Hmm. Just found a whole box of stuff I'd forgotten about. Giveaway time! (***WINNERS IN TOP POST**

lordmarcovan

I'll stick my hand in the box and randomly pull something out, blindly. Sound like fun?

AND THE WINNERS ARE:

meos1- (based on his entry post, and since I haven't heard from him, he got coin #6, the Indian cent.) DBSTrader2- (got coin #5- the Greek 5-lepta.)XpipedreamR- (got coin #4- the Jamaican farthing.)DominusDeus- (got coin #1- the Japanese 1-sen.)theboz11- (got coin #2- the Lebanese lion.)a2labmom- (got coin #3- the Ottoman Egyptian one.)

Congratulations, winners.

I think everybody got their first pick, right? That's pretty cool that it worked out that way, if that's the case.

spinaker2000

depends on where you are sticking you hand!!

lordmarcovan

Into a box of what is probably nifty old coins, Mister Smartypants. But for you, I could put on a rubber glove and stick my hand in the kitty litter box, if you prefer.


Here's where I stuck my hand.





It's a... uh... Japanese 1-sen. It's dated, uh... mmm... aw, hell. It's an OLD Japanese 1-sen. Roy, would you or somebody else care to do the honors?

<< <i>The sen is a Meiji 20 (1887), 27.87mm, 17.3g of copper, mintage 22,249,580, V scales on the dragon (if you could see them), not cleaned recently (and perhaps not at all). I'd give it an F (75¢ in the 19th Century 3rd Ed. or ¥150 - that's ~$1.40 - in the 2004 JNDA). >>

Thanks, Roy. You're entered, though you didn't ask to be.

lordmarcovan

Let's pull out a couple more, just for giggles.

Coin two is a...



...Lebanese aluminum 10-piastre piece from 1952. Probably not worth the stamp it'll take to mail it to the lucky winner, but oh well. This is a truly random grab.

Coin number three is a...



...whatzit from the Ottoman Empire. Egypt? Turkey? I'll let somebody else do the attribution. Can you tell I am too lazy to pick up Krause at the moment?

a2labmom

Please enter me in your most generous give away. (and since I'm the first to request entry, do I get double entries?)

lordmarcovan

Guess I'll randomly pick a winner for each.

a2labmom

and I was picked for the Ottoman Empire coin? Thank you so much.

lordmarcovan

Since I'm on a roll, here (and eating a roll, at the same time), I guess I'll pull a few more. We'll do a half-dozen.

(Don't worry- I'll wash the garlic roll off my hands before I draw again.)

kuhli

sign me up. I'm feeling lucky today.

satootoko

The sen is a Meiji 20 (1887), 27.87mm, 17.3g of copper, mintage 22,249,580, V scales on the dragon (if you could see them), not cleaned recently (and perhaps not at all). I'd give it an F (75¢ in the 19th Century 3rd Ed. or ¥150 - that's ~$1.40 - in the 2004 JNDA).

CoinAddict

Please throw my name in the hat, LordM.

lordmarcovan

OK, here goes... I'll dip my hand in the box three more times, for a total of six coins. As of now it seems we have more giveaways than entries, so I'd say the odds look pretty good for y'all so far.

Coin number four is...



... an 1882 Jamaican farthing. Looks to be a nice VF-EF coin under that toning, but it sure could use a bath. I wonder if it is treatable.

Coin number five is...



...an 1869-BB Greek 5-lepta piece.

Coin number six is...



... an 1888 Indian head cent from some weird country I've never heard of.



Thus endeth the freebie selection. I literally put my hand in the box without looking and drew these out.

I'll select the winners after the summit is over.

0john0

A LordM giveaway! I'm in!!!

newsman

Cool! Please count me in.

DominusDeus

Ah HA! So i figured out how to date some of my Japanese stuff (and obviouslly, learnt how to read some of the stuff)...

So far, I have these:

Meiji 14 (1881) 2 Sen
Meiji 10 (1877) 1 Sen
Meiji 17 (1884) ½ Sen
Meiji 7 (1874) 1 Rin

Showa 19 (1944) 1 Sen
Showa 19 (1944) 5 Sen
Showa 13 (1938) 1 Sen
Showa 14 (1939) 1 Sen
Showa 16 (1941) 1 Sen
Showa 17 (1942) 5 Sen
Showa 15 (1940) 10 Sen
Showa 16 (1941) 10 Sen
Showa 20 (1945) 5 Sen
Showa 22 (1947) 10 Sen
Showa 24 (1949) 50 Sen
Showa 15 (1940) 5 Sen
Showa 9 (1934) 10 Sen
Showa 15 (1940) 10 Sen
Showa 14 (1939) 10 Sen
Showa 9 (1934) 5 Sen
Showa 17 (1942) 1 Sen

Taishou 11 (1922) 1 Sen
Taishou 12 (1923) 10 Sen
Taishou 13 (1924) 1 Sen
Taishou 11 (1922) 5 Sen


Pretty sure about 95% of thoes dates. Got a bunch of older stuff, too, but I'm pretty much lost when ut comes to reading those.

XpipedreamR

DBSTrader2

Please, Please, Please enter my name into the drawing!! I have my eye on either #4, #5, or #6!!

Thanks!

- - Dave

lordmarcovan

I don't yet know how I will assign the coins to the winners. Guess I'll draw the six winners, and the first who posted can have first pick of a prize, the second can have second choice, and so on down the line.

DominusDeus

first name you pull gets the first coin you posted, 2nd name gets 2nd coin and so on... makes sense to me...

lordmarcovan

I think I'll just do it this way: first name I pick gets first choice, second gets to choose next, and so on. This way, everybody gets a little bit of choice, except the sixth person, who wins whatever's left.

kamehameha00

Count me in please

SPEEDracer

Please enter me. Thanks.

nemesis93457

I'd love to be in and win something in 1958.....or anything for that matter.


Oh and HI 2LabMom.............Walt

lordmarcovan

If you wanna win something in 1958, I'd say you're a little too late.

You might win something in 2004, though!

GoldCoinLover

Enter me in please, LordM.

Philip

#3 puzzles me a lot... It is dated 1293AH, which corresponds to 1876AD, but this is the "frozen year" indicating the start of the reign of Abdul Hamid II. Regnal year is somewhat obscured due to pic size, but looks like R.Y. 10. The reverse tells me that the denomination is 5 something, most likely "Kurush"... problem is there is no Turkish 5 Kurush listed in Krause for year 10 . In fact, no coins dated R.Y. 10 are to be found at all.

My quick conclusion is that the coin is not turkish. Will look up Krause tonite

Shipcoin

I definetely would like to enter! looks like a great fun! Thanks for the chance, Rob! ... try to stick some ship coins

canadiancoinguy

Enter me please!

cosmicdebris

tbirde56

Please enter me as well.

phut

Am I too late?
When you stick your hand in a box of darkside, does it come out on the other side of the universe?

Dennis88

Please count me in....

Dennis

1957joe

Please enter me in your givaway. Sounds like fun to me!!!!!!!
Thanks,
Joe

Blackhawk

Thanks for the chance Rob!

theboz11

There may be a chance for me to win that little lion on coin number #2, please enter me in your wonderful giveaway

ibzman350

Not too late, am I ??


Herb

Cherwood

Count me in please! Thanks!

drjules

Lord M please enter me in the giveaway

Dr J

laserart

I better enter now. Thanks LM.

ddbird

If they all arnt gone...Plz enter me! Thanks for the oppertunity!

CoinHusker

Please enter this lowly husker. thanks LordM!!!

meos1

Please enter me too! That Indian head excites me, I don't have single one in my collection.

Dan

oldshep

Wow - I got back from out of town just in time - please enter my name sir!!!!
Shep

vrtech99sboss

Neat coins, LordM. I'd like it if you'd put my name in the hat too! Thank you!

thepunkrockcoinguy

Please enter me. I haven't gotten any coins in a really long time because I don't have any money. thanks

mojoman

Hi, Please enter me in your great giveaway ,i love old world coins thanks ,Dave MOJOMAN

ColinCMR

please enter me too!

Philip

Research complete, #3 is from Egypt, 5/10 Qirsh and is a somewhat better year than the rest of the series

Stork

Uh-oh, did I miss a giveaway? If not, please enter my name too


Cathy

Boom

Man, I'm always a day late and a dollar short. Please put me in this thing too!

coincopwife

If you haven't picked the winners yet, please enter me. Thanks!

If you'd enter Coincop too, I'm sure he'd appreciate it. He's a little busy and can't get to the forums.