LordM "mystery prize" giveaway for August, 2025
lordmarcovan
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Contest status: OPEN
Drawing: pending; on or after 21 August 2025
Shipping status: pending
Winner's receipt: pending
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The prize for this contest will be a mystery at first. As of this writing, not even I know what it will be! On August 1st, I will be visiting my friend @Aethelred 's shop, WNC Coins, in western North Carolina, and there, based on the suggestions from this thread, I will purchase a prize item worth between $35 and $50 USD. Then we'll reveal the prize and have the drawing for it later, on or after the 21st of the month.
To enter: Just mention some things you might like to see as a $35-50 prize, broadly speaking. A US coin? A nice proof set? A nice World coin, maybe slabbed? Old? Modern? Silver? Ancient? Just throw out some ideas. Of course none of us know what I will actually find once I get to the shop, but in the meantime, it'll be fun to see what ideas you have.
The random drawing will be held on or shortly after Thursday, August 21, 2025.
Totally free: the contest is free of charge, open to everyone, with free worldwide shipping. The only thing I ask is that you do please post to this thread later, when you have received the prize, so that we'll know you got it (that helps me keep track).
Good luck!
Numismatic regards,
~Robertson ("Rob") Shinnick ("LordM")
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This contest is brought to you by Grace, the Diving Dachshund.
Comments
Thanks for the drawing. My favorite cons are the FEC & the IHC. I have a Photo Certificate graded IHC which I really like. Appreciate the drawing opportunity.
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A raw circulated silver coin with that circ cameo look with original skin, late 1800’s to early 1900’s, would be a great coin for this giveaway. Thanks for the chance.
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RED Canadian cent
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BTW, if any of you do CoinTalk, I'm doing the same thing over there. You have to post on CoinTalk to enter that one, but by so doing, you'll effectively double your chances, since that contest will have a totally separate prize from this one.
https://www.cointalk.com/threads/lordm-giveaway-127-mystery-prize.418481/
An Fine or VF Mercury Dime in the 20's or 30's would be a welcome addition to my collection. Thank you for this drawing.
I think an unusual coin would be interesting/ fun!
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I could likely get a semi-key in the $35-50 range.
What the heck, I'll take a stab.
How about a classic gold coin:D
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For gold, a tiny Indian fanam could be done in the $35-50 range, maybe, but I dunno if WNC Coins will have any.
How about US coin with a striking error? 😎
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A flying eagle cent. Thanks.
That’s two votes for a Flying Eagle. I’ll look into what’s at the shop.
A 1943 tombac nickel on the canadian side would be neat. Cool contest as well 🙂
An uncirculated Buffalo or a GEM Full Step 1950-D Nickel.
Circ. Large Cent.