Coin Find Stories Contest
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Here's a link to how to post a topic with images in our community https://coinauctionshelp.com/welcome-to ... community/
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You also agree to follow these guidelines. You must agree to these rules to be a member of this forum. NO SPAM! Spam is deleted within minutes, no spam will ever be left in our community.
1. Post a front and back image of your coin with a specific question about what you’re seeing or asking about and one coin per topic.
2. Please remove coin from the holder unless it’s US or an official mint case or unless it is graded by a grading service.
3. Images should be taken by a camera or cell phone camera, we ask that members don’t use images through a microscope screen.
4. Always start your own topic, please don’t ask about your coin or post your coin in someone else’s coin topic.
5. Do not send private messages about your coin unless an Admin ask you too and the same for sending emails through the board.
6. No spam. Do not post any links to your coin or other non-coin websites.
7. Always be respectful even if something makes you upset or you don’t agree with a member. You can always get a second opinion elsewhere. If you have an issue then politely ask an admin in an PM. PM’s are for issues, technical and personal, but not for coin questions (refer to number 5 on this list). Our community is not a soap box for complaining or drama, so please refrain from doing so here.[/size]
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Daniel
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Re: Coin Find Stories Contest
Thanks Sal, great contest and very generous of you. Congrats to everyone who get's a prize!
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mhonzell
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Re: Coin Find Stories Contest
Wow! I actually won something! (I never win anything.) You could put me in a room full of cases of Coca-cola with the "1 in 6" chance of winning a free soda under the lid and I wouldn't find a single one.
Thanks 2centsal!
Just a follow-up note:
Someone asked me why I reburied the box...
When metal detecting, you have to dig up your treasures. Usually, it's just a plug of soil that you fit right back in the hole you made. In this case, it was a small box. Likely a cigar box. Since I was on someone else's property, I reburied the box so that I wouldn't leave a small sinkhole in the ground. It's a good policy and keeps the farmer's from chasing you with a shotgun.
I was also asked about the 1878 cent I found since typically, they are worth a bit more than the common coin...
The 1878 cent was badly corroded and pitted. Even after cleaning the coin, I could only make out a couple of feathers and the "78" on the obverse. That was enough to identify it, but not a keeper. Apparently, the 1877 was in just the right spot to keep it from being so badly damaged.
Thanks 2centsal!
Just a follow-up note:
Someone asked me why I reburied the box...
When metal detecting, you have to dig up your treasures. Usually, it's just a plug of soil that you fit right back in the hole you made. In this case, it was a small box. Likely a cigar box. Since I was on someone else's property, I reburied the box so that I wouldn't leave a small sinkhole in the ground. It's a good policy and keeps the farmer's from chasing you with a shotgun.
I was also asked about the 1878 cent I found since typically, they are worth a bit more than the common coin...
The 1878 cent was badly corroded and pitted. Even after cleaning the coin, I could only make out a couple of feathers and the "78" on the obverse. That was enough to identify it, but not a keeper. Apparently, the 1877 was in just the right spot to keep it from being so badly damaged.
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Re: Coin Find Stories Contest
TY Sal,....must be 'karma'....goofy, but raffels, drawings, so on,....the 'blind luck things', have always been good to me. WHY?? People used to 'rub their tickets' on me for 'good luck'!
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sidingguy
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Re: Coin Find Stories Contest
Sal it was fun to read the 4 stories here....they were all great stories...no wonder it was hard to choose which one is first place...I am almost envious of mhonzell's find of that 1877 IHC...it is one of the only 2 I need to complete my collection...the other being the 1909-S...and I don't count the 1856 FEC as a necessary one to complete my collection...my album doesn't even have a space for one...and I probably would never put out the funds necessary to obtain one anyway...
Thanks for a great contest and it is nice to win one once in awhile too...
Dennis
Thanks for a great contest and it is nice to win one once in awhile too...
Dennis
Re: Coin Find Stories Contest
Sal, My prize came this morning! Thanks for the generous prize and a great contest!! Dan
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mhonzell
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Re: Coin Find Stories Contest
Sal,
Thank you so much for the wonderful prizes! This is my first Buffalo nickel (in my collection of coins.)
Thank you so much for the wonderful prizes! This is my first Buffalo nickel (in my collection of coins.)
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