It's That Time Of Year - Ugly's Beautiful Postcard Ends 0530

First I would like to thank you all that took time out of your day to make up and mail in a card. It means a lot to have such great fellowship on the forum. I would also like to thank those who took the time to look over the cards and learn a bit about something in the lives of our coin collecting friends from around the world. I was quite fascinated and very pleased with all of these cards.

OK.... Drum roll please!

The winner of the Silver Maple by random draw via Chartered Accountant (I'm not kidding here) is..... Upstate! Congratulations Upstate, please email me your snail mail address QUICKLY due to potential strike action by Canuck Post. Please join me in congratulating Upstate who's card was a very fine sample. Upstate will receive the troy oz Maple and all the cards from participating members. Thank you Upstate!

Next we get to choose the best card...
Vote for the card you like best, that isn't your own. In order to be eligible for votes cast TO you, you must cast a vote yourself. If it's too fragmented we'll do a top three vote off. Voting ends Next Sunday evening at midnight and I'll decide what to do then if further actions is needed.

Thanks folks!

I'll cast my vote for the Jackalope sent in by YoungCoincollector.

I also cast a vote for the Jackalope sent by YoungCoinCollector.

I liked the Jackalope, too!

Ugly,my wife is quite familiar with moonshine and coins,she'd accept you as a long lost cousin.
Her grandfather was a small town blacksmith who supplemented his income with product from his still.When he died in 1965 it was discovered that he had an amazing collection of coins,and corresponded with many famous collectors of his era.His coins were a much more closely guarded secret than his series of stills.
My wife's uncle inherited the coins and the production equipment.He decided to become an urban moonshiner,he built a second story on his garage to get the ventilation as high up as possible and dug a basement underneath by pail and shovel,hauling away the dirt,and bringing in concrete blocks,sand,gravel,cement etc.in the back of his car so as not to draw attention to himself.In 1971 he quit work and became a full-time urban moonshiner.He didn't add much to the coin collection,he started collecting banknotes both collectible and spendable.My brother in law was the only one allowed to view the collection and said he was too distracted by the xxxx and other items in the safe to give an opinion on the coins and collectible bills,as they'd all be his eventually.He once brought a set of raw MS silver dollars to show me.
The uncle died last November,a wealthy man.In the will my brother in law was to receive the contents of the safe,
Collecting and distilling go hand in hand in my wife's family.

Hope you saw this before a family member requested that I edit it.

Congrats upstate! I'm going to go back to look through the cards before I vote.

Heartwarming, Upstate! A congrats goes out to you, sir!

Your card and DBM's card were my two favourites. I'm really glad you won the draw adn now I will tdo my best to ensure DBM wins the votes, teehee!

Needeless to say I vote for DBM's card. :-)