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Congratulations! Spence  |
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Congrats, Spence. You come up with the most interesting coins. In Memory of Crazyb0 12-26-1951 to 7-27-2020
In Memory of Tootallious 3-31-1964 to 4-15-2020
In Memory of T-BOP 10-12-1949 to 1-19-2024
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We after countless challenges on this thread, it is a little hard to come up with something new. I was going to post a Santa-based challenge, but will instead end this one on Christmas eve and let the winner decide if he or she wants to do that. Here is the challenge coin (actually a token): Habitat for Humanity and here are the points: 1 point for any coin or token with a cut-out or hole ( PMD holes and tax tokens are both acceptable). 2 points for any coin or token with a cut-out or hole that is not in the shape of a square or circle (i.e. a more complex shape). 3 points for any coin or token that mentions former President Jimmy Carter. 4 points for any coin or token that mentions any charity other than H4H. 5 points for a token that specifically mentions Habitat for Humanity. 6 points for an exact match to this token. 7 points for an exact match to this token *and* you also volunteered your time building houses with H4H. As usual, the first person to post a coin at a certain point level will be given priority in the standings. You can post as many pieces as you would like, but only the highest value one will be counted.   "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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Russian Federation
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...While I have some ancient or medieval coins that I was not yet able to identify, I still think that this German token remains one of the most mysterious pieces in my collection - despite its perfectly legible legend. I bought this token in December 2015, from a "garbage junk not even fit for the regular junk bin" bin, for a grand total of 1 ruble (about $0.015 US). There were about thirty other coins in that batch (which thus cost me about 50 cents in total); today I can only confidently attribute one more of my coins to it (a probably-counterfeit William III halfcrown), but there were surely others that I no longer recall. These two photos were made in June 2017, apparently on a sunny summer day; the white background probably made the token look even darker than it was in reality. Unfortunately, as is fairly typical for my collection, I do not recall having seen the actual token for over a year, so I cannot provide any better pics. I have apparently described it on CCF for identification shortly after purchase; however, today appears to be the first time I'm sharing any pictures of it on CCF.   Legend (on one side only): ALLG.O.K.K. BERLIN/ZENTRALE I. [sic, with a dot] The "ALLG.O.K.K." part supposedly deciphers to "Allgemeine Ortskrankenkasse". I'm not quite sure what that means (or what "ZENTRALE I." stands for), but it does not appear to be a charity. I believe that the cutout is probably in the shape of the digit 2; not that I'm aware of any meaning of such a shape either. |
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Nice one @J1M, you are at the top of the leader board with 4 points. Too bad no bonus for the number 2-shaped cut-out. I have never seen anything like this previously.
"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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you are at the top of the leader board with 4 points Um, I said that it's not a charity; I think it's a health insurance company. I agree that the cut-out shape is interesting, though! Just did some googling, and found a similar (but denominated and hole-less) token in an auction catalog, labelled as "Menzel 1858.4"; this implies that my example might in theory be Menzel 1858 some other number, but I was unable to find an online copy of the Menzel catalog to confirm. |
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Ok sorry for the misunderstanding. You are right--not a charity so you've got 2 points for the complex cut-out.
"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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Pillar of the Community
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@jm1 almost looks like E.T.  |
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United States
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I might as well post this one, since it's tied with several others as my most pointworthy coin for this round -- United States -- 1 dollar, 1889:  1 point -- PMD hole (round) Edited by pepactonius
12/21/2019 5:35 pm
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I might as well post this one What a shame. |
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United States
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Good entries so far!
Saturday evening leader board:
Arkie: 4 points
J1M: 2 points
Pepactonius: 1 point
"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
Edited by Spence
12/21/2019 5:41 pm
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United States
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bump  "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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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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Participation points for these LMCs counterstamped with the bust of Jimmy Carter.   Check out my counterstamped Lincoln Cent collection: http://goccf.com/t/303507 |
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Updated leader board:
Arkie: 4 points
Chafe: 3 points
J1M: 2 points
Pepactonius: 1 point
"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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