Because All of You Are Soo Great. How About an Anaconda Rare Coins Cointest! Winner and Grade Revea

poorguy

To say thanks to all the great folks on these boards, I've decided to do something most of you have wanted us to do for a looong time. Sure, it's not a $10,000 coin but it's still one of the coolest kennedy half dollars I've ever seen.

The contest will be "Guess the Grade!" It won't matter who gets it right, every entry will be a name in a hat from which I will pull the winner, but the ones who got the grade right will get two names in the hat, increasing their odds.

Ok, Grade the Kennedy and answer these questions in this order on your post. The kennedy pictured is the one that you will win. I will post the grade and winners tomorrow 02/03/2005 before noon.

Is it graded by PCGS, NGC, ANACS, ICG, or is it Raw? (correct answer gets one chance in the hat)

What is the numeric grade/net grade? (correct answer gets another chance in the hat)

What is your all-time favorite word and why? (ok, this is just for style points but the best one will get 2 chances in the hat.)

Ok, the cointest is over. Three members nailed the grade/service right on the head. One came close with the grade but missed the service.

mikebombs: NGC MS63
TUMUSS: PCGS MS63
Hedger: PCGS MS63
highvizballs: PCGS MS63

Everyone who put a fav word got an extra name in the hat, the 4 above got an extra name in the hat + an extra for the fav word. I had about 200 pieces of paper in that darn hat, well, more like a bag. Anyways, I pulled out a name and the winner is.....................ccdragon.

ccdragon, please PM me your address so I can send you the coin.



Very Very Cool. This was quite fun. I think that we might start making this a regular thing. Once a month giveaway of some coins in our inventory.




This one's for you Eric, since you don't fancy the shot I took showing the color.

dbldie55

I grade it BU (Butt Ugly)

K6AZ

<< <i>I grade it BU (Butt Ugly) >>





I think it would look a lot better without the diffused lighting.

FC57Coins

OK - I'll play - NGC MS66

CharlesDarwin

NGC MS66*

Favorite word: abecedarian, because it's a great word to describe a newbie.

CD

Gonfunko

Ok...looking into my crystal ball......
The coin is NGC certified MS-66*.
My favorite word is flagellum because it sounds extremely wrong and is part of a micro-organism.

Thanks for the chance!

Smittys

MS 66 PCGS
I'm Game enter me.


Smitty

tlhoy

I'll answer after Russ.

Glenn

mgoodm3

NGC MS67.

mgoodm3

favorite word: apoplexy

poptopsRus

Ok I'll give her a shot

NGC

MS65

orgasmic

nwcs

NGC 65*

My favorite word... Hmmm, I would say love because without it life would be bereft of any joy or delight.

FC57Coins

My favorite word is Avunclar - Because that's what I try to be

Elcontador

I have no idea re grading Kennedy Halves, as I don't collect them, but my favorite word is popozuda. It's Brasilian Portuguese for a woman with a big butt; it's my favorite word because it just rolls off of the tongue.

Scavenger

Raw - MS67 - Aloha, because you're not sure whether they're coming or going.

dthigpen

NGC

MS65

Superfluous, Just because it's often so appropriate.

Merc

Wow, I normally never see coin contests until they are over.

I'll guess the coin is raw.

The cheek is clean but there is some strike weakness on the reverse on the eagle's head and the lower shield. Grade: MS66

Favorite word: Superfluous. The word sounds neat saying it and it defines itself! It means wordy. If you use a word like superfluous you are being wordy.

I didn't steal the favorite word from the above poster. I starting writing my post before anyone else posted. Then I had to talk to my boss before I could finish. I can't believe someone else chose the same word as me. At least I defined my word. Some people are misspelling thier favorite words Avuncular has 2 u's, not 1.

MadMonk

ICG

MS65

Dichotomy...because it taught me a lot about life, and human nature.

TerrapinWill

I don't know anything about grading, but since it doesnt cost to guess, I will.

I'll say the coin was graded by ANACS, and that it graded MS66

My favorite word? Antidisestablishmentarianism----some one told me it was the longest word in the Oxford dictionary.

Vet

Raw and AU

rlawsha

PCGS

MS65

EDITED because I forgot to add my favorite word: hierarchical

I used to love having my Cisco students try to pronounce it!

pharmer

Thanks for the fun contest...

NGC ms66

My favorite word is parsimonious, because it describes my approach to acquisition of coins, and because you have given me my first opportunity to use it in a sentence.

keets

NGC MS65.

al h.

cdan12

ngc, MS-66*

Neptune

NGC MS-65

word: 'groovy' because it's kewl

relayer

Service - NGC
Grade - 66
My favorite word: It's hard to pick because there are so many good ones, but I'll go with hysteresis. The thermostat controlling your heating or AC would constantly go on and off without hysteresis (which is the only time I was ever able to use the word).

NumisOxide

NGC MS65

When talking about coins liberty is my favorite word because I like the coin designs with liberty the women on it.

Heywood

1). NGC
2). MS-64 I think the bag marks below the Ear and weak reverse drop it down. ( Maybe a star, but not sure it is NGC, and don't want to blow it if it is PCGS or ANACS)

3). Word- Tintinnabulation, because it is an excellent example of onomatopoeia.

Thanks for the chance(S?)!!!!!

seanq

ICG MS66 (one aside - what would you NGC66* people grade it if the reverse were struck with a die instead of a marshmallow? )

And my favorite word... "Daddy", because of the two little girls I get to hear say it every night when I get home from work.


Sean Reynolds

TONEDDOLLARS

PCGS 64 Favorite word- YES

nalamolly5

1. anacs
2. net grade ms60 AT
3. duplicitous

thanks for the chance,
jose

Bustman

Ngc
MS65
flog

IrishMike

NGC
66
calamari: sounds neat and when folks realize what they are eating when you tell them what it is, never fails to bring on a pained expression.

TayTay

ANACS
66
Bamboozled

Bochiman

Great year

I would say NGC MS65*
Favorite word is nookie (can I say that here?)....I don't think I can explain it though and it should be self-explanatory

Coinhusker1

NGC

MS-66

Superfluous -- Because it is a cool way to say something is unnecssesary, overdone, beat to death, etc.

clackamas

PCGS
MS66
FW: Clackamas

ClausUrch

PCGS
MS64
schadenfreude-because no one knows what it means.

etexmike

NGC

MS65*

Salvation--because we have all earned it even if we don't deserve it.

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etexmike

kryptonitecomics

PCGS MS66

Favorite word would be: pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis (a miners' lung disease caused by inhaling silica)

Here's another:

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tlhoy

NGC MS65*

Ferengi - Because I love Deep Space 9 and the Ferengi are

Glenn

islemangu

ICG
MS65
Sashimi

You're soo nice for this giveaway

MacCrimmon

NGC 67*

Favorite word? Tort.

poorguy

I think it would look a lot better without the diffused lighting.

XpipedreamR

NGC MS65


cheese...you have to ask why?

fountainheadgold

anacs ms66

Honor

raycyca

PCI graded it 67. Ray

sumdunce

NGC MS64

Erudite, because to understand it you have to be it.

indianabyron

Ill take a try at this one. It is graded by ngc ms66 so there is my try so i get and entry even if im way off.

Byron

You know what im going to drop the grade bacause I see hits on the face of the coin even though the colors are nice the hits are a bit distracting. so its a NGC MS64


Byron

BigGreek

ANACS

MS-66

dinner

66Tbird

64 Raw,

schadenfreude has always been my word also. In grade school we were toll that every feeling has name. So I describe that feeling and the teacher said there was not a word for it. "But you just said every feeling has name" was my response. Bingo, wrong answer, after class see me please little Johnny. It was years later I found the word while drinking with a man from Holland. Then I forgot it and had to find it again by asking for it on the Open forum. Spell it on demand, no way, but I know its out there if I had to find it.