11 years ago today... giveaway (winner(s)) declared
LanceNewmanOCC
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i nervously and hesitatingly walked out onto the pcgs cu forum stage. despite watching numerous others that were regulars probably fairly well liked, still managed to get themselves banned. so i (we) remember them while i celebrate what must have at least been a few near skirmishes including don willis telling me that WTF was NOT an acceptable thread title, i have lingered here to today. thanks for the much fun, education, bantering, laughs, experience, coins and more.
so to thank you, i will give away a "junk" box of coins that have been staring at me for a while now. 
requirements, at least 555 posts but no more than 5555 and only one post that cannot be edited in this thread. hopefully they will go to someone that hasn't picked up any coins because of the hard times, so lets cross our fingers someone that could use a pile of collectable coins at the very least, for fun, gets them.
ok 2 more requirements. can't have bought anything off of ebay or from a coin show since c-19 reared it's ugly head. (honor policy applies)
FIRST PERSON to meet these requirements gets em.
in the unlikely event someone DOESN'T get them based on the above, i'll loosen the reqs. after 24 hours or so. starting 5:55pm est.
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Been here since 2005. Also saw them come and go. Some were real big time experts, but couldn't play nice.
Glad I'm still here. You gotta play the game.
Pete
Hmmm, I think I meet your coin-ditions 8-)
"You Suck Award" - February, 2015
Discoverer of 1919 Mercury Dime DDO - FS-101
I will come out of my self imposed "retirement" to partake in your generous offer. Have not been to a show in quite some time nor engaged in the BAY. Good to see you are one of the survivors. WTF. Wasn't that the Washington (Quarter) Tail Feathers designation?
close-enough
well that was MUCH easier and quicker than expected.
and @StrikeOutXXX wins the JUNK! and the witty verbiage was just an added bonus.
BUT since we have a poster that JUST squeezes in @BLUEJAYWAY with 5,541 posts, i'll do a consolation box of coins! not to mention lifting self-imposed ban (a thing i've done several times). how could you NOT get something for that.
you guys (or gals) just PM me where to send the spoils.
me as well. gratz and look forward to 5,910+ more!
I thought WTF was the new name for NFL Washington Team Football.
so i've heard.
BUT the incident to which i refer was an ebay account with the aforementioned moniker. although i didn't present the thread properly because that account was actually listed as a philanthropic one once i dug a bit and the acronym of wtf was the name of it and i posted it because of such and they were selling coins. my poor execution got me my one and only message from one of the pcgs big-wigs. it was more of a state of union type messages so i adhered, and nary another word was spoken and i didn't take the time to explain my reasons for such a seemingly silly/inappropriate thread title.
WOW that giveaway was lightning fast
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Yeah, I didnt come close to qualifying. Only been to a single show in the past year, but frequent eBay all the time. Generous give-a-way!
Well those were interesting qualifying conditions..... I would not have qualified... but fun to watch. Congratulations to the winners... Cheers, RickO
if you are a good boy this year, i MAY have a giveaway/contest for those with post counts between 87,377-88,000. i know competition will be stiff but i'll do what i can to steer some favor your way.
Well that was quick. Congrats to the winner.
Thank you so much Lance. Definitely wasn't expecting a crammed full flat rate box - the kids and I will have a blast going through them!
"You Suck Award" - February, 2015
Discoverer of 1919 Mercury Dime DDO - FS-101
Very nice gesture Lance!
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you are most welcome.
tbh. for the shipping cost vs weight, i kinda had to go that route. of course i liked those flat-rate boxes MUCH better when they were closer to $5 and not around $8.
after our communications and what you stated some of your ideas of what to do with them was (including the runner-up), well, the deal was sealed after that with the only option being cramming one of those little suckers full. kinda surprising how many coins can fit in one, even with the bubble wrap to keep em quiet.
@LanceNewmanOCC Just saw this thread...congrats to the winners!! We have a town called West Tisbury nearby and the fire fighters wear jackets with embroidered letters W.T.F. (West Tisbury Fire) !! Which is almost as good as the ferry workers for the SteamShip Authority who all wear yellow shirts with S.S.A. printed in huge letters on them. Harmless right? Until you see them in your car mirror walking around sporting shirts that say A.S.S.
Today my prize arrived. A MAJOR Thank You shout out to Lance is most deserving. The box was loaded with some interesting coinage. I plan on sharing some of them with my nephew who has an interest in coins. Oddly (?) enough he likes foreign coinage, so he will have fun learning some more about these countries through those coins. I in turn will learn more as well from all the coins assembled in the package. I plan to go over each one. Once again TY Lance and to the forum for having such a thoughtful community of people.
you are very much welcome fellow numismatist!
glad they arrived w/o a hitch. perhaps it traveled by other means than a train?
even better you have a youngster that may enjoy/benefit from the cache as well.
whom doesn't like a random box of coins coming their way?!?!?