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Holey coin giveaway- this was the very first one I put on my Holey Coin Vest! (WINNER: "Justloo

DONE! "Justlooking" won!

This 1894 Swiss 5-rappen is of very modest value- in fact, it wasn't really worth the 99-cent start price I've started most of the others out at on eBay. As you may have read, I am disassembling my famous "Holey Coin Vest". It's just a major downsizing, really- I'll still be keeping my Holey Gold Hat.

But anyway, this humble little coin was the very first holey in my holey collection, so it's kind of special. I picked it up at a Raleigh, NC coin show in 2000.

There is no real reason for me to keep it, though. I have enough sentimental pieces already.

I'd rather pass it along to one of you. You can carry it on your keychain, to bring you luck and prosperity in the new year.

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Just post once to enter, and by all means, click the link in my sig line if you're interested in picking up another nice holey or two. image

(Holes notwithstanding, I have some nice stuff listed, and it's all starting cheap. There are a couple of nonholed pieces, too.)



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  • savoyspecialsavoyspecial Posts: 7,296 ✭✭✭✭
    Thanks for the giveaway!

    Of the ones you are currently selling, this may be my favorite:

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    The RedBook lists a 'Huge O' variety.....wonder if this is what they mean? image

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  • lordmarcovanlordmarcovan Posts: 43,671 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Yeah, that would be the "REALLY huge O" variety! image

    Funny you should mention that, since I was just noticing how the person who drilled the Swiss giveaway piece had the good aim and foresight to put the hole through the Last "O" in "CONFOEDERATIO." I always preferred my holeys with tidy, well-placed holes. Not all of them I had were that way, of course, but every hole has its own character.

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  • To win Lord S's first holey coin would be tatamount to finding the Holey Grail. What a pedigree. I will place it with my red and green wooden nickles. A collection is started already. Thanks for the chance Lord M. Hoping to see you in the spring. I am currently taking my Chemo twice a week for three weeks and them one week off. Hoping to fit you in some how.
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  • StuartStuart Posts: 9,762 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Happy New Year LordM!

    Stuart

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  • renman95renman95 Posts: 7,037 ✭✭✭✭✭
    HNY comrade LM.
  • BryceMBryceM Posts: 11,840 ✭✭✭✭✭
    There are a few interesting pieces in your auction. Thanks for the chance.
  • lordmarcovanlordmarcovan Posts: 43,671 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Later, if anybody wants it, I will give away the vest itself.

    There are no coins on it anymore, except for the six buttons. (These will need to be sewn back on, as I removed them when I had the pictures made.)

    But that giveaway comes with one small string attached- you must agree to build your own wearable holey coin collection, whether you use my actual vest or not.

    The vest is 3XL, I think, so if you're small or skinny, it might swallow you. It still has the beads and fishing swivels attached on the front, which will reduce the amount of sewing you have to do. (Though like I said, you will need to reattach the buttons.) The back of the vest had a nearly-complete date set of large cents I sold last year. Those were sewn on directly, without swivels, so there might be some picks in the material where those coins had been.


    Here is the vest, as featured on the late, great Carl Wohlforth's site. (God bless him and may he rest in peace- I miss him).

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    Here are the buttons for the vest. If I get time, I might sew them back on for whoever decides to take on the project. Or you may buy your own vest or jacket and fishing swivels, beads, etc. But if I give these buttons away, you must promise to USE them on your own wearable coin garment! (They should all work on a garment with regular blazer-sized buttonholes.)

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  • habaracahabaraca Posts: 2,037 ✭✭✭✭✭
    wonderful

    Thanks
  • mkman123mkman123 Posts: 6,849 ✭✭✭✭
    Thanks!
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  • CasmanCasman Posts: 3,935 ✭✭
    Thanks...image
  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Thanks for the opportunity LordM....Cheers, RickO
  • BaleyBaley Posts: 22,663 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Thanks for the chance LordM, I'm working on a Holey type set

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  • Ok I'm in.
    I bought a holed 20 cent piece a few months ago for $10. May start a collection myself now.
  • lordmarcovanlordmarcovan Posts: 43,671 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Hey, Brian. Ten bucks is a pretty good deal for a holey 20-cent piece, regardless of the details grade. Congrats!

    My holey 20c is already up to $18.94, halfway through a ten-day auction, with 308 page views, 10 bids, and 10 watchers. Should be interesting.

    What's yours look like? Is it an 1875-S, like most of 'em out there?

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  • I'll take a pic and post here. Gotta go dig it out of the safe....
  • daOnlyBGdaOnlyBG Posts: 1,060 ✭✭
    Thanks for the opportunity, Lord Marcovan!
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  • lordmarcovanlordmarcovan Posts: 43,671 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Oooh. Mystery mintmark on that one, eh? That is a dang NICE pickup for twenty bucks, I would say! image

    PS- as you can see by mine, which savoyspecial posted above, your 1854 quarter is nicer. But mine has a better hole position.

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  • Thanks for the chance!image
  • Thanks for the chance, sir!
    Regards,
    Dolan
  • pmacpmac Posts: 3,189 ✭✭✭
    The end on an era. Thanks for passing on some "luck".
    Paul
  • WOW!......never thought I'd see the day you'd be selling Holey Coins!?!?!?
  • ksammutksammut Posts: 1,076 ✭✭✭
    Thank you.
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  • dukiduki Posts: 72 ✭✭
    What the hell, thanks for the chance.
  • Thanks ...image
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    five dancing smiley mojo -

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  • TCoinsTCoins Posts: 566 ✭✭
    Thanks for the chance.
  • Wow, it would be a real honor to have this one! I think I'd nail it to one of the floor joists in my basement ... with a cut nail, of course. image
    Let's try not to get upset.
  • Thanks again for the chance, Lord Marcovan. Just out of curiosity, when do you plan on ending the giveaway?
    Regards,
    Dolan
  • SYRACUSIANSYRACUSIAN Posts: 6,461 ✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Thanks again for the chance, Lord Marcovan. Just out of curiosity, when do you plan on ending the giveaway? >>




    Hi Dolan and welcome to the forum. You are new so you are excused for not knowing that all Darkside giveaways taking place in a certain calendar year, end up on the first of January of the next year, ie in this case 01/01/2014. image

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  • lordmarcovanlordmarcovan Posts: 43,671 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    The garrulous Greek is pulling your leg, of course.

    I'll end it soon. If I fail to do a drawing by Friday, somebody poke me. I'll draw a winner before the weekend is out.

    The winner has the option of also receiving the buttons from the Holey Coin Vest (and the now-empty vest itself, if they want it), but only if they intend to make their own holey coin garment.

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  • blu62vetteblu62vette Posts: 11,933 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I am in! And best wishes for you this coming year!
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  • Billet7Billet7 Posts: 4,923 ✭✭✭
    Cool!
  • robkoolrobkool Posts: 5,934 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Thanks for this kool giveaway Robert "LM"... Gotta love those hoolys !!! image
  • Wow, thanks!!
  • Wow, thanks!!
  • daOnlyBGdaOnlyBG Posts: 1,060 ✭✭


    << <i>image

    The garrulous Greek is pulling your leg, of course.

    I'll end it soon. If I fail to do a drawing by Friday, somebody poke me. I'll draw a winner before the weekend is out.

    The winner has the option of also receiving the buttons from the Holey Coin Vest (and the now-empty vest itself, if they want it), but only if they intend to make their own holey coin garment. >>



    *poke*
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  • lordmarcovanlordmarcovan Posts: 43,671 ✭✭✭✭✭
    OK, here I am.

    I did the random number pull.

    And the winner is... Justlooking!

    Who will also get a shot at the holey buttons, but if he doesn't want to make a holey coin garment, those will go to someone else.

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  • WOW! I've never won one of these drawings before. I'm very thankful to Lord Marcovan. The coin may not be worth much, but it will be cherished in my home, and it will always be remembered as the piece that started a wonderful collection of a great collector. Thanks again!
    Let's try not to get upset.
  • MacCrimmonMacCrimmon Posts: 7,058 ✭✭✭
    Now that the drawing is over, here's the same date I probably sold over 10 years ago..............................image


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  • CazkaboomCazkaboom Posts: 290 ✭✭✭
    Count me in. Thanks for the chance!
  • lordmarcovanlordmarcovan Posts: 43,671 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Cazkaboom- this particular giveaway is done, but if Mac had been giving away that beauty he just posted, you could count me in, too! image

    But be sure to join my Roman coin giveaway if you haven't already. I'll draw that winner (well, those three winners) later today, most likely.

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