Contest: Help Coinguy1 With an Idea for his 1001th Post!

Clankeye

Coinguy1 (Mark Feld) has been stuck at 999 for two days now in his post count.

Obviously, he is totally out of ideas and drifting aimlessly and without purpose. He has been rendered mute by the gravity of the Big 1000 staring him in the face. What should his 1000th post be about?

Should it be an apology for his first 999 posts?

Should it be a flaming condemnation of the forum and every single person who posts to it? A total meltdown, unequaled in the history of the PCGS coin forum?

Should it be an admission he was, in fact, Kincoin?

I hereby announce a contest. He who comes up with the best suggestion for Coinguy1's monumental 1000th post... will win a starring role in the "Good Morning Class" series. They will also win a "mystery coin" AND.... and this is the best part: Coinguy1 himself will personaly respond to no less than three of your posts, remarking on your intelligence, wit, and obvious numismatic genius.

Let the contest begin! Start throwing out those ideas folks. Poor Coinguy1 needs your help badly!!!!!!!

*Note: the winner will be selected by the Coinguy himself.
**Additional Note: The contest is now for post 1001!

wingedliberty

Carl:
I think since Mark has such vast experience in the hobby, it should be a story about
his most outrageous numismatic experience/transaction.

Brian.

edited because I misspelled transaction.

LucyBop

He should post his top ten reason on why he loves the Franklin half!

wingedliberty

Lucy:
I thought I converted you to dimes.


Brian.

LucyBop

and if Coinguy has time, through in a few lines on Winged Liberty's!

KlectorKid

He should post a message to me saying that i can have 1 coin from his inventory if i spell Mississippi.

nwcs

I believe that coinguy should write a limerick about coins...

There once was a coin named Morgan,
who practiced on the church organ
She let out a shudder
when she heard someone mutter
'bout a timeshare in Oregon

wingedliberty

Kid:
Even if its the cheapest coin from his inventory, I am fine with that.


Brian.

DHeath

Let's see, "Classics vs Moderns", nah. That's been done. How about "Toned vs Blast White"? Nah, it's a repeat too. How about "US Coins vs Darkside"? Nah, it's like the blame Canada stuff. How about "Raw vs Holdered". Nah, no new material there either. OK, I got it. How about "How sitting in a dark room for 10 hours a day looking at the crap you guys think is priceless at a rate of 600 coins a day ruined my love of coins. I carry nothing but plastic in my pocket anymore." Wait, I got it! "How the kind of material submitted changed while I was a grader at NGC" by Mark Feld, would be an interesting read. Even if it isn't # 1000, I'd like to read it sometime.

airplanenut

It'll be a a list... top 10 (painful) things he wants to do to FedEx employees right now

KlectorKid

If he chooses my topic i will choose the 1883 PCGS PR67 $5 Liberty its only, what 75,000?

RGL

Don about has it ... How about, drawing on Mark's grading experience: A Top 10 list of why the average numismatist tends to misgrade/overgrade his/her coins, the mistakes made and how/why they are overlooked?

sinin1

I think it should be a reply to a thought provoking coin thread such as this.

IrishMike

I think Mark should tell us when a full head is a full head or is it a nearly a full head on a 1916 SLQ. See this one in the Bowers Sale and click on Lot detail. Fullhead

nwcs

I'm on a roll..

There once was a coin from nantucket
Stored for years in a bucket
It acquired lots of tone
Yet the luster thru it shone
And all the blast white people said yucket

1jester

The most suiting topic to commemorate his momentous achievement (should he actually get there...) would be one grand giveaway! Don't you think?

KlectorKid

if he doesnt like my idea, then i agree with the above

fcloud

Just a thought--I would like to hear about why and how the coin market turned around with the advent of the top three grading companies, and what the services are doing to keep it that way.

coinguy1

KlectorKid

did i win

MrKelso

He should do an essay on the Top 100 Vam's

airplanenut

I say his 1000th post will be something like:

"Carl,

I absolutely loved your coinguy's 1000th, contest post, as written - it made me laugh numerous times and made me think a bit too (what if I am Kincoin? ).

I am so glad I left the wording up to you (boy was I smart about that!). I never would have written anything that good, guaranteed.

Thanks again!
Mark "

Jeremy

MrKelso

<< <i>I'm on a roll..

There once was a coin from nantucket
Stored for years in a bucket
It acquired lots of tone
Yet the luster thru it shone
And all the blast white people said yucket >>




That was a good one

DHeath

Edited? Man, and I was sure I was right.

IrishMike

Don, I like your idea, but I still would like to hear his opinion on whether that 1916 SLQ is full head or not. Maybe we should have a thread where he has to answer all of our questions, none of which can be screened a head of time.

Clankeye

ATTENTION! The contest is not over. The official contest is now: Help Coinguy1 write his 1001th post.

It has been disclosed that Coinguy1 was in fact thinking that he was writing a PM to me, to admit that, yes he was without a clue what to do for his 1000th post and thought the contest to be a very good idea. In his haste to tell me this, he inadvertently posted to the thread, instead of sending the PM.

Now, what does this tell us?

That he is in worse shape than we thought! People, he needs our help more than ever now. His 1000th post is.... a blank space! He is in desperate need of ideas for 1001. And he is willing to abide by the agreement of the contest.

Help him, for pity sake, help him!

MrKelso

There once was a coin called a Morgan
who's beauty has rivaled the orchid.
Through history she came
and she still looks the same,
but in plastic she now looks all awkward.

LucyBop

I was about to say here is CoinGuy1's 1000th post, and I quote:

" "

marcmoish

His 1000th post says it all.

Sometimes, silence is Golden!


Marc

Wisconsin

I got it!!

Mark has undoubtably helped most of us at one time or another when it comes to coin questions and grading issues. I know he has personally helped me many times in the last few months. He seems to be a very giving person, and asks nothing in return for all the help he gives us all.

My idea is for Mark to think back and do a post about what he has learned from all of us during his last 999 posts. I am sure there must be a few things that even the coinguy himself has learned, and I would like to hear about them. Maybe it is not about coins, but about this group of people, or anything at all.

Jay

airplanenut

I revert to my initial answer...

Mark

Personally, I'd like to hear of the best 24 hours Mark has experienced in numismatics. Or else the greatest coin he has ever handled.

Mark

Clankeye

Some very good ideas filtering in here so far.

I bet it's having the same effect as when Dorothy oiled the Tin Man in The Wizard of Oz.

Coinguy1's jaw is starting to squeak. It's moving a little. His eyes are blinking.

C'mon! A few more ideas for the Coinguy. It's working. I can just feel it.

KlectorKid

After thinking more about my other posts i have decided that he should give me his Whole inventory

cladking

An explanation for his icon. Yea, that's the ticket. Why is your beaker bubbling and why
are you seemingly puzzled? ... And why are you still wearing your mortarboard.

Since I starred last week, it's someone else's turn if I win. Right Clankeye?

DHeath

OK Mark. Let's try this. The grading standard is defined in much the same way the english language is. English and the grading standard both constantly evolve based on common usage. Websters accepts new words into the lexicon based on common usage. The grading standard has been in flux for the last few years, primarily because of the increased demand for quality from the collecting community. The services are evolving in response to the demands of the collecting community. Grading to the satisfaction of the experienced collector has become difficult because the increased attention being paid to Gem+ coins has drawn attention to the coins previously graded to a less stringent standard. Ultimately, the services will balance the need for improved grading and the legacy of existing holdered coins by..........


BTW - I also like "The junk that you guys submit almost made me go blind".

nwcs

OK, I gotta do three. We know all good things come in threes...

There once was a grader named Mark
Who eyed a coin's grade like a shark
He collected the best
And threw away the rest
So now he posts on a lark

nwcs

OK, I have one more before I head back to watching sunday night football

There once was a bard named Clank
Writing here really turned his crank
Each Monday he will write
What seems good in his sight
So we all know who to thank!

(Neil, shamelessly sucking up for a role!)

ccr

There once was a dealer
who put out a feeler
to see who could guess the grade.
Much to his dismay
he had to say
there where too many responses to wade.

Hope your next 1000 posts are as good if not better then the first 1000. How about recapping a few highlights of your days at NGC? There probably some really memorable coins that has come through NGC.

robertpr

OK, for the 1001st post I would like to see Mark guest write the next episode of "Good Morning Class"! Incidentally, I didn't see an episode this past week...

cladking

Great contest but poor Coinguy1 must be chomping at the bit to post something.
How about amending the rules to have an "honorary" 1001st post at the conclu-
sion of the contest so he doesn't have to wait.

Clankeye

WHAAAAATT????!!!!!!!!

I finally put you in one-- practically make you the star of it-- and you MISSED it?

Okay, here's your home work, Robert:

Good Morning Class Starring Robertpr

And I really like your idea of making Mark write the next one. I heartily endose that. But... I'm not the one who is going to be selecting the winning idea here.

cladking

OK. How about a dissertation on the future effects on the classics if the trends
toward high quality continue and on likely trends to develop. Any thoughts at all
on the future of classic series would be extremely interesting to many.

dpoole

I think Mark should tell us of his deepest love, of his hopes and dreams, his profoundest fears, his raptuous joys He should tell us of how he has redched for Heaven, and touched an angel;of how his soul has soared and caught the briefest gimpse of enraptured peace and oneness with Time and the Universe. he should speak of eons past, when men knew Nature as a sheltering mother and a rampaging demon. He should tell us of his vision, his far-seeing, visceral wisdom , wherein he sees the destiny of all Mankind, living in goodness and brotherhood.

Or he could tell us if he has any special deals on some nice wheat Lincolns (PCGS preferred) for his buddies here.

cladking

I remember his third or fourth post he said that he wouldn't have much
time to post here. Two days later he had a higher average post per day
than I. Perhaps his 1001st post could be used for an explanation.

robertpr

Hey Clank I finally caught it thanks to your link. I even did a search for it and couldn't find it!

leothelyon

What would the Rock say!

Leo

Clankeye

Oh, this is too good! Yes, yes... I demand an answer to all these things!

I for one agree with Cladking, that the rules of the contest (which are as undefined as my principles) could be fudged to actually let Coinguy1 start interacting on this thread. The response, the answer, the essay... which he finally must write to address the winning suggestion, could be considered a symbolic 1000th post.

I do believe he's hiding though.

Clankeye

cladking

Think we scared him?

Clankeye

After a snip-snip here, snip-snip there, and a couple of fa-la-la's... the rumor has that a well-oiled Coinguy1 has actually reviewed some of the boards suggestions and is moving toward making his post.

It is not too late however to still offer Mr. Feld your heart-felt suggestions on topics you would like to see him address. A winner to this contest will be announced some time later this morning or afternoon.

One thousand posts. An incredible milestone.

And thousands more still to come.

I have held off posing the question that I would sincerely like Mark to address, but I shall ask it now. The time has come. The moment is here...

...don't you owe me money?

Clankeye and Sons
Historic Revisionists

kieferscoins

Do something crontroversial or something that is not know to alot of normal coin collectors. Behind the scene dealings you have seen, etc.

Cameron Kiefer