I again feel compelled to offer my loyal Padwans another mental meltdown moment! Ya'all have been gettin' lazy and flabby of brain lately with all these easy guessing games contests!
We CANNOT let that happen! You
will fall into the dangeous trap of wanting to buy purported "gen-you-wine" error coins off
ebay! You
MUST BE edjuekatid, immediately!
When you fall Padwans, I will give you this single piece of advice:
Quote:
"First, you must shake the, ah,...dust...off your shoes and press on, upwards to infinity and beyond! Remembering always our motto: Quitters never win, but winners don't give a quit!".
YOU NAME ITI will give you a series of pictures depicting problem coins. These may be US or foreign coin images, but they will be coins. There will be (15) questions and a bonus extra credit pix posted. Your job this time is to
PM me your answers for each numbered picture below telling me the INDUSTRY RECOGNIZED NAME by which these errors or anomalies are known. Of course this will have to be limited to CCF members with more than 50 posts and unfortunately, for those who have written books or are professional coin experts, this challenge is not for you, you ARE NOT eligible, sorry. You'd spoil my fun!
You do recognize why you must privately contact me now, don't you?
This will require some conscientious effort on your part, it WILL BE quite difficult, but not impossible. Nothing in life that has any meaning comes without effort! Reasons for this intended difficulty are the following:
1) ALL of us need coin edjue-kashun-ated,
2) I have given away or sold all my cheap stuff and am now giving away higher value prizes that will hurt to be given away!
3) through learning in preparation for this, I have lost 3" from my "brain-waist" (or is that brain-waste?)", and this will help me regain my fatty composure by passing it on, REMEMBER life's #1 principle "Waste flows downhill, you must build upwards."
Multiple prize positions will be awarded. For those with the most EXPLICITLY correct answers: An answer of "mechanical damage" or MD is NOT acceptable. I am looking for WHAT KIND of MD is it called? There is a text-book explaination for each of these pictures SOMEWHERE around the coin reference field. I will know if you have located the the correct answer or not, I WILL be able to tell. Guessing, simplified answers and WAG's are non-pointers so if you don't know the answer, leave it blank. There is a MINIMUM cutoff for each prize level. There is a possibility for a total of 80 points. To receive the First Place Prize you must have above 50 total points, 35 points or more for Second Place and 25 points for Third place. Any with less than 25 points are ineligible for any prizes. Sorry,this is the REAL world, there will be NO participation awards given this time!
Points will be awarded on the following basis:
Five (5) points for the Exact worded name as in it's resident location reference source. (NO, I'm not telling you what sources I used).
Three (3) points will be awarded for an almost complete answer showing effort on your part . One (1) point will be given for a legitimate attempt.
Points may be DEDUCTED for WAGs and smart-alec answers, my discretion.
Example #1 is __________________________?The correct answer would be written: Example #1 is "An edge letter die inclusion ". This answer would receive 5 points. For "Included die" or "Die inclusion" only 3 points would be given, 1 point may be given for a strike thru, at least shows some thought. Prizes will be older collectable coins in G-VF's
1ST PRIZE: (1)
Barber half dollar, (1)
Barber quarter, (1)
Liberty nickel2ND PRIZE: (1)
Barber quarter, (1)
Barber dime, (1)
Half Dime3RD PRIZE: (1)
Mercury dime, (1)
Shield nickel, (1)
Indian Head centNOTE: If you want one of these prizes, you must work for it. I really don't anticipate very many participants, but I would like to be proven wrong.
Up for the Challenge? Got the Stones?I will be posting the 16 Question pictures late tonight. This contest will run for 10 days ending at 23:59 (Forum time) on Nov 3rd. There is a reason to end it this soon, ask me if you're courageous!
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Let the Games begin...!Remember: PM me your answers to ALL the numbers at the same time. There is only ONE GUESS PER ANSWER. Meaning, if you want to answer #1-7 at once time and 8-15 later is acceptable, but no second answer is allowed. DO NOT POST your "guesses", why help your competetors!
Posted 10/24/2017 5:48 pm
