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Canada
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Just because I hate to see you keep beating yourself up....Go with option 2.
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United States
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The fact that an "unremarkable" coin was sent from Moscow on Father Frost's sleigh to a far-off destination
makes it VERY remarkable.
Rest easy, мой друг! [my friend]
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United States
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January..I can only speak for myself but the spirit of giving is what makes this fun! I could not care less what I receive. The good will of collectors from across the globe is what this is about. Words of wisdom from my daughters preschool teacher many years ago..." ya get what ya get and you dont get upset!"
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Russian Federation
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January..I can only speak for myself but the spirit of giving is what makes this fun! I could not care less what I receive. The good will of collectors from across the globe is what this is about. Words of wisdom from my daughters preschool teacher many years ago..." ya get what ya get and you dont get upset!" That's the problem here  I assembled (well, not fully yet, but the remainder is all common circulation coins and will probably be ready by Friday evening at the latest) a bunch of coins I'm fairly sure the recipient would like. Unfortunately, between the coolest coin in the bunch only having a $1 catalog value and me only paying $3 for the 17th-century coin I intended to buy, the whole thing barely comes up to $4.50 - if that. The remaining coin is a piece with a $5+ face value I accidentally acquired (basically I wanted any reasonably-uncommon foreigns, and this was the only one the particular dealer still had). Admittedly, now that I think of it, I don't really want to keep it anyway  so off it goes! |
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United States
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Matthew, Amida and RGGoodie... I had a blast putting this package together. It was my first completed present of the season and it was so fun secretly stalking my partner. Sure hope he enjoys it as much as I did putting it together!
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Australia
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kellyk in the usa , sorry I did not draw you for my secret santa ,
would have been nice kellyk in usa and kellyk in australia , never mind maybe next year, season greetings to you and your family ..
from kellyk in australia..
kelly kin?
Edited by keldaw2222
12/06/2012 9:03 pm
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Received my Secret Santa Gift Today! A 1962 copy of "The Green Coin Book - Appraising and Selling Your Coins" Kinda cool to look back, and see how much coins were worth, back in '62. Thanks Santa!  |
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Canada
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I WANT MINE! but I won't receive it until at least December 15th as I will be home for exams! I love gifts, whether they're worth 1$ or 1000$ :)
Happy Holidays!
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Australia
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 received my secret santa gift today , now stored under the christmas tree with all the other presents till my grandchildren arrive here on christmas eve . thank you secret santa whoever you are ,season greetings to you and your family for a joyfull christmas from ,, kel ,,    Edited by keldaw2222
12/07/2012 01:55 am
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United Kingdom
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Received my gift today  , It has traveled around 3750 miles from Pakistan! That you very very much to the forum member who sent it to me.(I have a pretty good idea who it is ) It will now sit under the tree to be opened on Christmas morning. |
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United States
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Canada
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maybe because I have to wait so long, I will just throw mine under the tree also :)
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Russian Federation
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The "common circulation coins" proved incredibly uncommon... a combination of a several-years-old date and a 10%-ish variety seems to do that. Still can't find any. I don't think I would dare send a "set" missing two dates in the middle, so I'll check for any over Saturday (maybe buy a hundred or two from a shop to "roll-search" - fortunately it's a high enough denomination to be reasonably easy to spend later). Maybe I'll end up only using the other denomination I wanted to use - I already have thousands of that one around so it won't really be a problem Other than that, I've assembled everything else; now to find a decent package and write the descriptions! If there's no further problems the coins should be out on Monday morning (and, if I'm lucky, arrive sometime around mid-January). |
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United States
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Written for January, but all may feel free to get laugh out of this.
(I suspect that he is no stranger to Math)
A Mathematician's Proof:
There is no such thing as an unremarkable coin.
1) Take an unremarkable coin.
2) Take another coin which is less remarkable.
3) Replace the first coin with the second coin.
4) Repeat these steps until you have, at last, the most unremarkable coin.
5) The fact that this coin is the MOST unremarkable makes it REMARKABLE!
Q. E. D. [Quid est demonstrata - That which has been proven: ]
There is no such thing as an unremarkable coin.
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