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I won the Ryder lottery TWICE - damn the MegaMillions

jmlanzafjmlanzaf Posts: 30,320 ✭✭✭✭✭

The Mega Millions was only $1 billion. I won the David Ryder lottery twice!

I bought 10 of the WW II silver medals a month ago. I was just getting around to selling them and when I opened the boxes to check, I discovered that TWO of the ten had signed COA's

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  • KliaoKliao Posts: 5,370 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Congrats! I didn't even know he signed them.

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  • jmlanzafjmlanzaf Posts: 30,320 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Kliao said:
    Congrats! I didn't even know he signed them.

    Actually, neither did I. It doesn't mention it on the Mint website.

    In fact, I had sold one of the ten yesterday and I didn't look that carefully at the COA. I open the box to check the coin and only note that the COA is there. It was just happenstance that when I went to ship another one today I noticed the signature. For all I know, I had THREE. LOL

  • MetroDMetroD Posts: 1,868 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @jmlanzaf said:
    Actually, neither did I. It doesn't mention it on the Mint website.
    [...]

    Not saying that it has always been there, but it is there now.

    "These products will include a limited quantity of hand signed Certificates of Authenticity (COA) by the Director of the Mint."
    Link: https://catalog.usmint.gov/end-of-world-war-ii-75th-anniversary-silver-medal-20XH.html?cgid=2020-product-schedule

  • jmlanzafjmlanzaf Posts: 30,320 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @MetroD said:

    @jmlanzaf said:
    Actually, neither did I. It doesn't mention it on the Mint website.
    [...]

    Not saying that it has always been there, but it is there now.

    "These products will include a limited quantity of hand signed Certificates of Authenticity (COA) by the Director of the Mint."
    Link: https://catalog.usmint.gov/end-of-world-war-ii-75th-anniversary-silver-medal-20XH.html?cgid=2020-product-schedule

    Hmm...I guess maybe I got these confused with the ASEs and thought it was on that one and not this one. Maybe I should have checked them all more carefully before I shipped them.

  • CatbertCatbert Posts: 6,257 ✭✭✭✭✭

    What is the premium on a signed COA version? I’m not a buyer, just curious.

    "Got a flaming heart, can't get my fill"
  • ZoinsZoins Posts: 33,726 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I hope PCGS is slabbing these!

  • MetroDMetroD Posts: 1,868 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @jmlanzaf said:
    Hmm...I guess maybe I got these confused with the ASEs and thought it was on that one and not this one. Maybe I should have checked them all more carefully before I shipped them.

    Understandable oversight. With all the different releases in NOV-2020, it got confusing, at least for me.

    On a positive note, assuming you purchased from the Mint, you did not pay anything extra for the signed COA. As such, you are out, at most, the premium on one signed COA. :)

  • MetroDMetroD Posts: 1,868 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Zoins said:
    I hope PCGS is slabbing these!

    https://www.pcgs.com/coa

  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Nice find... and great that PCGS will slab the COA. Makes a nice presentation. Cheers, RickO

  • jmlanzafjmlanzaf Posts: 30,320 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Catbert said:
    What is the premium on a signed COA version? I’m not a buyer, just curious.

    Last one on ebay sold for $400

  • jmlanzafjmlanzaf Posts: 30,320 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @MetroD said:

    @jmlanzaf said:
    Hmm...I guess maybe I got these confused with the ASEs and thought it was on that one and not this one. Maybe I should have checked them all more carefully before I shipped them.

    Understandable oversight. With all the different releases in NOV-2020, it got confusing, at least for me.

    On a positive note, assuming you purchased from the Mint, you did not pay anything extra for the signed COA. As such, you are out, at most, the premium on one signed COA. :)

    Lol. Im not really worried about it. There's about a 1% chance of getting one. I bought 25 of these total and got 2 signatures, so I beat the odds.

  • ɹoʇɔǝlloɔɹoʇɔǝlloɔ Posts: 1,436 ✭✭✭✭✭

    nice, @jmlanzaf - thanks for sharing pics of em - good to see some of these surface

  • 1630Boston1630Boston Posts: 13,665 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Congrats :)
    Better than a billion dollars.............imagine the trouble you would get into :)

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  • JBKJBK Posts: 14,219 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Congrats.

    Glad to see the mint mixed then in for proper random distribution. :#:D

  • how are people getting multiple ASE when it says limit 1 per household. I keep seeing comments like "I bought 8 of them"

  • smallchangesmallchange Posts: 192 ✭✭✭

    Looks like it has to be sealed from the mint to get the COA encapsulated from pcgs and if it is signed it is an extra 25.00 fee

    Jim

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  • jmlanzafjmlanzaf Posts: 30,320 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @borderlineInsane said:
    how are people getting multiple ASE when it says limit 1 per household. I keep seeing comments like "I bought 8 of them"

    This is not the ASE, it is the medal.

    If you have 8 accounts or 8 households, you can get 8. Well, could. I think they are pretty much tapped out.

  • SmudgeSmudge Posts: 9,053 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I think I would still prefer the mega millions.

  • pointfivezeropointfivezero Posts: 1,523 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Congrats @jmlanzaf. Nothing like Christmas in February!

  • edgaredgar Posts: 886 ✭✭✭✭
    edited February 3, 2021 4:06AM

    Congratulations, I knew some were signed, I didn't know they were numbered as well.

    (l8-)>>

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