Update-keez is winner #2, ziggy29 got it right-2222 Post Giveaway Contest - It is an 1863 3 cent pat

MrSpud

I just had MrsSpud pick a number out of a hat to pick the 2nd winner. The winner is keez. Congratulations on winning the packet of silver powder . Please PM me your address so I know where to send it.

Ziggy29 got it right, it is an 1863 three cent Pattern


SUNDAY 8/13/06 CLUES - Noone got it right yet so I decided to give 2 clues.
1)The last two digits of date along with the digit that is the denomination are only 2 different digits and one digit is half of the other.
2)The coin pictured could have been but wasn't

In honor of my 2222 post I am going to have a contest for 2 prizes. In the picture below I have edited out the last 2 digits of the date. The first person to guess the date and denomination will win their choice of either a 1921-D Morgan (One with some die breaks, not sure which VAM yet) or a packet of silver powder equal to one dollar in the year it was exchanged for a silver certificate. The other prize winner will be chosen randomly from all the entries and will win whatever prize is left. Please, only one guess per day. If noone guesses the date/denomination by tomorrow afternoon, I'll give a clue. Then each day, if noone guesses it I'll give another clue. I will pick the random winner when someone guesses the date/denomination. Good luck



Here's a picture of the silver packet

JJM

1851 - half cent

thx for the chance !!!!

keez

1853 large cent

richardshipp

1849 Braided Hair Half Cent

ziggy29

1839 large cent.

MarineEAS1999

1852 large cent....thanks for the chance and congrats on 2222 !!!

RickMilauskas

1845 Large cent.

crispy

1843 Large Cent

STONE

1850 Half Cent

Thanks
Stone

Leiana

1847 Half Cent

Thanks for the chance!

-Amanda

50cents

1857 Large Cent

JohnsCoins

1840 Large cent. Edited Didn't realize 1839 was already taken.

Thanks
John

SilverEagles92

1852 large cent. Thanks!

coincollecter15

1851 coronet head large cent

KISHU1

1937 Half cent. I was there on one of the days they redeemed silver certificates for silver in New York City! I was a young boy and remember long lines and guys filling up trucks only to realize that silver is heavy, and they had to unload some and make another trip. Anyone else in that line?

Frank

NumisOxide

1846 HALF CENT

Congrats on 2222 posts.

crispy

<< <i>1937 Half cent. I was there on one of the days they redeemed silver certificates for silver in New York City! I was a young boy and remember long lines and guys filling up trucks only to realize that silver is heavy, and they had to unload some and make another trip. Anyone else in that line?

Frank >>




What year was that Frank?


Great story. I can't imagine people loading up that much silver.



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lasvegasteddy

1848 cent

Whizzard

1845 Half Cent

MikeInFL

1852 half cent

lkenefic

1855 Half Cent..

Thanks...Leo

busco69

1839 1 cent thanks

cheezhed

1839 large cent

ledzep87

1852 Half Cent

TwoKopeiki

1854 Half Cent

Thanks for the chance!

Bochiman

1851 half cent

Congrats on your posting joys

Numismanic

1857 small date large cent.

Aegis3

I've recently won two contests in a row, so I'll say that it's an 1841 half cent.

(Let me note that, looking at the answers, three people have good guesses which may be right for all I know (plus some duplicates), and there are two other possibilities it could be which no one has guessed yet. I don't have the varieties of this series memorized enough to determine what it is.)

Julio

1833 Liberty Head, Matron Head, large cent. My buest guess. Thks. jws

Myqqy

1856 large cent........

Lambeau

44 large cent

rec78

1840 half cent

smokinjoe925

1846 Large Cent. Thanks for the oppertounity.

friend

Thank you for the opportunity. 1856 Coronet Half Cent

ILikeMercs

1853 1/2 cent.......tftc

MarineEAS1999

1842 small date large cent.... 2nd day, 2nd guess.

Musky1011

1858 cent large

Baley

Congrats on your milestone, MrSpud, and thanks for the chance at a great giveaway!

I'll guess that this is an 1843 half cent, looks like a Breen 1591 maybe?

SilverEagles92

1836 half cent

AU58WALKERS

1821 large cent

Leiana

1836 Lg. Cent

-Amanda

ziggy29

1863 three-cent pattern. J-319, I believe.

MrSpud

We Have A winner!!!! Ziggy got it right

Lambeau

Congrats ziggy!!!


But dangit lol.

Leiana

Ohh, a three cent. Nifty.

I was thinking that maybe it was a die trial piece in 1836 for the Matron Head Modified Lg. Cent that started in 1837.

Congrats, Ziggy!

-Amanda

ziggy29

Thanks for the giveaway -- I'm looking forward to seeing this cool three-cent pattern arrive in the mail within the week.

Seriously, though, thanks. Yesterday I couldn't help but think it was a "larger" pattern, perhaps with a greater denomination; the date is so much smaller relative to the half cents and large cents I'd seen so I figured it was a larger planchet. Plus the style of the '18' digits suggested something later than 1857, probably 1860s through about 1871. (By 1872, the date was almost always aligned horizontally and not curved along with the rim.) But I really didn't have anything.

But I started looking around for copper patterns of larger denominations (I was thinking 2-cent or 3-cent, mostly, and maybe even 5-cent), and found the image and description of J-319, and I pretty figured I had it.

MrSpud

Here's a picture of the whole coin. It is in a PCGS PR64RB holder

Leiana

That is one seriously cool coin!

-Amanda

MrSpud

I'm going to pick the 2nd winner randomly from the other entries and post the winner later today. In the meantime ziggy will have to decide if he wants the silver pack or the 21-D Morgan. This is the Morgan I decided to give away.

ziggy29

PM sent. Thanks!

I'll take the coin. I was tempted by the silver since it was issued in my birth year. Had it been issued on my birth *day*, I would have taken it!

MrSpud

I just had MrsSpud pick a number out of a hat to pick the 2nd winner. The winner is keez. Congratulations on winning the packet of silver powder . Keez, please PM me your address so I know where to send it.

Thanks, everyone, for playing