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The dollar amount of of the cents in the vase is:     $15.43So here are your winners! Congradulations to each of you keith12 $12.00 Spence $14.77 NumismaticsFTW $14.80 chipjones $15.00 nickelsearcher $15.13 SpeedDemonND $15.14 hokiefan_82 $15.36 Zurie $15.55mrwhatisit $18.32 By my calculations: First place is hokiefan Second place is Zurie Third place is SpeedDemonND Please send me a PM/email with your data and I'll get them packaged up and sent out.
Edited by Dearborn 08/20/2022 09:27 am
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AS for the prizes: I thought I had explained it at the start but apparently my old brain forgot to add it then so I'll explain it now. First prize is the 1990 Prestige silver set - it does not come with the OGP box or COA. Second prize is the Robert F. Kennedy Memorial silver dollar - on this one the mint had included the matte finish JFK half dollar, but I bought this set in order to myself to collect the JFK half. So, I added a 2014 Silver half dollar to fill the hole. (if you go back you will see that in the photos) Third prize was my first portable microscope that I used for a short time until I got my coin office set up. It works great all you need to do is plug it into a laptop or desktop computer and use the 'camera' App to view the image from the scope.
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Dang it looks like I overestimated the weight of the vase. Great work @dear on running this contest!
"If you climb a good tree, you get a push." -----Ghanaian proverb
"The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed." -----King Adz
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Quote: Second prize is the Robert F. Kennedy Memorial silver dollar - on this one the mint had included the matte finish JFK half dollar, but I bought this set in order to myself to collect the JFK half. So, I added a 2014 Silver half dollar to fill the hole. (if you go back you will see that in the photos) Thanks for the explanation.  And that was a fun contest
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hokiefan_82 nice guess and great job
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Thanks again, Dearborn, for the interesting contest! I'll PM my address in a bit.
Member of SPMC, FCCB, ANA and ANS. My U.S. Classic Commemorative Complete Set: https://www.NGCcoin.com/registry/co...sets/278741/My U.S. Fractional Note Set: https://notes.www.collectors-societ...eSetID=34188
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Thanks for the contest!
That was fun!
You realize when you know how to think, it empowers you far beyond those who know only what to think.
-Neil deGrasse Tyson
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Quote: A lot of us must have used a scale to weigh vases around the house :) lots of close guests. Ranging from $176 to $312.50. Looks like a few of us used 500- 700 grams for the vase. Just for the curious, here is the actual weight of the vase I used: 
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Congratulations to the winners. Thanks for the contest.
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Thanks again for such a wonderful contest, Dearborn. I was spot on with the vase weight: I had it at 952g. There must have been nothing but post-1982 pennies in the vase for the last round.
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Nice job Hookiefan. 
Check out my counterstamped Lincoln Cent collection: http://goccf.com/t/303507
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That was close to what I'd used for the weight I'd calculated (953 g) after the 1st round, and assumed 98% zincolns in the final around. As you said, SpeedDemonND, that number appears to have actually been right at 100%. It was an interesting contest - I like little math puzzles and guessing games, and this had a bit of both in every round!
Edited by hokiefan_82 08/20/2022 4:57 pm
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Thanks everyone for participating in my contest - next time I won't make the mistake of excluding the rest of the world in it. (HUGE over-site on my part)
I got all 3 winners PM's and I'll get them packaged up and in the mail by Monday (unless a universe altering event intervenes in my plans)
This was fun for me too (also a lot of work and counting) My next task is to sort out each and every coin and make sure they are not keepers before I roll them up and sell them back to the bank.
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Congrats to the winners - well guessed indeed I missed a prize by 1 cent - despite that near miss I salute Dearborn for hosting such a captivating contest.  
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