10 YR ANNIVERSARY GIVEAWAY #1 Winner Announced

keyman64 · May 24, 2020 6:26PM

In my 10 YR Anniversary thread a couple of days ago, it was suggested that I do a giveaway. I'll do better than that. I will probably do a couple. Some raw and some slabbed probably. Today, I went through some of my junk piles. It was interesting when I realized I had taken photographs of many of the coins since many of them are toners. When something doesn't quite make the cut, it ends up in a pile or drawer or bag or at the bottom of a closet etc. When you have "stuff" that isn't worth slabbing or even worth trying to sell then you can end up with quite a few piles over time. What do you do with this stuff? In my case, the piles just get shifted around and you attempt to convince yourself that some of these things are worth slabbing but then do nothing. Or...you give some stuff away.

For this giveaway, I hope to pass a bit of an issue onto someone else that will appreciate it for what it is. But if you don't want the "issue", you may elect to take an average white NGC MS65 1965 SMS 25c instead. So, if you like either of these options for yourself, a YN in your life or whatever then just reply to this thread with a number between 0 and 1001 to indicate your interest. I will use a random number generator and the person closest will be the big winner. Closed to Entries Tuesday, May 26th at 7:00 PM Eastern.

So, what's the issue? PCGS PR66RB 1963 1c with a True View! The issue is that the reverse no longer looks like the TV. A large portion of the pink area on the reverse has turned brown. It is still a neat coin. This coin was gifted to me when I was trying to fill a hole in a toned 1950-1964 Proof Set and now I will gift it to someone else eventually, if not in this giveaway. Here is the TV.

Ready, Set, Go...

@U1chicago is the lucky winner.
The random number generator produced 548. Please PM me with your prize selection and name/address. I will mail it out by the end of the week. I'll probably do another giveaway starting tonight that will end Thursday or Friday and then mail all winnings on Friday so I only have to make one trip to the post office.