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1959 Proof Frankie with 2 sided frost give away. Who is interested?
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I posted recently about good relationships with dealers and how for me it resulted in a gift of some raw proof franklins, including four 1959 proofs with two sided frost on the devices. They may not be frosty enough to get a CAM designation from a top tier TPG, but they do have a "Cameo" look and IMHO are very nice looking coins.
Well to share in my good fortune (and simply because I like this place), I will give two of the 1959 frankies away as gifts. If you are interested in receiving one of the coins as a gift (or if you can suggest someone else who should receive the coin as a gift), please reply to this post. In your reply state why you (or the third person you suggest) would like to get, or should get, the coin. For the other coin, it will be given to the person who comes closest in post count to a particular number I have in mind (no I won't tell what the number is, for obvious reasons).
I will review the replies to this post and decide (whoever is closest in post count to the number I have in mind; and the best reason stated why a particular person should get the coin) who the winners are. I will announce the winners on Thursday at noon California time (with a TTT), so post your reply before noon on Thrusday.
Have fun
Well to share in my good fortune (and simply because I like this place), I will give two of the 1959 frankies away as gifts. If you are interested in receiving one of the coins as a gift (or if you can suggest someone else who should receive the coin as a gift), please reply to this post. In your reply state why you (or the third person you suggest) would like to get, or should get, the coin. For the other coin, it will be given to the person who comes closest in post count to a particular number I have in mind (no I won't tell what the number is, for obvious reasons).
I will review the replies to this post and decide (whoever is closest in post count to the number I have in mind; and the best reason stated why a particular person should get the coin) who the winners are. I will announce the winners on Thursday at noon California time (with a TTT), so post your reply before noon on Thrusday.
Have fun
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I will be selfish and nominate myself for one of the 1959 Frankies.....since it is my Birth Year...and even use the year in my Forum name....
My guess on your count number is 59
thanks for the chance
RAH1959
My guess for the post count would be 69
Hell, I don't need to exercise.....I get enough just pushing my luck.
I currently have 1956 to 1963 proofs in cam except the 1959.
That said, thank you for your offer and I wouldn't mind paying for shipping or swapping...........Rick
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I would also like to nominate my friend Bob who is not currently a member of these boards to have the second coin if I win.
Thanks for the chance.
and your thinking of 101
thanks
This should be a fun give away.
Thanks!
He went to the Charlotte show and was like a kid in a candy store.
My guess: 63
Edit for spelling
https://www.pcgs.com/setregistry/quarters/washington-quarters-major-sets/washington-quarters-date-set-circulation-strikes-1932-present/publishedset/209923
https://www.pcgs.com/setregistry/quarters/washington-quarters-major-sets/washington-quarters-date-set-circulation-strikes-1932-present/album/209923
I'm not sure what you mean about post count so I'll say it this way - if you mean posts to this thread I'll go with 48 cause from 1959 to 2007 is 48 years but if you mean YOUR total post count the guess would be 2859.
Thanx for the shot.
BOOM
As usual - edited for spelling corrections.
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hey, it sounded good when i first thought it!!
edited cause like an idiot, i posted the wrong forum member and daughters name sorry Earl
edited again to add the number 201
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As far as post count, I will go with 56.
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Post count 67 ( edit- I think there is some confusion [at least in my addled mind] on the post count thingy: the number is the sequential number of the post... which would make my post number 26? or a guess at the number of posts the contest reaches?? or ???)
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After reading bushmaster8's reply, I reread my opening post. He does not have addled brains. I did not state the contest for the second coin clearly so I will clarify in the next paragraph.
I have selected a number (I guess one could lable it a post count number but in reality it is just a number) which has a special meaning to me. For those who reply to this thread, guess what the number I have selected is (if you replied earlier but did not guess, feel free to reply a second time with your guess). The person whose guess comes closest to the number I selected wins coin #2. In the event of a tie, the person who posts the winning guess earlier wins.
I also will extend the contest by an additional 24 hours (given the expansion of same discussed below) and reveal the 5 winners at noon California time on 8-3-2007.
Just to make things even more fun (since I goofed up in explaining the rules for contest for coin #2) I will expand the "frosty frankie" give away to include two of the 1962 frosty frankies and the 1961 frosty frankie.
One of the 1962 frosty frankies will be given to the poster whose post is numerically the closest to the number I have selected (i.e. if the number I selected is 387, the poster whose post is numerically closest in count to 387 will win [say a total of 89 replies are posted by the contest deadline, the person who posted reply #89 will win since it is closest to 387].
The other 1962 frankie and the 1961 frankie will be given to the reply posts that I consider the second and third best (the first best reply post will get a 1959 frankie).
Have some more fun
For those of you who posted earlier and are waiting for winners to be announced today, the giveaway has been expanded and extended until noon, California time tomorrow. Get back to you then.
K
Edited for grammar...
Edited to add: Number you're think of is 1793 (I don't know how I came up with that...)
John
Number is ... 659
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Oh yeah, a number..... hmmmm.... I'll go with my favorite: 88
thanks for the chance
Joe G.
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We have a franklin album we started with franklins we found in rolls of kennedys from the bank (roll searching) and then moved up to MS frankies.
He has a few proofs, but not a '59 and none with frost (just average proof franklins), so it would be a cool one for him.
I've been told I tolerate fools poorly...that may explain things if I have a problem with you. Current ebay items - Nothing at the moment
I am 3 years older then he is, and I’ve never had any children.
His son just gave up a collage scholarship (during his junior year) to join the army. He has always been a “Deans Row” student, so grades weren’t the reason he left. The reason: (in his own words): “I feel like I have been given everything and every opportunity and I should give something back while I’m still able”.
WOW! What a sense of responsibility! And he didn’t do this via officer school (not that there’s anything wrong with that). Flat out, he decided it was time to pay back America. He is now in Hawaii undergoing counter-intelligence training.
Kudos to my brother for instilling such a sense of values in his only son (and my only nephew!).
Number guess…..111
Recipient nomination: my brother, born the Ides of March, 1959
FloridaBill
I've been told I tolerate fools poorly...that may explain things if I have a problem with you. Current ebay items - Nothing at the moment
My father was born in 1959 and has a birthday coming up in September.
I think he would love it as a gift from me since I never know what he would like but I know he loves to collect coins.
Thanks..
Sorry folks I am about 2 hours late in posting the give away winners. Due to a tie in guessing the number I thought of, I will give away 6 of the 10 Frosty Frankies I was given as a gift by a dealer. The number I thought of was 26. 26 has signifcance to me since my dad was born in 1926 and since he started me collecting when in 1963 he gave me a Whitman dime album to fill from pocket change [I filled it and still have it]. No one actually guessed 26 but one person guessed 24 and another guessed 28, both two away from 26.
Here are the winners:
Coin #1 - 1959 Frankie - goes to Florida Bill's Brother (for raising a great son);
Coin #2 - 1959 Frankie - goes to Keets, who guessed 24;
Coin #3 - 1959 Frankie - goes to Coinguy19, who guessed 28;
Coin #4 - 1962 Frankie - goes to Bushmaster8, since his reply was reply #26;
Coin #5 - 1962 Frankie - goes to holeinone 1972 (for his daughter Taylor); and
Coin #6 - 1961 Frankie - goes to ModernCrapNut (for his grandson Jordan).
Thanks to all for participating. I had fun and enjoy spreading my good fortune. To claim the Frosty Frankies, I ask the winners to PM me with names and addresses for mailing purposes. I will pay the shipping costs.
Once again, congrats to the winners and thanks everyone Have a grand weekend.