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"Eight" has the same sound as "Getting Rich or development" in Chinese. So 888 is to get very, very rich or to loop forward!!

Well here is my contribution..."Best" coin can be determined many ways, best condition, best price, highest value, or sentimental reasons as some have noted above; having been given a coin by someone.

Here is my "best" coin in terms of the one most dear to me: (sorry for the poor pics, digital camera doesn't have a macro feature and image is blurred from holding it and camera near a light source)



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1937 French Indo-China 20 Centime, I have two of them, one is a 1939. story behind the coin: I was on a Search and Destroy mission in Quang-Tri Province, Republic of Vietnam with the 101st Airborne Division in 1967 when we (my platoon) came upon a bombed out building overgrown in jungle. It looked like an old monastery bombed by the French. One of my men spotted a small artillery cannister wedged in the wall. Since it was out of place we checked it or booby-traps and removed it. Inside were about 25 or so of these coins. Each man got two. It is uncirculated, silver. Has a lot of memories attached to it and reminds of some guys I left behind so it (and its cousin) will never be up for sale.

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This may not be my most valuable piece but it is my absolute favorite and I would never sell it. This is an 1830 Capped Bust 50 Cent Piece and was acquired in an ironic manner. I was purchasing a collection from a woman who became fidgety and impatient as I picked out and itemized pieces from a box of coins. As I was about half way through, she picked up the box and shook the rest of the contents and very impatiently said give me 15 dollars for the rest. I agreed and found this at the bottom of the box of culls!

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That's real pretty wheezydog. I want one too.

Ok this is it the contest will end at 5:00 tomorrow evening. The ties are still chris12018 and vermontensium. If one of you do not post something else and pull ahead I will have ti disqaulify you. Just kidding i'll make another contest until we have a winner.

OK, here is my last post. She is a 1878 P 7/5 TF Variety, 2nd Rev., Long Nock VAM 38. This Morgan is labeled as the largest shift of this kind. I also picked this up at auction. She is 131 yrs. of age. This coin has some natural toning. She is a favorite and was the first VAM I found.




Thanks for the contest. Good Luck to all who participated.

Sorry I'm late guys. wd1040, I can not see your last post. I try to click on it but there is just a white box with red X in it. Could you try posting a URL to some thing like picasa or flickr? Until then The contest is closed. If wd does not get this by 8:30 I will have to announce the winner. Until then let the popcorn rule.______________________________________