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1000th post giveaway -- UPDATE with winner

newsmannewsman Posts: 2,658 ✭✭✭
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Thanks primarily to the darkside, this is my 1000th post, so I'm giving away one of the coins which first got me interested in darkside collecting. It's a 1895EE (1903) gersh from Ethiopia, KM12, with a portrait of the Emperor Menelik II on the obverse and the Lion of Judah on the reverse. I became interested in collecting foreign coins after buying a bunch of these coins at street markets when I lived in Ethiopia as a teenager, and I wanted to share one with a lucky winner. Just post to enter, and I'll draw a name sometime in the next couple of days. image

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The winner, chosen by random drawing, is the lucky 13th entry: Stork! Thanks to all who entered. image

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  • historygeekhistorygeek Posts: 792
    Enter me.
    Corrupting youth since 2004
  • drjulesdrjules Posts: 1,683
    Please me into the giveaway
    Place holder for when I move some stuff via ebay, don't look just yet

    My omnicoin collection (or how my coin photography has progressed)
  • trozautrozau Posts: 3,455 ✭✭✭
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    trozau (troy ounce gold)
  • wybritwybrit Posts: 6,967 ✭✭✭
    ttt for those who are interested...
    Former owner, Cambridge Gate collection.
  • anteante Posts: 92
    Please, enter me in the giveaway!

    Thanks!
  • Dennis88Dennis88 Posts: 5,797 ✭✭✭
    Please count me in!!!

    Dennis
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  • laserartlaserart Posts: 2,255 ✭
    Collecting world coins is addictive isn't it? Throw me in the mix too.
    "If I had a nickel for every nickel I ever had, I'd have all my nickels back".
  • TROUT70TROUT70 Posts: 219
    please enter me . thanks for the giveaway.
  • BailathaclBailathacl Posts: 1,041 ✭✭✭
    Enter me, with thanks....!
    "The Internet? Is that thing still around??" - Homer Simpson
  • kuhlikuhli Posts: 501
    Chuck,

    Don't enter me in your giveaway. I am narrowing down my collection, and don't want to get any coins that may start me on another tangent.

    But I gotta ask....


    << <i> became interested in collecting foreign coins after buying a bunch of these coins at street markets when I lived in Ethiopia as a teenager, >>



    So, they weren't really foreign, were they?? imageimageimageimage
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    I'm afraid to be alive without being aware of it

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  • newsmannewsman Posts: 2,658 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Chuck,

    Don't enter me in your giveaway. I am narrowing down my collection, and don't want to get any coins that may start me on another tangent.

    But I gotta ask....


    << <i> became interested in collecting foreign coins after buying a bunch of these coins at street markets when I lived in Ethiopia as a teenager, >>



    So, they weren't really foreign, were they?? imageimageimageimage >>



    Good point. image
  • MadMartyMadMarty Posts: 16,697 ✭✭✭
    Me too!
    It is not exactly cheating, I prefer to consider it creative problem solving!!!

  • CoinHuskerCoinHusker Posts: 5,033 ✭✭✭
    Thank you for the kind offer, please enter me.
    Collecting coins, medals and currency featuring "The Sower"
  • CoconutCoconut Posts: 114
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  • GoldCoinLoverGoldCoinLover Posts: 1,244
    Enter me please
  • StorkStork Posts: 5,206 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Me too please! I agree: image



    Cathy

  • BlackhawkBlackhawk Posts: 3,899 ✭✭✭
    Please enter me, and thanks for the chance.
    "Have a nice day!"
  • SYRACUSIANSYRACUSIAN Posts: 6,461 ✭✭✭✭
    Congratulations on the 1000th post, this is a very nice lion, please do not enter me because I've already won quite a few giveaways from you, but good luck to the others, you don't see Ethiopian nice coins everyday. image
    Dimitri



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  • historygeekhistorygeek Posts: 792
    Why were you or your family in Ethiopia? We want to hear the story.image
    Corrupting youth since 2004
  • 1jester1jester Posts: 8,637 ✭✭✭
    Congrats, Newsman, on the accomplishment. You are a valued asset to the Darkside.

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    PS: Don't enter me in your giveaway, though.....but if you want, you can send me some more nice old Brazilian coins....image
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  • newsmannewsman Posts: 2,658 ✭✭✭
    ttt if anyone else is interested. I'll draw a name tonight. image
  • cosmicdebriscosmicdebris Posts: 12,332 ✭✭✭
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    Bill

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  • 0john00john0 Posts: 485
    Please enter me in the giveaway, and congrats on the milestone. It has been nice having you around.
    -john
    Wanted: High grade Irish (Republic of Ireland, not Northern Ireland or British) coins, slabbed and unslabbed. Also looking for Proof and Uncirculated Sets
    PM with info.

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  • StorkStork Posts: 5,206 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Cool giveaway! I got the coin today--I love the ones with personal history. I was also able to add another stork to the collection thanks to Newsman..the one from 1996 Armenia--Chess Olympiad...at least it looks like a stork to me, though I may be biased image

    Thank you!


    Cathy

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