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VOTING ENDEDRESULTS https://goccf.com/t/49199&whichpage=7#398865 and above on page 7. members can vote even if they did not enter a coin as well!I also have come up with a tie breaker idea. I emailed it to myself along with my favorite,
but that has nothing to do with a tie breaker.There are 23 entries.
They can be reviewed on the next 5 pages.
You can find your favorite in this list here and post and vote.
https://goccf.com/t/49199&whichpage=5#397846The catch is YOU CANNOT VOTE FOR YOUR OWN ENTRYI will tally the votes on the 21st of JULY at 10:00 PM. And post the winners. I like the educational type posts.
I would like to see the best picture you can take of a coin you own.
Tell us why you like it, and then give us the specifics, such as grade, mintage, variety, and what ever else you want. When voting, bear in mind that the monetary value of the coin is the least important factor.
What is important is the most attractive, accurate, and informative post.
A nice image comes easy to the professional photographers we have in here, so be a bit forgiving on the the less than perfect photos, but I do urge the picture takers to do your best.Remember this is more for the exercise of working with photos and posting them and also a chance to write a little about your special coin and share that with us. LATE EDIT: UK, SPAIN, CANADA ( GENERALLY EUROPE ) and AUSTRALIA, I have decided to ship free as well, however if the cost of shipping is outrageous, I might substitute the prize for an equal in value, but less bulky and less heavy prize for our overseas friends. Highest voted winner gets FIRST CHOICE of the three prizes, Second highest gets SECOND CHOICE and third gets the remaining prize.
There might be random bonus coins as well included.
CHOICE NUMBER 1
1999 Susan B Anthony UNC P & D set.
CHOICE NUMBER 2 - Roll of Nickels
Here I have 11 chrome plated War nickels but not a complete set, they still have 35% silver so they are worth the bullion they contain, and I also have these 26 restored date Buffalo nickels.I only restored them in white vinegar long enough for the dates to start to appear. I suppose they could use a longer soak and come out more strong dated.
I did top off this roll with some other Jefferson Nickels
Buffalo dates ( best I can tell ) are
1 1913 TY 2,
1 1914,
5 1916 maybe a dbl die?
5 1917,
2 1918, maybe an overdate?
2 1920,
1 1923,
2 1924,
2 1926,
1 1928
War Nickels dates and MM are
1 1942 P,
2 1943 P,
1 1943 S,
2 1944 P,
1 1944 D,
1 1945 P,
1 1945 D,
2 1945 S  CHOICE NUMBER 3 - 1998 US REGULAR PROOF SET Members must have 50 quality posts to enter or vote.Contest entry deadline ( EXTENDED ) was by SATURDAY JULY 18 th 10:00 PM Eastern Time ( New York City Time ) The Polls end exactly 72 hours after the entry deadline. Votes will decide first second and third place winners. No Re-run coins allowed, we want fresh coins that have never appeared in the forum before, and they have to be your own images of the actual coin. Re-runs will be disqualified, and the poster will be dipped in Tarn-X and whizzed. This exercise will also help members learn about the image posting process and give them some practice in making a good photo. We can all learn a little bit about each others favorites. EDITING YOUR ENTRY IS ALLOWED up until the deadline but after deadline NOT ALLOWED![/b]
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07/21/2009 10:10 pm
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This is the first coin I ever won in a contest from a forum member, and it shows the gratitude of the members here! Although not the oldest coin I have, it is the oldest US coin I have and got me interested in buying more coins to fill the hole between 1853 and 1903 (which was a flattened IHC I found at a coinstar). And what else... and it's 1 year older than Wheezy's example coin!    |
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United Kingdom
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This coin is from ZAR - South African Republic (Dutch: Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek). ZAR was an independent Boer-ruled country in Southern Africa during the second half of the 19th century. This is a coin from 1892 and is a 2 1/2 Shilling coin. Only 16,300 were made. Coin is silver. Paul Kruger is on the front of the coin amd a similar design is used on the front of the Krugerrand.   Ken |
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I looked for quite a while 'til I found one that I liked, with a price that liked me! 1836 Go Mint 8 reales I'd say EF as to grade but a nice piece! It is my avatar!
 
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1964 JFK Half Dollar Designer: Obverse by Gilroy Roberts; reverse by Frank Gasparro Diameter: 31 millimeters Weight: 12.5 grams Content: 90% silver 10% copper Edge: Reeded 1964 - 3,950,762 proof strikes I chose this coin because it is what got me started in coin collecting. Last thanksgiving weekend I went the store to buy some stuff and the guy in front of me paid for a pack of smokes with a hand full of half dollars I offered to buy the rest of what he had and I got all from the cashier as well they were all 1964s. next thing you know I am in a coin shop and picked up my first Whitman folders. I have recently finished and started again.  The Pick of this coin is a Proof I received form a sale on CCF. I freed it from its blister this morning for this project I used a north window natural morning light with an Olympus FE-340 mounted on a tripod.   |
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So what are you saying all the P minted 1964 Kennedy half's were PROOF coins? |
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Among my favorite world coins are the €2 (Two Euro) Commemorative CoinsEuro coins use a common reverse design (with the denomination listed) for all of the "Eurozone" country's coins. The obverse designs of Euro coins are unique to each nation. Each nation may issue one commemorative obverse per year for their €2 business-strike (circulation issue) coin. €1 and €2 coins are of bimetallic composition. The outer ring of the €2 coin is of the same 'cupro-nickel' composition as the U.S. 5¢ Nickel (75% Copper, 25% Nickel), and the inner core is 'nickel brass' (75% copper, 20% zinc, 5% nickel). One of my favorite €2 commemoratives is the 2005 Spain "Don Quijote" coin, commemorating the 400th anniversary of Miguel de Cervantes' book "The Ingenious Hidalgo Don Quixote of La Mancha"  Special thanks to our member manilagalleontrade for this coin, and all of the other Euro coins that he's sent me.  I picked this coin because: 1. It commemorates one of the greatest books ever published in all of history. 2. The significance of "Don Quixote" to Spain and its people cannot be overstated. The book is an enormous national (and world) cultural treasure, "the pride of Spain". 3. The coin was issued on April 1st, my birthday! 4. This coin shows how far I have progressed in my appreciation of coins, from simply saving old U.S. coins from circulation, to a full appreciation of other nation's coins and what they represent! 5. This coin was acquired in a trade with a member of this forum, showing how this forum can help you in not just gaining knowledge, but acquiring the actual coins as well (particularly for coins from other countries). Thanks to this forum, I have coins that I have never seen for sale at local coin dealers or shows. Myself and other U.S. members have helped our members from other countries acquire U.S. coins that they otherwise would find difficult or impossible to acquire otherwise. Edited by DNA
06/29/2009 11:28 am
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06/29/2009 12:03 pm
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Camera is down......got new camera.....haven't taken time to download program with it......coins are in S.D.B's on the other side of town.....regretfully - gonna have to miss Wheezydogs contest probably !.....  |
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United States
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I started collecting coins after discharge from the service in 1965, and this was one of my first purchases of Morgans in 1966. A 1878 7/8 tail feathers. When purchased 40 years ago it was graded as UC, I think it an MS 62/63. Cost at that time was $15.00.  Edited by bill069
07/03/2009 4:53 pm
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United States
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Those are some real nice and interesting pieces of history. |
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United States
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My favorite coin: I have been collecting Barber coins (dimes, quarters and $1/2) for some years. My favorites have always been the Barber quarters, since they have three great dates (the 1896 S, 1913 S and 1901 S). All three dates are fairly expensive, and difficult to obtain, especially in recent years. Of the three, the 1901 S is, by far the most expensive. But, as far as favorites? That has to be the 1913 S. This piece has the lowest mintage of the 20th century for regular mintage coins, with a total of 40,000. Believe it or not, it (the 1913 S) has a lower mintage less than the 1916 Standing Liberty quarter (52,000) but a far lower price tag. The 1913 S was fairly ignored at the time of issue, there were more attractive collectibles, remember: gold coins circulated. And 25 cents was a fair amount of money at the time. Tradition has it that the 1901 S, with a higher mintage at 72,664, or 180% of the 1913 S's mintage, is far scarcer than the '13s becasue many were destroyed in teh San Francisco earthquake.  Edited by TreasHunt
06/30/2009 1:57 pm
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Heres my favorite piece , I'm unsure of mintage,wont be many I shouldnt think.I got it early in the year and now rarely see them offered.The value has escalated from what I've seen today Its a 50 franc piece.Bank of Rwanda.Ill add the obverse later,much plainer then the reverse.  Edited by wetglaswegian
07/02/2009 3:46 pm
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Wow, nice 1913-S TreasHunt! That is one serious coin!  |
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Posted 06/27/2009 2:48 pm
