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pm sent, I am in a giving mood:)   |
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Here is the current list It is alphabetical not in the order I received them name alganbagerap amida17 Avshater22 BadToTheBone bpoc1 CelticKnot cjspearsdog COINAHOLIC Connor Copper Castle fed_ink85 jack jeckel jgfindring Jprine matttheriley mcshilling Nickle Nubber NJ Bob oih82w8 perfessor Pertinax PocketChangeJunk scopru SeatedNut skyshark124 smokeriderdon StampVirgin Susuman tkbslc TypeCoin971793 Wade Interesting no Female members have yet signed up. come on ladies this is not a gender separator.  Santa |
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In answer to questions.
I do not say what to send -
your gift should have a purchase value of $5.00 or more US
We do not want someone receiving a $25.00 gift and they only sent a circulating one cent coin.
Choose your presents in the spirit of Giving
not receiving.
enjoy
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Will we get an idea of what the person collects?
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Pillar of the Community
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Look on the left of your screen for category called 'stuff for members'...subcategory 'what our members collect'...just above section titled 'new ccf auctions'
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Thank you. I over looked that before.
Count me in. I'd like to participate.
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I'm IN on this too! Had to double-check my post count, and I am over 50 posts! w00t!
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I'm in, pm sent. I'm still waiting for last years gift...I still had fun sending my gift out.
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Will we get an idea of what the person collects? I kind of like the idea of it being totally random, personally. |
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Chances are, if a member collects, say, wheat cents, they probably have enough that they wouldn't really want another common one; and if they collect something uncommon then both you'd have a problem getting it and they would likely have an example anyway. On the other hand, if you send something interesting and unusual, they would probably like it, and might even branch their own interests into that category.
(There's a major member out there who mainly collects old shillings [of some specific time period I don't remember]; if - assuming they signed up - you got them as the recipient, would you send them an old shilling knowing that there's a 99% chance they already have a better example of the same type?)
Last two times, I basically ended up sending a set of 1-2 coins from every former Soviet republic (well, minus Belarus, their coins are NCLT and not particularly cheap), plus a bunch of other various stuff that mainly wasn't coins. Unless I see a specific better choice somewhere, I suspect I'd end up doing the same (if I participate) this time - as it's a relatively easy gift to assemble for me, and most of the possible recipients would like the variety.
TL/DR: you can use the list as a guide if you really have no ideas, but most of the time, you might as well choose the gift you want to send - at least as long as it's not something the general audience considers very unpopular.
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masterofsecrets
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at least as long as it's not something the general audience considers very unpopular. january1may, What would you consider unpopular ? If the member (like you) hasn't listed their interests, it's impossible to know what they would like, isn't it ? |
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What would you consider unpopular ? Ugly NCLT. Generic rounds too, but at least most of the time they're silver. A coin being FAO is a plus for some, but some others dislike these for not being "real" (I sadly have to say that until very recently I've been agreeing with the latter). Any Arabic/Indian coins that you basically can't identify unless you can read Arabic and/or have a very good catalogue. Which is pretty all of them from that time and place, unfortunately. Any supposedly rare (or uncommon) variety which is only (or mainly) of interest to collectors of the specific series, and won't be worth much if it wasn't this variety. Probably a few other examples too, but at the moment I can't think of any. |
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I think the Secret Santa is pretty cool and everything I've ever seen is worth more than $10 but that is not important. Its the thought that makes the gift count. I'm in for sure.
Posted 10/23/2014 12:41 pm
