A small giveaway to show my appreciation to every forum member. petescamp is the winner!

fc · February 28, 2008 9:29AM

petescamp, you were #149 and you have won. Please send me your
mailing address so I can ship it to you!

thanks everyone for playing along with me. i will try to find something
fun for next time.

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Here is a ?medal? i picked up at an antique store for a very very nice
price. I always enjoy things in their original packaging and I thought
it would make a nice giveaway for a forum member who wishes to
try for it.

I will simply ask you to post to this thread. The order you post to it
is your entry. For example, the first post below mine is #1 and so on.

I will use this website to punch in the number of posters 1 through X
and ask it to spit out the randomly generated number (winner).

It is now 7:28 pm eastern and i will end it at the same time tommorrow. The winner will be posted Friday evening.

Thank you everyone for making this forum such a great place to communicate.

rex55 · February 28, 2008 9:30AM

i would love this coin

Oldnewbie · February 28, 2008 9:30AM

I'm in! Thanks.

sweetwilliet · February 28, 2008 9:30AM

Thanks for the chance!

BRdude · February 28, 2008 9:31AM

Cool medal fc, count me in please

cheezhed · February 28, 2008 9:32AM

I'm in.

BECOKA · February 28, 2008 9:32AM

I like it.

Thanks for the chance.

SilverEagles92 · February 28, 2008 9:32AM

That's pretty neat, count me in!

Rupert305 · February 28, 2008 9:33AM

Count me in. Thanks for the chance

fcloud · February 28, 2008 9:33AM

Wow. Thanks!

jamakin · February 28, 2008 9:34AM

thaks for a shot at it!

CoinsAreNeat · February 28, 2008 9:34AM

count me in!

laxmaster92 · February 28, 2008 9:35AM

thank you

Kaelasdad · February 28, 2008 9:36AM

On behalf of my daughter--Im in--everything I win I usually give to her

FilthyBroke · February 28, 2008 9:36AM

Cool! Thanks!

MrSpud · February 28, 2008 9:36AM

Thanks

Musca · February 28, 2008 9:36AM

I love antique malls!

Always like a chance to win

Jason

bigmarty58 · February 28, 2008 9:37AM

Matt,
Thank You, your giveaway sure is thoughtfull.

Robert.

jfoot13 · February 28, 2008 9:37AM

I like it ... please count me in.... 8 minutes and 9 posts ... impressive

Tom31 · February 28, 2008 9:39AM

Awesome give-a-way...please count me in

Thanks

mirabela · February 28, 2008 9:39AM

I love those medals. They are getting not so easy to find, too. Nice pickup.

Count me in. I had my doubts about your project when you first showed up and announced it (I mean, $5 Libs? who wouldn't!) but you've been good to your word. Kudos to you. That's a hell of an undertaking.

Anyway, thanks. You're one of the good eggs.

duck620 · February 28, 2008 9:39AM

count me in please.thanks.

razzle · February 28, 2008 9:39AM

I'm in. Didn't know there was such a medal?

Thanks

YaHa · February 28, 2008 9:40AM

Count me in. Thanks

UtahCoin · February 28, 2008 9:40AM

I'm in

dantheman984 · February 28, 2008 9:40AM

Count me in and thank you very much!

jessewvu · February 28, 2008 9:41AM

I'm in, thanks for the chance

Julio · February 28, 2008 9:43AM

I'm in. jws

LeeBone · February 28, 2008 9:43AM

Mucho gracias! (Thank you very much)

johnsim03 · February 28, 2008 9:44AM

Thanks for the chance!

John

BobSav · February 28, 2008 9:45AM

please put my name in the hat.

Bob

Casman · February 28, 2008 9:49AM

Thanks Kind Sir...

mark511 · February 28, 2008 9:50AM

In

Meltdown · February 28, 2008 9:50AM

Thanks a lot!

Bossman88 · February 28, 2008 9:51AM

Thank you for allowing me to be a part of this event.

dwssws · February 28, 2008 9:52AM

thank you for the chance!

MrHalfDime · February 28, 2008 9:54AM

I don't normally participate in these things, but after looking at that medal, I certainly will participate in this one. Apparently it is a medallic rendition of the Dunsmore painting of "Inspecting the First Coins of the First United States Mint", commissioned by Frank Stewart. Thanks, FC, for a great giveaway.

ksboy · February 28, 2008 9:55AM

thanks for the chance

STONE · February 28, 2008 9:59AM

Count me in

droopyd · February 28, 2008 10:00AM

cool - thanx for the chance!

edix2001 · February 28, 2008 10:01AM

Number X

linerguy · February 28, 2008 10:03AM

Thanks for the chance

dan8402 · February 28, 2008 10:05AM

I'm in too

cmerlo1 · February 28, 2008 10:06AM

I'm in...thanks!

Coinosaurus · February 28, 2008 10:08AM

Me too.

I am researching all the derivations of the Dunsmore image, and this is the first time I've seen this one, although I knew about it. Here are my notes on this medal:

AO-404. Bronze medal. Obverse view of the 4th U.S. Mint, below the Liberty Bell. Reverse depiction of Dunsmore’s Inspecting, as on United States mint medal No. 705 (AO-403). Distributed at the U.S. Mint exhibit at the Kennedy Space Center Bicentennial Exposition, 1976. Unseen by this author, although at least 15,000 were struck. Issue price one dollar [New York Times 7/11/1976].

This medal was repackaged with the 40 percent silver bicentennial coinage and presented as an ANA Convention souvenir set, purchase price ten dollars, at the 1976 New York ANA Convention [New York Times 8/22/1976]. Unseen by this author.

Based on the packaging, I'm guessing they sold these at the Mint store in Philadelphia as well.

If anyone has either of these items I am a ready buyer.