u1chicago giveaway of ex-braddick collection charmed Ike (Winner chosen)
U1chicago
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Some might have seen these threads from our very own @braddick regarding his Ike. It's a nice common clad proof Ike with an unusual non cameo grade (unusual since most Ikes of this era are at least Cameo and the coin appears to have enough for the designation, so maybe it is just a mechanical error). Well what made things even more odd was that he auctioned it three times and none of the buyers ever paid (even when it sold for $10 with free shipping). When I saw that he listed it for a fourth time, I wanted to make sure that would be the charm. I bid "aggressively" and won the coin at 27.77. I made sure to pay for it too!
In one of the threads someone suggested (probably as a joke) that the coin should be given away on this forum. Well that seemed like a good idea to me so that is what will happen.
In order to qualify:
(1) post in this thread with the words "entry post" at the beginning of your post...only one entry post per username
(2) have a US shipping address
(3) [optional but recommended] tell us a story about a coin that was either jinxed or charmed
(4) I will pick a random winner at the end of the week (evening of 10/8/22 as the tentative date)
https://forums.collectors.com/discussion/1081799/this-pcgs-coin-is-jinxed
https://forums.collectors.com/discussion/1081911/the-fourth-time-is-the-charm-or-lets-try-and-try-again-on-ebay-pr69-ike
Update: @Bigbuck1975 is our winner!
Comments
entry post and i'm in
shut up or put up i care little
May I enter too?
peacockcoins
Yes you are eligible to enter
entry post ... I got nothing
ANA 50 year/Life Member (now "Emeritus")
Entry post , thanks
Mr_Spud
I don't want to enter, but just want to note that it has now been sold four times without it sticking with the winning bidder!
In honor of the memory of Cpl. Michael E. Thompson
True but the important part-the payment-was made the fourth time around!
Entry post - thanks for the chance!!
Entry post.
Never sold a coin for money (only a few small trades at shows) so I could have a bunch of charmed or jinxed coins and just don’t know it yet.
Entry post , thanks
Jinxed, my 1909-o $5 Indian Gold I sold becuse the wife wanted a new TV.................Circa 1975
Mike
My Indians
Danco Set
entry post.
Thanks for the chance!
Entry post. Why not? Thanks for the chance!
Entry post.
Thx!
Entry post.
Kinda reminds me of a three legged dog in the pound !looking for a family to love him.
You're a good person Denis. Peace Roy
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Entry post.
I have 3 jinxed coins. When I first started collecting Walkers I decided to attempt to collect AU coins in the small white holders ANACS. I got most of the 33-47 when I decided to move up to BU coins from 27 up and did so. I decided to sell the SWH AU58's and did all except 3, I listed them over and over with no bids. I finally dropped the price to be rid of them and they sold immediately. A week after the buyer received the 3 walkers they filed a return and their reason was the ordered them by accident. Oh well, I put them back in the box.
Thanks for the game.
Jim
When a man who is honestly mistaken hears the truth, he will either quit being mistaken or cease to be honest....Abraham Lincoln
Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it.....Mark Twain
entry post. Thanks for the chance.
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Entry Post
No Jinxed Coins yet, But I am newer to collecting haha
Entry post.
Hmmm…a jinxed coin…. Don’t have one to share and if I did, I would rid myself of its bad karma!
Edit: but if I win this one, what would I do? 🤣
"Got a flaming heart, can't get my fill"
Give it away to keep the streak going!
Entry post - thank you for the giveaway and the story behind it!
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Entry posted. That's a nice coin
Entry post.
I must have a charmed coin or two in my collection...'cause I'm still here on Earth and loving my collection and all of you too!
Thanks for the chance!
Coins are Neato!
"If it's a penny for your thoughts and you put in your two cents worth, then someone...somewhere...is making a penny." - Steven Wright
Entry post. No jinxed coins but it's a great theme for the Halloween season.
Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
"Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
"Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said."----Voltaire
Entry post. Nice coin and interesting story. Thanks for the chance!
Collector
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Entry post.
This would be my first jinxed coin!
According to https://www.pcgs.com/coinfacts/coin/1977-s-1/7437 there are only 7 of the non-CAM/DCAM 1977-S PR69 - and no PR70, so it's top pop in its label!
Entry Post
Thanks for the chance.
Wayne
Kennedys are my quest...
Entry Post, thanks for the chance.
I carry a 1901 Half as a pocket piece and I don't know if it is jinxed or charmed because it seems to get misplaced every so often, even though it and my keys/wallet go into the exact same place every evening. Interestingly enough, it will eventually show itself...sometimes in the tray I keep my things in or in the floor where we walk past the tray numerous times per day. I found it once in a drawer in the kitchen.
Entry post! That coin has a remarkable story!
Entry post but if I win give the coin to a YN of your picking.
My family, who's stretched across the country, used to send the same fruit cake as a Christmas gift. This lasted for decades and the damn cake never deteriorated. It just got hard as concrete lol. It was always fun wondering who would get it each year and when you got it, always a blast picking it's new recipient in December. Perhaps this Ike will be our forums version of the long lived fruit cake?
Entry Post! Thank you for the opportunity!
Everything is all right!
Entry post and I'm in
Thanks for the shot!
Once I finished my 1948 Birth year Mint Set set I sent this coin in.
it's a coin only a mother could love or a collector like me going for a minus 100 years lowball birthday mint set.
The coin came back with a cookie crumb in the holder.
WTF?
O.K. PCGS stepped up and I shipped it back on their dime for a 'blow off'
"Inspiration exists, but it has to find you working" Pablo Picasso
entry post*******************Thanks*****************
Entry post, a cool story with that coin. Can't think of any jinxed coins.
If this one is a jinx, someone will win it, the post office will lose it and it will show up a year later at the next door neighbor's house.
10-4,
My Instagram picturesErik
My registry sets
I actually had that happen with an EBay coin years ago. Showed up almost 2 years after I ordered it and paid for it. PayPal had long since done their refund, so I tried to send it back to the original owner and he just told me to keep it.
entry post - Thanks for the opportunity
Thanks for the chance and should I win please give it to a YN.
And what happens if the YN returns it?
peacockcoins
Entry post
Entry post. So it was you that outbid me. 😆
Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value. Zero. Voltaire. Ebay coinbowlllc
Entry post
Entry post, I guess.
Perhaps a bit different, but I have a coin bowl in my room that I put change in. Sometimes, it just makes a random "ping" sound. I don't know why. I just tell myself it's haunted.
Young Numismatist
Oh come on! I was the second bidder at $25
Oh, btw that's an entry post
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Entry Post.
This one was jinxed. It spent three weeks traveling from Ohio to California to Georgia, back to California, and back to Georgia.
The envelope arrived, the medal didn't. Envelope was torn and the medal went missing. It was packed loose.
Z
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Then off to ricko!> @braddick said:
Good point... If I win, please just send it to ricko!
Entry post. A jinxed coin:A 1913 cent found on Friday the 13th, in the 13th roll, while living at 13 Elm St. being 13 years of age, born on the 13th day at 3:13 AM.
Entry Post. I think this is just the beginning of the story for this coin.
Entry post. Thanks
Should we win my grandson (9) and an aspiring numismatist shall give it a good home. As for stories just the usual eBay related weird cancellation and shipping stories 😁
Thank you for the contest.
🎶 shout shout, let it all out 🎶
Will close this out soon...get your entries in
Entry post here, thank you. And if I win, then my story will be a continuation of the current one, since the coin will stay jinxed in my possession.