Secret Santa 2016 Is Here

That's quite the haul, Earle42!

@Hello There: Thanks for letting me know! And thanks again for the thoughtful selection of coins!

Here's a quick scan of my gift:

Wow its only Christmas and its a special time .....yes! I wish all Merry Christmas and a Happy and healthy New Year!

Weeds thank you for your generous and interesting gifts. I got a Barber dime, Mercury dime, a silver Rosie and a clad Rosie for a 20th Century type set. I got some minor mint errors of modern double rimmed dimes (1984P,2012P,2014P and a 2015 P that also has excess Die Cuds on obverse. I also got an El Paso Coin club token 50th Anniversary token which also celebrates the 50th anniversary of the Chamizal Treaty with mexico.You learn something new every day!
Chamizal Treaty of 1963

September 25, 1964 - VIVA CHAMIZAL! — Standing before a map of the Chamizal area, erected at the Bowie High School site of Friday's celebration of the border settlement, two presidents held their hands high together to mark the happy conclusion of 100-year-old international problem. President Adolfo Lopez Mateos and President Lyndon B. Johnson were joined by their wives, Senora Eva Semano de Lopez Mateos, left, and Mrs. Lady Bird Johnson. —Photo by El Paso Times.

In 1910 the United States and Mexico agreed to settle an international boundary dispute that dated since 1895. Mexican citizens claimed that the United States had incorporated about 600 acres that were lost behind the Rio Grande (Rio Bravo) during a flood. This area was known as the Chamizal.

A tribunal was formed from both countries and included a jurist from Canada. Their recommendation was rejected by the U.S. Government that fostered further ill-will between the United States and Mexico. The dispute continued on.

An island that was formed in the river was known as Cordova Island, previously part of Mexico at the time in United States territory. The island was crime-ridden and a departure point for illegal crossings into the United States.

In spite of many efforts by the presidents of both countries to find common ground on the dispute, it wasn't until 1963 that President John F. Kennedy agreed to the original recommendation of 1910-1911 with the aim to not only ending the ill-will between nations but to solidify the Organization of American States and the strengthen Alliance for Progress.
Thank you for the coins and history lessons.

Well, I must say that this sounds like so much fun I am tempted to get involved next year. Everyone likes getting a package in the mail; it almost does not matter what it is.

Package received! Made my wife open to make sure it was from SS and then sealed back up to be opened on Christmas! Very excited and thanks in advance to my fellow East Coaster!

I case you haven't noticed
Santa does not post a new list every time someone receives a gift.
He goes back and updates the list and changes the update time.
New lists are only published every few days or there would be multiple lists on each page.

Beginning with the next update there will be no more strikeouts names will be removed
to make it easier to see who as not received their gift
Santa

@ Rggoodie - thanks for arranging this, and making it happen!