What?? Another GIVEAWAY??(Winner Announced)
DesertRat
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I've participated in many (and won a couple) giveaways here and/or in the USCF so I figured it is time for me to do one as well. Since this appears to be a weekend for giveaways, what better time could there be?
The giveaway is simple: Post to this thread tell me what you focus on in your collection and why.
I will use a random number generator to determine the winner. I will choose the winner sometime Monday evening.
My answer to the giveaway question posed would be this: I am still a "wanderer" without focus in my collection. I collect Ancients for their history, Darksiders for their design (and history second), U.S. coins.....well.....just because. I also collect military challenge coins by default as I seem to have acquired many of these through my involvement with Edwards AFB.
I would like to work on a Biblical set but not sure what focus to take in that regard since there are several options or paths to go down. For now I am content to buy based on what fancies my eye or tickles my historical side. Someday I hope to settle down, although considering I purchased my first collectible coins at age 6, I'm not sure when I will have accomplished such a settling.
So.... Here is the prize for this giveaway. A proof 1973 Commonwealth of the Bahamas 10-Dollar Independence Day Coin.
On July 10, 1973 the Commonwealth of the Bahamas became an independent sovereign state. This sterling silver 10-dollar commemorative was struck in honor of the historic event. The coin - legal tender in the Bahamas - measures 50mm (2 inches) in diameter and contains 750 (just shy of 1.5 ounces) grains of sterling silver. The obverse bears the portrait of Her Majesty, Queen elizabeth II and the reverse depicts Christopher Columbus's flagship the "Santa Maria". On his historic voyage of discovery, Columbus first set fot in the New World at San Salvador in what is now known as the Bahamas.
Don't let the scans fool you (I have a filthy scanner); this is a beautiful coin and is virtually flawless with the exception of the spot (toning?) on the rim at 3:00. This is a low mintage coin as well with only 28,000 business strikes and 63,000 proofs.
So, Good luck, and thanks for all the great information you folks provide here on a daily basis!
Danny
The giveaway is simple: Post to this thread tell me what you focus on in your collection and why.
I will use a random number generator to determine the winner. I will choose the winner sometime Monday evening.
My answer to the giveaway question posed would be this: I am still a "wanderer" without focus in my collection. I collect Ancients for their history, Darksiders for their design (and history second), U.S. coins.....well.....just because. I also collect military challenge coins by default as I seem to have acquired many of these through my involvement with Edwards AFB.
I would like to work on a Biblical set but not sure what focus to take in that regard since there are several options or paths to go down. For now I am content to buy based on what fancies my eye or tickles my historical side. Someday I hope to settle down, although considering I purchased my first collectible coins at age 6, I'm not sure when I will have accomplished such a settling.
So.... Here is the prize for this giveaway. A proof 1973 Commonwealth of the Bahamas 10-Dollar Independence Day Coin.
On July 10, 1973 the Commonwealth of the Bahamas became an independent sovereign state. This sterling silver 10-dollar commemorative was struck in honor of the historic event. The coin - legal tender in the Bahamas - measures 50mm (2 inches) in diameter and contains 750 (just shy of 1.5 ounces) grains of sterling silver. The obverse bears the portrait of Her Majesty, Queen elizabeth II and the reverse depicts Christopher Columbus's flagship the "Santa Maria". On his historic voyage of discovery, Columbus first set fot in the New World at San Salvador in what is now known as the Bahamas.
Don't let the scans fool you (I have a filthy scanner); this is a beautiful coin and is virtually flawless with the exception of the spot (toning?) on the rim at 3:00. This is a low mintage coin as well with only 28,000 business strikes and 63,000 proofs.
So, Good luck, and thanks for all the great information you folks provide here on a daily basis!
Danny
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In terms of the focus of my collection, it is similar to yours. I really don't have a defined focus. I have a lot of different coins that don't relate to the others in any way for a number of reasons. I collect what I can afford, which isn't much right now. I collect what looks interesting, and I collect things that have an interesting history behind them. So, while this may lead to an ecclectic collection, its OK because I will continue to buy what sparks my interest and makes me happy.
Edited for lack of any punctuation whatsoever.
I think my eccentric "holey" focus has been explained- some will get it and some never will.
My other "collection" is a 1901 Victorian-portrait type set- all the coins of the British Empire from 1901, the final year of Queen Victoria's reign. It is being assembled for my daughter to inherit one day. Her name is Victoria and she was born in 2001, so the New Victorian Era began a century after the old one ended.
And I am now collecting Roman emperor portrait coins. Because... I have always liked them but lacked knowledge. Now I am ready to learn and to make the commitment to expanding my knowledge and interest. Besides, these are 1,500-2,000 years old coins with famous and infamous people's pictures on them- they positively ooze history and in many cases are cheaper than some of the other stuff I have collected. 'Twas inevitable, I suppose. Will I have the stamina to complete such a set? Stay tuned.
My latest, narrowed-down focus is Mexican War of Independece coins. I'm fascinated by the manufacturing process of these pieces under emergency conditions. Every coin tells the story of the mint it was produced at.
In honor of your challenge coin collection - here's one of mine
Cheers!
8 Reales Madness Collection
<< <i>I collect portrait medals and tokens of the Kaiserreich (1888-1918), because they're material culture representing those strangest of creatures from the Belle Epoque -- German royalty -- and to me they offer a glimpse of the bridge between ancient civilization and the modern world. >>
Interesting..you'll have to post pics sometime. I am a decendent of Kaiser Wilhelm III.
DPOTD-3
'Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery'
CU #3245 B.N.A. #428
Don
By the way, ships, south america, mexico and france are my focus areas.
Shep
Dr J
My omnicoin collection (or how my coin photography has progressed)
Why did I choose Germany? I found a very nice looking Prussian 2 mark and bought it for a little more than melt, I discovered it had a low mintage, low enough that if it had been a US coin it would be going for hundreds of dollars instead of basically silver value (those times have changed BTW). I started researching Germany (I am an amatuer WWII buff) and discovered some history, got hooked and promptly sold my lightside collection to start my German collection. I have never looked back nor been disappointed in my choice. A lightside collection would never be complete, due to the huge costs involved. The Empire, Weimar and Third Reich are completable with only a handful of really expensive coins.
1836 Capped Liberty
dime. My oldest US
detecting find so far.
I dig almost every
signal I get for the most
part. Go figure...
Thanks for a chance to enter your giveaway! I don't have any of those yet, but maybe I'll start collecting THEM, too!!
- - Dave
MoJo
the_northern_trading_company
ace@airadv.net
Nice giveaway !
I'm kinda like you, my coin collections doesn't particularly have a focus, but I'm trying hard to complete my U.S. Type set, and I like proof silver coins (Particular with animals on them, like Chinese pandas, Aust. Lunars), and nice Morgans.
Cher-Wood Forest Aviary
POTD - May 26, 2005
My current goal, possibly unattainable, is to complete a set of uncirculated silver britannias in MS69 (NGC or PCGS). I've owned the entire set once or twice, and bought and sold maybe two or three dozen coins that didn't meet my exacting standards. I love the creative, sometimes elegant designs of the britannias. My other collecting goal, currently, is to complete a nice 20th century US type set, then to move into the 19th century. I'm also working on sets of lincoln business strikes, jefferson nickel business strikes, and just finished my kennedy half dansco. I'm trying very hard for now to resist going into a merc or buffalo set which I can't afford
I love the design of that commem you're giving away. I've been thinking of starting a theme collection of world coins with ships on them. I win that, and I'm probably going to have to start that one too!
Edited to add small pics of my Britannias:
Why step over the dollar to get to the cent? Because it's a 55DDO.
Congrats!
Please Pm me an addy and I'll send this off tomorrow!
Thanks for playing everyone, now I know a little bit more about who collects what.
8 Reales Madness Collection