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2-years later, some trivia --- and a giveaway -- WINNER REVEALED!
Hyperion
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I can't believe Ive been lurking here for 2 years and I still haven't learned a darn thing.. except such milestones deserve a GIVEAWAY !!!
post here and someone will be picked at random! this is thanks to people who have tolerated my flip comments, occaisional misguided opinions and temper tantrums and the odd off-color pictures!
to DOUBLE your chances at winning, enter some coin trivia from your favorite series! if I deem it entertaining, you'll get !2! chances !!!
-- giveaway coin will be a modern, will be US, will be silver, will be most likely a proof, and will be at least PF69
(dont worry, it wont be something spectacularly valuable 
like SaintGooGoo did...)
pic posted later...
!! WINNER !! : '
>>>>>
JHUSMAN!!! courtesy of Random.org
who won against a coinflip vs. dupapa !!!!
[URL]http://www.random.org/coins/?num=1&cur=60-usd.0005c-1935ihn[/URL]
well done all, and thanks for the trivia
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Edited to Add--- contest runs til sometime SATURDAY....
Edited to Add again... how about a PF69 UltraCam?
post here and someone will be picked at random! this is thanks to people who have tolerated my flip comments, occaisional misguided opinions and temper tantrums and the odd off-color pictures!
to DOUBLE your chances at winning, enter some coin trivia from your favorite series! if I deem it entertaining, you'll get !2! chances !!!
-- giveaway coin will be a modern, will be US, will be silver, will be most likely a proof, and will be at least PF69
(dont worry, it wont be something spectacularly valuable like SaintGooGoo did...)pic posted later...
!! WINNER !! : '
>>>>>
JHUSMAN!!! courtesy of Random.org
who won against a coinflip vs. dupapa !!!!
[URL]http://www.random.org/coins/?num=1&cur=60-usd.0005c-1935ihn[/URL]
well done all, and thanks for the trivia
<<<<<<<
Edited to Add--- contest runs til sometime SATURDAY....
Edited to Add again... how about a PF69 UltraCam?
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Ohhh, ooooh, ohh, pick me pick me
I know they think I'm a big nerd, but hey, you go with what you know.
I've got the answer (at least fairly close to it), and you might be surprised with the real answer.
Thanks for the giveaway.
TRIVIA question: why is the eagle represented in such a small fashion on the reverse of the Franklin Half Dollar?
answer: while designing the coin, the artist forgot that by law the coin required an eagle so it a last minute rush a small eagle was added or could it be that Ben Franklin didnt want the eagle represented as the National bird and picked the Turkey instead, hence, the small eagle was placed out of respect for his wishes??
just completed 3d tour to Iraq and retired after 28+ years in the US Army
What coin am I thinking of right now???
Ray
MGySgt USMC(ret)
1979-2003
Aviation Radar Technician
Communications & Electronics Chief
Did you know, the Peace Dollar was the first coin, of any nation, to contain the word 'Peace'? Fact. Cheers, RickO
Heres my fav.
Did you know that in 1973 the US Mint sold tiny cloth bags that contained five 1972 single cents from each mint to collectors? The cost was $2 for five little bags delivered. I ordered a set of five back then.
Trivia..... The Smithsonian Coin Collection has approximately 850,000 coins. ( a few more than me)
The building housing the first United States Mint was built on Seventh Street in Philadelphia. The cornerstone was laid on July 31, 1792. The power for the mint was provided by two oxen, and it was guarded by a dog called Nero. The United States has continuously operated a mint in Philadelphia since that time.
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and my trivia is on my favorite, the jefferson nickel, and the trivia is I think it really sucks that the mint didnt use felix'es original side view of monticello for the rev
Go BIG or GO HOME. ©Bill
This is my first giveaway try.. thanks
The world's first coins appeared around 600 B.C., jingling around in the pockets of the Lydians, a kingdom tied to ancient Greece and located in modern-day Turkey. They featured the stylized head of a lion and were made of electrum, an alloy of gold and silver.
This issue bears five dates as part of it's design. Although dated 1936, it was authorized and struck in 1937.
TC71
I'll take a chance, please!
"Inspiration exists, but it has to find you working" Pablo Picasso
I also have an interesting trivia fact about Lincoln Cents from 1943. When the mint was done using steel blanks from the 1943 cents, the leftover blanks were then used to produce Belgian 2 Franc coins.
The 1936 Columbia Commem features justice holding scales. However, You see, she is not blind folded. Check it out its real.
Dan
First Place Winner of the 2005 Rampage design contest!
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The building housing the first United States Mint was built on Seventh Street in Philadelphia. The cornerstone was laid on July 31, 1792. The power for the mint was provided by two oxen, and it was guarded by a dog called Nero. The United States has continuously operated a mint in Philadelphia since that time. >>
EXACTLY 160 years before I was born.......
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Did you know, the Peace Dollar was the first coin, of any nation, to contain the word 'Peace'? Fact. Cheers, RickO >>
Funny you should write that above, since I got my Numismatic News in the mail today and in Alan Herbert's Coin Clinic column he writes that the US Peace Dollar was the first coin to bear the word "Peace" in English, however there are thousands of Greek and Roman coins that bear the word.
Cheers to you!
Count me in anyway. Who knows?
Thanks for the chance!
>>>My Collection
The Alabama commem is, of course, my favorite. The "X" in "2X2" is not a letter but a representation of Saint Andrew's cross, as it appears on Old Dixie's flag. The idea for placing this on some coins came from the financial success of the Missouri Centennial half. By placing a similar mark of 5,000 of the coins, Missouri created an instant scarcity.
Thanks for the opportunity.
What was the first major error/variety in the 21st century?
(I guess it would be the first most newsworthy that got people looking at their coins)
Perry
Morgan, modern sets, circulated Kennedys, and Wisconsin error leaf quarter Collector
First (and only - so far) Official "You Suck" Award from Russ 2/9/07
Numismatic trivia-my fave series is classic commemoratives.
The Roanoke island half commemorated the 350th anniversary of the"Lost colony"-the first attempt at English settlement in the new world. Virginia Dare, the baby on the reverse, is the first child born in NA of English parents. The protrait of Sir Walter Raleigh is said to resemble Errol Flynn.
The promised return of Raleigh with supplies was delayed for years due to war with Spain, and to this day no one knows what became of the colonists. DNA studies are underway to attempt to determine if settlers were assimilated by local Indians. Viginia Dare's ghost is said to be represented by an albino deer on Mateo Island, NC.
A modern commemorative (first flight/wright brothers) celebrates their flight at Kill Devil Hills, on Bodie Island, NC-less than 10 miles from the site of the lost colony.
greg
www.brunkauctions.com
Trivia Question:
What show in Baltimore last weekend did Hyperion wuss-out and didn't come to?
Thanks for the chance...
Please toss my name in the hat for your kind giveaway.
I favor the $20 Gold Double Eagles....mainly the Liberty...but have a decent collection of St Gaudens also....so here is my lil bit of trivia.
>>One very interesting bit of gold coin trivia can be found when comparing the relative prices of the Saint-Gaudens Double Eagles. If you use the bullion value of the coin as a base for its value, you could actually claim that many of the Saint-Gaudens Double Eagles have no premium value at all (since they trade at or near bullion value.) Therefore, the Saint-Gaudens Double Eagles are distinguished as having both the least valuable and the most valuable coins in the world in the same series! The 1933 Double Eagle is the most valuable coin in the world, selling for $7.6 million at auction in 2002.<<