Post your favorite coin you have won in a giveaway here

wybrit

I don't enter a lot of giveaways, but over the past three years I have won a few. I like all of the coins, but this is my favorite to date:




Received from: Stork (Aug 2003).

Sorry about the old picture/poor scan. My reimaging bandwidth is reduced until Christmas.

Aethelred

I won this Halfcrown in a giveaway about three years ago:

gxseries

Geez, never won anything like them... the only thing I "won" is trashed zincolns

Oh my... what beauty...

AuldFartte

This beauty from Spinaker's giveaway some months back ...



I LOVE this coin

SYRACUSIAN

I got an equally nice 1000 yen from stork last Xmas.She must have a roll of them.




My favourite so far: 1930 Cabo Verde 20 centavos from spoon.

spoon

I've been lucky to have won quite a few giveaways here. I never won a coin I didn't like and still have them all. But, if I really had to choose, and this one is fairly understandable , I'd have to say the three (yes, 3!) blazing UNC, lustrous, 150-year-old British India coins I won from Mac waaay back during his Inaugurata giveaway are the top. Sorry, don't have pics handy.

SYRACUSIAN

Something like this spoon?




edit: I got this from Mac too, in a weekend swap.

spoon

Yep, one of those!
An 1841 2 annas and 1862 1/4 anna also.

1jester

Mac's giveaways rule!

Although someone gave away several gold coins recently. Was it Cladiator?

lordmarcovan

<< <i>Something like this spoon?





edit: I got this from Mac too, in a weekend swap. >>



I got two identical 1/4 rupees like that from Mac, and a few other E. India Co. denominations.

I didn't get 'em in a giveaway, but I gave two of them away. In fact, I gave one to you, Dimitri, didn't I?

I gave another to phut, who won a Kookaburra in one of my giveaways but wanted to upgrade to something UNC and Victorian, so I kept the Kook and let him upgrade for five bucks.




I have been the recipient of much generosity here, particularly when it comes to holey coins. This is one favorite of mine, given by WhiteLighnin. I had not had an Irish piece on the Holey Coin Vest, so he gave me this 1693 William and Mary halfpenny. Sorry for the wretched scan.

Man

I feel lucky I won some coins that are over 100 years old, since I mostly collect out-of-pocket I cherish thse older coins at any condition,

From a giveaway of mcmxi

JamminJ

One from 1jester:



A man who knbows what I like.

1jester

JJ, I'm touched!! I'd almost forgotten about that particular piece. I'll have to keep you in mind when I start dumping my other unwanted German coins.

JamminJ

<< <i>JJ, I'm touched!! I'd almost forgotten about that particular piece. I'll have to keep you in mind when I start dumping my other unwanted German coins.

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Unwanted German coins? I've never heard of such a thing.

You gave coins away for your birthday. As I recall there were several winners amoung the forum regulars each of whom received a few coins in their area of interest. A very nice gesture.

spoon

<< <i>JJ, I'm touched!! I'd almost forgotten about that particular piece. I'll have to keep you in mind when I start dumping my other unwanted German coins. >>

Hey hey hey! Keep me in mind too!

spoon

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