone else, who hadn't received one, has a shot.
I hadn't ever purchased a coin that made me feel elated, yet, truly bummed at the same time...all those collectors on this board who were shut out that day.
You are a selfless treasure; thanks again for your consideration.
These two, my treasure...
POST NUBILA PHOEBUS / AFTER CLOUDS, SUN
Love for Music / Collector of Dreck
HUBBA HUBBA!
Pete
Sorry guys I wasn’t on the list. guess I should have read the whole thing just saw the SAE giveaway.
https://www.pcgs.com/setregistry/quarters/washington-quarters-major-sets/washington-quarters-date-set-circulation-strikes-1932-present/publishedset/209923
https://www.pcgs.com/setregistry/quarters/washington-quarters-major-sets/washington-quarters-date-set-circulation-strikes-1932-present/album/209923
Thanks for the chance! This is totally unnecessary but also part of what makes these forums so great. I have a few ASEs, including the 2006 20th Anniversary set with the first Reverse Proof and would love to add this to the collection, especially one from you
I'm glad you enjoy the Sacagawea dollar and love seeing it every time you post it. It was great to be part of something so special for someone who made and makes these forums more than online chat but a family! Let's keep it up!
Very generous of you and a great second chance for someone to own this coin. For me, I have nothing I can call a treasure. I am fortunate to be blessed with many loved ones in my life, family and friends. Difficult not to think of the less fortunate today.
You are such a wonderful person!
Why dont we all split ownership, and you can watch over it for us at your house?
Dead Cat Waltz Exonumia
"Coin collecting for outcasts..."
Good idea
My current treasure. She’s not actually mine, she belongs to my roommate, but I dote on her still!
As for the reverse proof, I’ve never owned a reverse proof anything so lady liberty would be a perfect example!
Thank you again so much for the opportunity!
Collector of randomness. Photographer at PCGS. Lover of Harry Potter.