Flying pig giveaway - win a piece of 8! - Winners Swampboy and clarkbar04

TwoKopeiki · May 4, 2007 11:03AM

Answer these questions for me:

Do you like giveaways?

Do you like Pieces of 8?

Do you like guessing time?

If you answered "YES" to at least one of those - You qualify for this giveaway.

Grand Prize - 1793 Spanish Colonial 8 Reale (VF but with minor hairlines).

Participation Prize 1867 Maximillian 1 Peso in F-VF.

Here are the rules:

My girlfriend is running her first marathon on Sunday. It's the "Flying Pig" in Cincinnati, OH - 26.2 miles. To win the grand prize - guess her finishing time, without going over. Here are some factors to help you with your decision. Factor 1: She has been training for the last 5 months and just ran regularly for about a year prior to that. Factor 2: She has a cold.

Winner of the Grand Prize - Swampboy

Good Luck!

To win participation prize - just reply to this post and I will use the random generator to pick the number.

Winner of the Participation Prize - clarkbar04

P.S. Anyone knows of any Darkside coin shops in Cincinnati area that are open on Saturday?

DesertRat · May 4, 2007 11:07AM

The cold is a major variable because it could cause a good runner to drop out of the running.
So, allowing for the cold factor I'm going to guess her time to be

5:06:08
Tell her I wish her luck in the marathon.

Blackhawk · May 4, 2007 11:09AM

4:54:40 Thanks for the chance!

dan8402 · May 4, 2007 11:27AM

I guess 5:00:00 flat. If you find any good shops in Cincinnati, let me know because I'm new to the area and don't know where any are yet.

baddspellar · May 4, 2007 11:52AM

I have to enter this one, I ran my 6th Boston Marathon and 12th overall last month.
It's quite common to have a cold the week before a marathon. It's happened to me several times, and it's not a big deal. Make sure she gets a good night's sleep tonight (Friday). If she's like most first time marathoners, she'll have a little trouble falling asleep Saturday night. Again, no big deal.

I'll go with 4:48:23

mikeinar · May 4, 2007 11:52AM

I'll guess 3:45:20 , thanks for a chance at the coin.

Good luck,
thanks
Mike

worldcoinguy · May 4, 2007 12:01PM

Best of luck to your girlfriend! I will guess 4:49:54.

I live in a northern suburb of Cincinnati and the weather forecast calls for great weather for the race - mid to lower 50s at the start. I hope she did some hill training......the city of 7 hills can offer a challenge.

Darkside coin stores.....well......do not hold your breath. The only 2 stores I have visited in the area that periodically have material are Coins Plus in downtown on 6th street (I do not know if they hold Sat hours), and Main Street coins out in Fairfield (25-30 minutes from downtown). I understand there is a new coin store open in Hyde Park on Edwards street, but I have not visited yet. The guys at CoinsPlus in downtown are quite friendly and I have made many visits to their store on my lunch hour to chat. Brad is a periodic columnist for CoinWorld and very knowledgable about coins. If I am not mistaken, he has also called many of the big darkside auctions such as Long Beach. For darkside material, your best bet is the monthly show in Greenhills on the last Sunday of each month. There are usually 2 or 3 tables of darkside material. If you make it to the show, say hello to Tim Hunter in the table corner - great guy to talk with.

Brent

Cladiator · May 4, 2007 12:03PM

3:32:32

RareBronzeCollector · May 4, 2007 12:41PM

If she's not up to par, can I say DNF??? (Did not Finish????)

Thanks for the giveaway....

PS: I DO hope that I am wrong and that she runs a personal best........

Burks · May 4, 2007 1:41PM

4:23:01

Good luck! I couldn't make it more than 10 miles anymore.

Swampboy · May 4, 2007 3:59PM

4:12.
Good luck to your girlfriend.
Thanks for the chance.

JonySky · May 4, 2007 6:29PM

I go 5hr 12 min. I ache just thinking about it. JonySky

tonyhar · May 4, 2007 7:34PM

3 hours 37min 53 sec.

Thanks for the chance.

IstilllikeZARcoins · May 4, 2007 8:09PM

4:40:18 - I hope it's a nice day for her.

Editted time 1 minute after I posted, is that OK ? I deducted 7 minutes.

dcamp78 · May 4, 2007 8:48PM

I'll say 4:57:30.

Wish her good luck for me!

Stork · May 4, 2007 9:00PM

It would be nice to know how fast she runs in shorter races, how old she is, how she has trained over the last 5 months etc. But the cold is a huge factor so I'm guessing a little slower:

5:24

DBSTrader2 · May 4, 2007 10:06PM

Wishing her the best of luck! I can't even fathom DRIVING 26 miles at one time!!

I haven't the faintest idea of what her usualu times are, etc, so I will just give a W.A.G. (like all my estimates at work!) of 4:38:58

Have a great run, and do me proud, so I can be the proud papa of that piece of 8!!

- - Dave

TwoKopeiki · May 4, 2007 11:11PM

<< <i>I have to enter this one, I ran my 6th Boston Marathon and 12th overall last month.
It's quite common to have a cold the week before a marathon. It's happened to me several times, and it's not a big deal. Make sure she gets a good night's sleep tonight (Friday). If she's like most first time marathoners, she'll have a little trouble falling asleep Saturday night. Again, no big deal.

I'll go with 4:48:23 >>

baddspellar, Thank you for your post! My girlfriend asked me to tell you that you made her feel so much better!

robertpr · May 4, 2007 11:18PM

5:38:20

Good luck!

TwoKopeiki · May 4, 2007 11:20PM

<< <i>4:40:18 - I hope it's a nice day for her.

Editted time 1 minute after I posted, is that OK ? I deducted 7 minutes. >>

4:40:18, I'll make a note of it before you edit your post again, Marcel

ajaan · May 4, 2007 11:22PM

4:32:32

laserart · May 4, 2007 11:27PM

4:39:26, more or less. Just a guess mind you.

Barndog · May 4, 2007 11:58PM

5 hr, 13 min

Coinguy19 · May 5, 2007 1:52AM

I'll guess 4:32:10

SilverEagles92 · May 5, 2007 1:56AM

4:29:19

pendragon1998 · May 5, 2007 2:00AM

4:39:01

And best of luck to her!

koincollect · May 5, 2007 5:35AM

Wish her good luck from me!
My time is-- 3:46:50

Bailathacl · May 5, 2007 5:56AM

2:34:56

I realize that's world-class, but hey, gotta start somewhere.

Wishing Marathon good luck from Boston....

clarkbar04 · May 5, 2007 6:20AM

5:59

mcheath · May 5, 2007 9:46AM

5 hours 26 minutes and 2 seconds, and good luck to her in the marathon.

TwoKopeiki · May 5, 2007 9:34PM

And she's off - it started an hour ago...

TwoKopeiki · May 6, 2007 3:11AM

Final chip time - 4:18:43 !!!

That makes Swampboy the winner with his guess of 4:12 - PM me your address and I'll have the 8 Reales out to you on Tuesday, when I am back to Toronto.

I will pick a participation winner Monday evening, when I'm back, so if you haven't posted yet - you still have time.

Thanks all for your guesses and wishes!

Swampboy · May 6, 2007 3:43AM

Knock me over with a feather!

My first 18th century coin and I'm thrilled.

A big Well Done to TwoKopeiki's girlfriend!!

pm sent.

-Gil

worldcoinguy · May 6, 2007 10:33AM

Well done! Crossing the "finish swine" in 4:18 is quite an accomplishment. I hope you enjoyed your trip to town.
Brent

mojoman · May 6, 2007 11:17PM

Cool givaway,Please enter my Grandson Tyler in this one , we guess 5 HRS 10 minutes

GOOD LUCK TO HER

mOjO

drjules · May 7, 2007 2:49AM

If I am still in time to enter the second giveaway then please enter me

And congratulations to your girlfriend for finishing, it is always a great achievement to run so far. Tell her sub-4 next year!

Dr J

TwoKopeiki · May 7, 2007 8:30AM

I've added a random number to every post and then asked my girlfriend to pick one, which makes clarkbar04 the winner of participation giveaway!

Congratulations! Drop me your address and i will have it out tomorrow along with the 8 Reales for swampboy.

Thanks everyone, again, for participating

Swampboy · May 24, 2007 10:35AM

Many thanks to TwoKopeiki for this excellent flying pig giveaway!!!
What a wonderful coin.

-Gil

Flying pig giveaway - win a piece of 8! - Winners Swampboy and clarkbar04

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