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Pillar of the Community
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Joseph7420, Yes, I think the black stuff can be removed from the surface. And indeed, finding anything below AU isn't easy. Imagine how difficult it was to assemble this set. It makes you wonder how widely they actually circulated. UltraRant, I'm not waiting for 250 entries, like they do with that Wheat cent roll  And if those were the prize, I'm afraid nobody would enter  When visiting Poland, don't search for coin shops on a Saturday. In my limited experience, your chances of actually finding them open for business decrease substantially on that particular day of the week. Though that may be different in the largest cities.
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United States
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A very fine
B very fine
C fine
D very good details
E fine
F very fine
G fine
H very fine
First time attempting to grade coins. Sorry if I'm way off.
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Anyway, if you put a link to the contest in your signature, you'll probably get a lot more attention to it. You know, your advice is working against you here... There is one more entry. That's something, I guess. Edited by DL20K
07/19/2016 03:47 am
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Pillar of the Community
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Here's the NGC census. The blue rectangle is MS60.  We've certainly got something unusual here. Anyone care to sponsor the grading fees for these?  |
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@DL20K. Don't worry, I would have competed! Thanks for the tip about Saturdays. I'm usually in Trojmiasto and Warszawa, and more often on weekdays than weekends, and I never really had any issues with coin shops being closed down unexpectedly. I'll keep it in mind though. Just out of curiosity, where about in Poland do you usually go coin shopping? ps. 'Just' one more entry? Your amount of replies increased by 33.33%! Edited by UltraRant
07/19/2016 04:37 am
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UltraRant, I'll elaborate on the Saturday issue. Again, this is my experience only, and may or may not apply elsewhere.
Not contest-related:
I went to 5 coin shops in Szczecin on a Saturday earlier this year. One was closed (no working hours to be found on the Internet - it appears they're never open on Saturdays), one was closed even though it was supposed to be open, one had a notice posted about shortened hours on Saturdays on the door, one had a notice posted about shortened hours on that particular day only (and was indeed open later on), and one was in fact open as expected. Then, another guy told me to avoid Saturdays because dealers attend coin shows which are sometimes held on that day. And finally, if the coin shop has employees, the "main guy" or owner may be absent on a Saturday. Hence, my note about how - for a variety of reasons - coin shopping on Saturdays may end up being a rather frustrating experience.
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07/19/2016 05:36 am
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Not contest related:
Thanks for the info! Visiting coin shows sounds liek a legit reason, yet it's a bit awkward to do that on the day most of your customers likely will have time to visit you. I guess it's a bit the same here in Norway. The stamp/coin guy at Liertoppen has his booth opened whenever he wants and just hangs a sheet on his door with 'be rigth back', whenever that may be. Most coin shops are closed from the end of June to the beginning of August due to vacation.
Szczecin is a city I haven't visited yet, but there are direct flights from Oslo with Norwegian and Wizzair, so I guess I don't have any excuse not to pay it a visit. Good thing there's shops focusing on all things monety or numizmatyczny around!
I was actually planning to visit the coin show in Warszawa in the beginning of September. Haven't been there before but it seems to fit my agenda.
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Not contest related:
Good luck with your visit. I hope you'll be able to visit some coin shops and write about your impressions.
As for discounts/bonuses, they are possible. Here, at least, can't say about Warsaw. Each LCS did offer something in the end - some gave a discount without even me asking, others offered something only after some amount of nagging. Though the amount/quality varies greately.
Anyway, this must have been the least exciting contest of the year. Contest closed.
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Pillar of the Community
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So, there were 4 entries. Random.org says:  Thus, the last entry wins, so the rather dubious prize goes to Hello There. Please send me your address. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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pm sent.
Sorry there weren't more participants.
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Pillar of the Community
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Thank you, address received  |
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Pillar of the Community
Norway
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Congrats Hello There! And thanks to DL20K for organizing another contest! |
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Pillar of the Community
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Received.
I really like the 2 zloty coin, it's beutiful.
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Great, thanks for letting me know!
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