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ANNIVERSARY GIVEAWAY! WINNER ANNOUNCED IN FIRST POST!

OuthaulOuthaul Posts: 7,440 ✭✭✭✭✭
edited November 5, 2017 7:26PM in U.S. Coin Forum

The winner is johnny9434

If you did a search of the forums, you would have come across the following thread:

https://forums.collectors.com/discussion/comment/11607246#Comment_11607246)

"For me, it was 1965. I had always traded small change from my paper route with with an old guy named Henry Erickson who owned a general store in Chelmsford Center where I grew up. One day he showed me a 1955/55 he had. Every kid I knew wanted one of those. It took almost a year of saving every penny I could, but eventually, I bought it for $50. By today's standards it was AU/Unc. When my father found out, he nearly killed me. That was a lot of money back then.

That was the turning point for me. I suddenly found myself visiting Henry and buying fewer, but better coins. And here I am today; lots of coins, but flat as a floogie."

Coingratulations Johnny9434!

And a big thanks to everyone who played.

Cheers

Bob

I am coming up on my 16th anniversary of joining the PCGS forum. Coincidentally, it's also the 52nd anniversary that I purchased my first SERIOUS coin.

I have learned so much more than I knew coming in, and certainly more than I knew when I began collecting when I was eight years old.

Now the rules:

From eight to ten years old, I collected like any other kid by filling Whitman holes. The turning point was when an adult coin collecting mentor showed me a coin that I felt I just had to have.

All you have to do to win is take a guess as to what this coin was (you don't have to guess the year or MM).

All the correct guesses will be assigned a number and the winner will be chosen by a random number generator.

Winner will be drawn this Sunday, 5 November, at 2100 Eastern.

ONLY ONE GUESS PER MEMBER!

Good luck to all!

Cheers

Bob

Here is the prize:


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    rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Wow.... tough contest Bob.....So many possibilities...Well... to kick this off... I will guess a Columbian Half dollar. Cheers, RickO

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    giorgio11giorgio11 Posts: 4,235 ✭✭✭✭✭

    1909-S VDB cent

    Kind regards,

    George

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    291fifth291fifth Posts: 25,206 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Braided hair large cent. It was big and different.

    All glory is fleeting.
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    mbogomanmbogoman Posts: 5,325 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I'll toss my hat in with a Draped Bust cent

    mbogoman

    Asesabi Lutho

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    1630Boston1630Boston Posts: 14,156 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November 3, 2017 7:37AM

    My guess is a Bust Half Dollar,
    Thanks

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    KccoinKccoin Posts: 1,086 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Cool contest. I'll guess that a V nickel intrigued you many years ago.

    Thanks for the chance

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    EXOJUNKIEEXOJUNKIE Posts: 1,638 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Buffalo nickel.

    I'm addicted to exonumia ... it is numismatic crack!

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    SteveBellSteveBell Posts: 58 ✭✭✭

    1889-CC?Congrats on the anniversary!

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    TreashuntTreashunt Posts: 6,747 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Morgan Dollar,

    Thanks for the contest

    Frank

    BHNC #203

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    AUandAGAUandAG Posts: 25,038 ✭✭✭✭✭

    yes, Morgan dollar.

    bob :)

    Registry: CC lowballs (boblindstrom), bobinvegas1989@yahoo.com
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    CuKevinCuKevin Posts: 1,773 ✭✭✭✭

    How about a 2 cent piece?

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    Insider2Insider2 Posts: 14,452 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Congratulations! Indian cent.

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    DpvRenoDpvReno Posts: 23 ✭

    Walking Liberty half (it's what did it for me)
    Dave

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    ms70ms70 Posts: 13,958 ✭✭✭✭✭

    A standing liberty quarter.

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    superpsychmdsuperpsychmd Posts: 1,329 ✭✭✭

    Standing lib quarter

    Dave

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    ms70ms70 Posts: 13,958 ✭✭✭✭✭

    And congrats on your anniversaries Outhaul! I enjoy your posts.

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    RollermanRollerman Posts: 1,908 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I'm guessing a nice uncirculated Walking Liberty Half.
    Pete

    "Ain't None of Them play like him (Bix Beiderbecke) Yet."
    Louis Armstrong
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    ms71ms71 Posts: 1,658 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Two cent piece.

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    Walkerguy21DWalkerguy21D Posts: 12,117 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Congratulations on the milestone, and thanks for the giveaway.
    My guess is a seated liberty half dollar.

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    keetskeets Posts: 25,351 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Twenty Cent pc.

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    MeltdownMeltdown Posts: 9,256 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Seated Half Dollar.

    Congrats on your anniversary and thanks for the giveaway!

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    jtlee321jtlee321 Posts: 2,367 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I'm going with a Morgan Dollar. You saw how big they were and the date from the 1800's really drew you in.

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    KkathylKkathyl Posts: 3,762 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Morgan Silver Dollar

    Best place to buy !
    Bronze Associate member

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    dadamsdadams Posts: 376 ✭✭✭

    I say also classic commemorative so - Columbian Half

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    JJMJJM Posts: 8,128 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Peace Dollar

    👍BST's erickso1,cone10,MICHAELDIXON,TennesseeDave,p8nt,jmdm1194,RWW,robkool,Ahrensdad,Timbuk3,Downtown1974,bigjpst,mustanggt,Yorkshireman,idratherbgardening,SurfinxHI,derryb,masscrew,Walkerguy21D,MJ1927,sniocsu,Coll3tor,doubleeagle07,luciobar1980,PerryHall,SNMAM,mbcoin,liefgold,keyman64,maprince230,TorinoCobra71,RB1026,Weiss,LukeMarshall,Wingsrule,Silveryfire, pointfivezero,IKE1964,AL410, Tdec1000, AnkurJ,guitarwes,Type2,Bp777,jfoot113,JWP,mattniss,dantheman984,jclovescoins,Collectorcoins,Weather11am,Namvet69,kansasman,Bruce7789,ADG,Larrob37,Waverly, justindan
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    PRECIOUSMENTALPRECIOUSMENTAL Posts: 961 ✭✭✭✭

    I'll be the first, Mercury Dime.

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    mannie graymannie gray Posts: 7,259 ✭✭✭✭✭

    1924-D Lincoln.
    Thanks for the chance.

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    johnny9434johnny9434 Posts: 33,106 ✭✭✭✭✭

    a 1955 double die cent.

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    1Mike11Mike1 Posts: 4,445 ✭✭✭✭✭

    $20 Liberty

    "May the silver waves that bear you heavenward be filled with love’s whisperings"

    "A dog breaks your heart only one time and that is when they pass on". Unknown
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    erwindocerwindoc Posts: 5,428 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Mercury dime(same as mine!)

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    dpooledpoole Posts: 5,940 ✭✭✭✭✭

    A three-cent nickel :)


    Here's a warning parable for coin collectors...



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    KudbegudKudbegud Posts: 4,735 ✭✭✭✭✭

    3 Legged Buffalo Nickel


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    USMarine6USMarine6 Posts: 2,101 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Not many possibilities left. I'll say a half eagle

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    baddspellarbaddspellar Posts: 270 ✭✭✭

    Seated Liberty Quarter

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    OnastoneOnastone Posts: 4,380 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Well I would have to guess a Morgan also.

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    RockyMtnProspectorRockyMtnProspector Posts: 754 ✭✭✭✭✭

    A $20 Saint.

    GSAs, OBW rolls, Seated, Walkers. Anything old and Colorado-focused, CO nationals.



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    Jinx86Jinx86 Posts: 3,729 ✭✭✭✭✭

    1955 DDO Lincoln Cent

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    TurboSnailTurboSnail Posts: 1,669 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November 4, 2017 12:02AM

    I would said a Standing Liberty Quarter since most guys hit puberty sometime between ages 9-14. And in XF condition, she does looks topless. ;)

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    BLUEJAYWAYBLUEJAYWAY Posts: 11,668 ✭✭✭✭✭

    37-D 3 legged Buffalo nickel. Thanks and Happy Anniv.

    Successful transactions:Tookybandit. "Everyone is equal, some are more equal than others".
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    SurfinxHISurfinxHI Posts: 2,690 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I’m going with the flying eagle cent!

    Dead people tell interesting tales.
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    OuthaulOuthaul Posts: 7,440 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Keep those guesses coming!

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    jesbrokenjesbroken Posts: 11,234 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Trade Dollar, happy 16th anniversary.
    Jim


    When a man who is honestly mistaken hears the truth, he will either quit being mistaken or cease to be honest....Abraham Lincoln

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    jesbrokenjesbroken Posts: 11,234 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Maybe, a Franklin Half


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    fcloudfcloud Posts: 12,133 ✭✭✭✭

    bust quarter

    President, Racine Numismatic Society 2013-2014; Variety Resource Dimes; See 6/8/12 CDN for my article on Winged Liberty Dimes; Ebay

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    cshapcshap Posts: 13 ✭

    liberty walking half dollar based on my on grandfathers advice and happy anniversary.

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    CommemKingCommemKing Posts: 2,202 ✭✭✭✭✭

    1881-S Morgan Dollar.

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    littlebearlittlebear Posts: 1,593 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Morgan dollar

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    JohnnyCacheJohnnyCache Posts: 1,918 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Oregon Trail Memorial half dollar

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    ParlousJoeParlousJoe Posts: 451 ✭✭✭
    edited November 4, 2017 11:36AM

    a buffalo nickel and Congrats on your 16th Anniversary Here!

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    alohagaryalohagary Posts: 2,839 ✭✭✭✭

    Hawaii coin

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