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10000 posts and 2 year anniversary giveaway.(Winners posted)

mgoodm3mgoodm3 Posts: 17,497 ✭✭✭
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I've been here 2 years today and also cross 10k posts today. For this glorious occasion I will be giving away four coins, all good dates, but in worn condition. Give everyone out there some sort of advice, tip, factoid, picture whatever and you will be entered. One of the coins will go to a YN, so let me know who you are. I'll run this through the weekend and conclude things around noon Monday.

Here's what you could be winning:

WINNERS: Taytay (for son), eyoung429, joefro, coinjp

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    dthigpendthigpen Posts: 3,932 ✭✭
    Very generous giveaway!

    The primary advice that I give every collector is to learn the history behind every coin in their collection and learn to appreciate it as much as you you do the aesthetics of the coin itself.
    Mr. Thigpen

    Self Indulgence | Holey Coins | Flickr Photostream
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    goose3goose3 Posts: 11,471 ✭✭✭
    Great Coins!!!!

    My advice is to learn a lot before you spend even a little!
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    laserartlaserart Posts: 2,255 ✭
    Nice giveaway and congratulations on the 10K.
    My only advice is to make coin collecting fun. Collect what you can afford and don't let anyone persuede you to do otherwise. If you like it, do it
    "If I had a nickel for every nickel I ever had, I'd have all my nickels back".
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    partagaspartagas Posts: 2,056 ✭✭✭
    Cool give away. Thanks for the chance.

    1866 was the first year the motto "In God We Trust" was placed on the reverse of all coins for production. Although the 1866 S half dollar has two varieties. With motto common. And a no motto issue which is scarce, in any grade.
    If I say something in the woods, and my wife isn't around. Am I still wrong?
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    DickyBetzDickyBetz Posts: 3,825
    Thanks for the chance and congrats on 10,000!

    My advice is to collect what you like, not what everyone else likes.

    By the way, I am a YN.image



    Edited for grammer.
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    jcpingjcping Posts: 2,649 ✭✭✭
    Cool.

    Buy books before you buy any coin. Buy coins not the plastic.
    an SLQ and Ike dollars lover
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    mhammermanmhammerman Posts: 3,769 ✭✭✭
    When buying a coin, look at the edges...the lip of the rim, the fields just inside of the rim, the flat surfaces of the rim, and the uniformity of the rim. This little examination will tell you a lot about the coin before you get to the fields, mottos, and devices. Oh yes, please enter myself in your outstanding give-a-way.
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    ERER Posts: 7,345 ✭
    Just want to say congrats, Mark.image
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    RedneckHBRedneckHB Posts: 20,249 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Congrats and thanks for all the great pics over the past 2 years.

    Dont be afraid to spend a little extra for that special coin.
    Excuses are tools of the ignorant

    Knowledge is the enemy of fear

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    PrethenPrethen Posts: 3,466 ✭✭✭
    As you advance as a collector, look towards some of the underappreciated series that few non-collectors know about. "Values" galore abound in these series, such as the 2-cent and 3-cent (both) series. You can get you hands on some old time coins from around the Civil War and on that are really cool and not too bad for most coin budgets. Both business strikes and proofs of these series can be very nice additions to anyone's collection and at relatively reasonable prices.
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    agentjim007agentjim007 Posts: 6,256 ✭
    heres some advise..buy my coins.
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    SmittysSmittys Posts: 9,877 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Congrats on 10,000 and WOW what a giveaway.

    Don't get catch up in the plastic jungle, raw coins are beautiful too!
    https://www.ebay.com/str/christyscoins
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    saintgurusaintguru Posts: 7,728 ✭✭✭
    Only buy coins that you are totally happy with. If you buy it just to fill a slot and don't really like it, every time you look at it you will groan.
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    mgoodm3mgoodm3 Posts: 17,497 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Only buy coins that you are totally happy with. If you buy it just to fill a slot and don't really like it, every time you look at it you will groan. >>



    So you're basically saying that you'll be doing a giveaway eventually.image
    coinimaging.com/my photography articles Check out the new macro lens testing section
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    Steve27Steve27 Posts: 13,285 ✭✭✭
    Please throw my name in the hat, and congrats!

    Factoid: PVC is not actually the problem with PVC flips, it's the plasticizer (which makes the PVC soft) di-2-ethylhexyl-phthalate (DEHP).
    "It's far easier to fight for principles, than to live up to them." Adlai Stevenson
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    nankrautnankraut Posts: 4,565 ✭✭✭
    Great givaway!
    Advice: Before you buy that coin, consider whether you might wait a little longer, save a little more money, and then buy the next higher grade. If it looks too good to be true, keep your money and walk away.
    I'm the Proud recipient of a genuine "you suck" award dated 1/24/05. I was accepted into the "Circle of Trust" on 3/9/09.
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    RYKRYK Posts: 35,801 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Expect to pay up for quality.
    My Box of 20: https://pcgs.com/setregistry/collectors-showcase/box-20/ryks-gold-box-20/17132
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    ERER Posts: 7,345 ✭
    Oh yeah, my advice to you: Go work for Heritage as their chief photographer, when you retire from your current job.image
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    eyoung429eyoung429 Posts: 6,374 ✭
    Read.....obtain a similar coin to get a feel of what you are looking for then .....

    Research....can I get a better coin at a lesser price from an unknown individual rather than pay 5% more from a person/dealer with a reputation?

    Relish.....you will enjoy your coins better if you use patience to find the coin that "hits the spot" rather than suffering a coin that you will want to replace for the same cost.

    Please enter me in this fabulous givaway and CONGRATS!!! On your 10K!!!!!
    This is a very dumb ass thread. - Laura Sperber - Tuesday January 09, 2007 11:16 AM image

    Hell, I don't need to exercise.....I get enough just pushing my luck.
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    cosmicdebriscosmicdebris Posts: 12,332 ✭✭✭
    Cool giveaway.

    Tip: Don't be arfraid of the darkside.image
    Bill

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    09/07/2006
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    BaleyBaley Posts: 22,663 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Wow, awesome giveaway! image
    Congrats on your milestones and thanks for your participation, as always teriffic pictures.

    My advice for collectors would be to read and participate in these forums, their value is immense.

    Liberty: Parent of Science & Industry

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    ShamikaShamika Posts: 18,785 ✭✭✭✭


    Don't collect coins if you think you'll make big bucks doing it. YOU WON'T.

    Okay, maybe you will. But consider yourself very lucky if you do.



    If you don't absolutely LOVE a coin the first time you lay eyes on it, DON'T BUY IT.
    Buyer and seller of vintage coin boards!
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    Iampoorman2Iampoorman2 Posts: 207 ✭
    Never discuss religion or politics, unless you are in a church or the White House.
    A 1943 copper Lincoln will still only buy a gumball out of the machine, but you can purchase the machine and the store with that same cent.
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    coinfreak499coinfreak499 Posts: 1,720
    My advice is always ask the seller if they have a return policy (especially if it was sight unseen) and don't be afraid to go through the hassle of returning it.

    thanks for the chance and I'm a YN.
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    laserartlaserart Posts: 2,255 ✭


    << <i>Cool giveaway.

    Tip: Don't be arfraid of the darkside.image >>

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    "If I had a nickel for every nickel I ever had, I'd have all my nickels back".
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    xbobxbob Posts: 1,979 ✭
    Fantastic giveaway. Congrats on the milestones!

    My advice: Don't buy a book until it's available. I think CPG2 thought many of us that lesson.
    -Bob
    collections: Maryland related coins & exonumia, 7070 Type set, and Video Arcade Tokens.
    The Low Budget Y2K Registry Set
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    13PacesEast13PacesEast Posts: 712 ✭
    sweeeeet.

    my advice - practice safe sex. then when you've had enough practice, do it for real.
    know what you don't know.

    hi, i'm tom.

    i do not doctor coins like some who post in here.

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    RalphP13RalphP13 Posts: 368
    I've enjoyed many of your pics.

    ADVICE: If it looks too good to be true... It probably is
    (Old but true adage)


    Thanks, Ralph
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    numobrinumobri Posts: 1,473 ✭✭✭


    imagecongrats on 10000th post.

    Advice,Join a local coin club if possable.


    Brian
    NUMO
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    OrbOrb Posts: 88
    Great coins!

    Congrats on the milestone!

    Buy what you like. Spend only what you can afford. Enjoy the coins you have.

    Don't fret over the ones that "got away".
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    ecosecos Posts: 391 ✭
    Congrats on the 10K and 2 yrs on the same day!!! What a Ka-winky-dink!

    advice:
    Coins are art as well as history; buy coins that move you.
    Use PVC-free flips (Safe-T Flips)! Vigerous use of PVC flips can cause blindness and hairy palms! image
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    XpipedreamRXpipedreamR Posts: 8,059 ✭✭
    Congrats!



    My tip? Don't take any wooden nickels (unless they're in a reputable TPG company slab).



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    NumisOxideNumisOxide Posts: 11,051 ✭✭✭✭✭
    First of all, congrats on 10,000 posts and your 2 year anniversary here!!!

    My advice:
    When you're searching for your next coin, remember patience is a virtue. Take your time and look at many coins of a particular date before buying it. You will enjoy the coin much longer.

    For us YN's. I suggest to save up money for that coin that may be out of reach. Even if you have to wait several months to get it.
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    prooflikeprooflike Posts: 3,879 ✭✭
    My advice is to not buy bttom tier TPG slabs unless you know what you are doing and see them in person. Those coins typically are in those slabs because they wouldn't cut it in a real slab.
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    dorkkarldorkkarl Posts: 12,691 ✭✭✭
    sheesh, just took a look, & i'm near 10000 as well!

    maybe i'll give away a sack of plastic shards....

    K S
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    moneyhungrymoneyhungry Posts: 208
    imageimage Congratulations!!! Grateful to have people like you !!! ALL the knowledge image
    Still Learning.
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    joefrojoefro Posts: 1,872 ✭✭
    Wow great giveaway and congrats on 10,000 posts!!! Here is the best advice that I have received since joining these forums and would still be going down the wrong path if I hadn't been corrected:

    It is much much more fulfilling to save up and buy a couple of really great coins every year that take a few months to save up for. This is much better that buying a cheap widget everytime you see one selling for a "good deal" on eBay. You'll quickly end up with 100 crap coins that are all easily replaced.

    BUY KEYS AND SEMI-KEYS, NOT WIDGETS! image

    Thanks again for the chance!
    Lincoln Cent & Libertad Collector
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    BochimanBochiman Posts: 25,790 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Congrats Mark ! image

    My tip would be:
    Look at your coins in natural (sun) light. You don't want to be negatively surprised if the lighting hides something that you see in natural light later and you want to make sure to buy the right coin the first time.
    Poor lighting can hide hairlines, spots, ugly toning, small dings, etc.

    I've been told I tolerate fools poorly...that may explain things if I have a problem with you. Current ebay items - Nothing at the moment

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    HeywoodHeywood Posts: 1,246 ✭✭✭
    congrats on the double milestone-

    Factoid- There were more kennedy half dollars minted in 1964 than all of the Frankilins.


    A witty saying proves nothing- Voltaire (1694 - 1778)



    An error does not become truth by reason of multiplied propagation, nor

    does the truth become error because nobody will see it. -Mohandas K. Gandhi (1869-1948)
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    mtnmanmtnman Posts: 576 ✭✭✭✭
    Nice give away. Great pictures as usual.
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    F117ASRF117ASR Posts: 1,416 ✭✭✭
    Excellent. Congrats!

    TIP: When looking for the 1966 SMS Kennedy Half with the missing initials, look for the particularly shiny ones. They were made from highly polished dies.
    Beware of the flying monkeys!
    Aerospace Structures Engineer
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    vega1vega1 Posts: 941 ✭
    Nice giveaway, thanks.

    Hopefully someone didn't already say it...... When collecting, quality over quantity. Patience will be the best friend your collection ever had.
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    SandhawkSandhawk Posts: 1,154 ✭✭✭

    My advice is -

    Never look a gift horse in the mouthv !!

    Please enter my 5 year old son in your drawing



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    airplanenutairplanenut Posts: 22,803 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Always be ready to listen and learn.

    Cool giveaway, and congrats!

    Jeremy
    JK Coin Photography - eBay Consignments | High Quality Photos | LOW Prices | 20% of Consignment Proceeds Go to Pancreatic Cancer Research
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    EJBEJB Posts: 640
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    DNADaveDNADave Posts: 7,350 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Collect what you like, with out being influence by others.
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    p8ntp8nt Posts: 2,947 ✭✭✭
    Congrats! (I am a YN)

    Ebay never ever links you to their website from an email. Alwasy log in by typing in the web address, and everything (even true second chance offers) show up in your 'My Ebay' section.
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    StorkStork Posts: 5,208 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Don't clean your coins.

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    Congrats on 10,000!

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    DanegeldDanegeld Posts: 1,497
    Always bend the staples down...
    100% DAV, Been There and Done That!
    166 BHDs & 154 Die Varieties & Die States...
    Bust Half Nut Club #180

    Festivus Yes! Bagels No!
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    coinbufcoinbuf Posts: 12,636 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Congrats Mark on your milestone postimage Never ever clean your coins. There I said it.

    Chris
    My Lincoln Registry
    My Collection of Old Holders

    Never a slave to one plastic brand will I ever be.

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