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All coins were 1977 or before and all coins are different denominations.
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$50 - San Francisco - [1915S Panama Pacific Expo] (44mm) $20 - Double Eagle - New Orleans - (34mm) $5 - 1/2 Eagle - Dahlonega (21.6mm) $2.50 - 1/4 Eagle - Charlotte (Coronet Type - 18mm, Classic Head - 18.2mm, it could be either one) $0.20 - Twenty Cent Piece - Carson City (22mm) $.05 - Jefferson nickel - Denver (21.2mm) $.02 - Two Cent Piece - Philadelphia (23mm) Don't know if these are right or not, but I had a lot of fun, and I learned a lot about coins I've never even seen. Thanks. Edited by Topher
04/30/2007 8:41 pm
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1864-P Two Cent (phil) 1919-D 25 cent (Denver) 1883-O one dollar (New Orland) 1840-C $2.5 dollar (Charlotte, North Carolina) 1880-P four dollar (Phil) 1870-CC 20 dollar (Carson city) 1915-S $50 Pan-Am (SF) |
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Topher wins! Sorry Monster the $4 "stella" is a pattern coin. e-mail me and I'll send you a conciliation prize.
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Woohoo!!
That was lots of fun. I really enjoyed it. Thanks a lot tmor. I figured out the denominations pretty easily, but getting the mints was tougher. I kept trying to figure out why I couldn't get West Point in there, then it dawned on me, that it had to be on or before 1977! Then it clicked that I must've missed a 19th century gold (or silver) mint. Then everything started to fall into place.
Needless to say, I learned a lot out of this exercise, as I've never even seen any of those coins except the 2-cent piece (don't own one yet), and the Jefferson. Can you tell I did a lot of logic problems in elementary school? They paid off. :)
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Congrats Topher and thanks for the contest Tmor. I was caught up in the search so much that I didn't pay enough attention to all of the rules. BTW, I still think you made a mistake using these coins to bet on a horse...  |
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Thanks for the contest. It is very demanding and fun!
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It was a real mistake to bet on a horse with 77-1 odds with these coins!  Any contest that improves my coin knowledge is a worthwhile contest in my book. Thanks again for the contest tmor! Edited by Topher
05/01/2007 09:17 am
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You should just buy the horse with these coins.
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Canada
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Not if he's only finishing 7th. Buy the horse that came in first! Either that, or put the money on Jeff Gordon's next race. :)
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Congrats to Topher and thanks Tmor for the contest. Steve  |
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Prizes went out in the mail today. Thanks to everyone for participating. I can't wait to do my next contest. I probably took as long to think it up as it took Topher to solve it. The whole 7/7/77 story is a joke I heard years ago and the 7 coin $77.77 is something I dreamed up. The hard part was narrowing down the possible mints and avoiding the $50, $20, $4, $3, $.50, $.25, $.02 combination. The 1977-D nickel I included in the story helped with both aspects. I was also stuck on how to single out the Charlotte and Dahlonega coins between the $2.5 and $5 gold coins and then on Sunday afternoon Jeff Gordon wins his 77th race. Viola!
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Thanks. My prize came in today. My first penny Proof!
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Prizes arrived this morning. Thanks, tmor. The best part is, now I have examples of large and small date 82's so I can compare with all the other ones I've saved up.
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