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New Year's Book Giveaway for Newbie Coin Collectors -- WINNER!!!

Are you so new to coin collecting that you feel any question you ask would just make you appear "dumb"? Well, have I got the book for you!! Coin Collecting for Dummies has recently been released. It is authored by a friend of mine, Ron Guth, noted auctioneer, president of CoinFacts.com (a US coins-related website), and specialist dealer in German coins and currency. I've gone through it and I find it's a well-written, lucid and fairly comprehensive reference that both complete novices and non-newbies alike will find invaluable. It also has sections on ancients and world (non-US) coin collecting.

I will be giving away a copy of this book to a randomly drawn poster (newbies only please) from among those who have signed up here by 9 PM CST on January 1st. There is one catch: You have to commit to giving this book away again within a 6-12 month timeframe ... and with this same stipulation that the book always be given away to another newbie in like timeframe. Your registering for this giveaway means you accept this condition unconditionally. image

May the luckiest newbie win!! image

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My daughter did the honors and she drew ADKMIAMI!!! Congratulations!!! Please PM me your address.

I'd like to thank everyone who participated. Since there was so much interest, as soon as I can pick up some more copies, I'll give away more.
Askari



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Comments

  • FlashFlash Posts: 1,090 ✭✭✭
    I've got that book. It's very good. I commend your giving spirit, Askari.

    p.s. Please do not consider me for this giveaway. Thanks.
    Matt
  • Count me in please! I feel like this all the time. Brian


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  • MarkJudeMarkJude Posts: 355 ✭✭✭
    Count me in also, I have most of the "Dummies" books and lord knows I could use this one!
    Mark Jude
    I'm here to learn a little something...
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  • As a "newbie" I would like to be considered for the giveaway. I can use ALL the reference material help I can get!
    Becoming informed but still trying to learn every day!
    1-Dammit Boy Oct 14,2003

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    "A work in progress"


    Wayne
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    Hard_ Search (buyer/bidder, a small time seller)
    e-mail: wayne.whatley@gmail.com
  • Plese count me in! I could use all the help I can get!image
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  • NickMNickM Posts: 4,896 ✭✭✭
    I'm a newbie as well. Please include me.
    Thanks.

    Nick
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  • Please count me in image. Thanks,

    ADKMIAMI
    "I BELIEVE in the Sacredness of a Promise, That a Man's Word Should be as Good as His Bond; That Character - Not Wealth or Power or Position - is of Supreme Worth"

    John D. Rockefeller, Jr.
  • Please include me. I'm still desperatly trying to learn so I don't hurt myself too badly image.

    Thanks,
    Scott M
    Scott M

    Everything is linear if plotted log-log with a fat magic marker
  • put me in,to pleaseimage
    Brian
  • Count me in. It's very fair to keep recycling the book too!
    Rich
  • Happy new year,
    I am going to be a boyscout merit badge counselor. It would be nice to be able to give them a new book. THANKS
  • AskariAskari Posts: 3,713
    We have a winner! Check my original post. (I'm posting down here only to trigger emails to the thread subscribers.)
    Askari



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  • Your daughter has a blessed soul. Thank you, and thank her. I just PM'ed you my address.

    THANK YOU VERY MUCHimage,

    ADKMIAMI
    "I BELIEVE in the Sacredness of a Promise, That a Man's Word Should be as Good as His Bond; That Character - Not Wealth or Power or Position - is of Supreme Worth"

    John D. Rockefeller, Jr.
  • RNCHSNRNCHSN Posts: 2,609 ✭✭✭
    Hi Askari,

    I'm not really a newbie, but I got a BORDER'S BOOKS gift card for Christmas and bought that book. I read the review by Q. David Bowers and thought it would be an interesting read. I haven't gotten into it yet (but I'm sure to enjoy it) because I'm only 2/3 through a 900 page novel from one of my favorite authors (not coin related), and my weekly Coin World keeps nosing into my reading time.

    I'm guessing that ADKMIAMI won the drawing by his enthusiastic response. I'm sure he'll enjoy it!
  • thanks for the chanceimageimage
    Brian
  • AskariAskari Posts: 3,713
    I've got some more copies on order and they should arrive about mid-January, so watch for another giveaway of this book soon!
    Askari



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  • image Did a self-serving know it all write it? Well, I guess you did! Not all new posts are newbies, just dumb enough to acknowledge your self importance of blathering nothing, and being the self appointed know-it-all! Get a life, look in a mirror and discover that you are as ignorant as your bleating at the moon!!image
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  • great giveaway, i don't know how i missed it but i'll make sure to enter the next one it sounds like a great book.
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