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Page 1 of 2 1 2 >   LinkBack Thread Tools Rate Thread Display Modes 12-17-2007, 01:34 AM   #1 (permalink) DJCoinz Majored in Morganology     Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 2,739 My Mood: 2,000 Posts ~ Contest...Round 3 Here's the final round of my 2,000 post contest...Buffalo nickels. This round ends on Wednesday 12/19 at 9pm CST. Scoring: Each correct grade guess is worth 10 points. If you guess within 1 point either way of the correct grade you get 5 points. Current score: Phoenix21 35 points Indianhead 22 points 900fine 15 points monkeyman 60 points spock1k 25 points codydude815 20 points Arizona Jack 45 points Speedy 30 points Treashunt 45 points rlm's cents 15 points shadow69playa 20 points Good luck! __________________ aka Dan   12-17-2007, 02:19 AM   #2 (permalink) Arizona Jack The Lincoln-ator     Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Dry Heat USA Posts: 6,754 My Mood: Ahhhh, you saved the hardest for last I see, I have to sleep on these __________________ W.I.N.S / ANA / SLCC / Mesa Coin Club I am a poker player ..."thats beyond trailer trash" Joan Rivers on Celebrity Apprentice, 4/09 Hot Sauce Fanatic !!!   12-17-2007, 09:03 AM   #3 (permalink) Treashunt The Other Frank     Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: New York Posts: 16,668 DJ: Okay, how much do you want for them? I gotta have them. Okay, let me guess: These are the prizes? Nice, I appreciate your generosity. Now for the grades...... Gotta think. __________________ The Other Frank "Buy The Book Before The Coin!" http://www.whitmanbooks.com/Default....wUpcoming_1208   12-17-2007, 10:14 AM   #4 (permalink) Phoenix21 *The King Of Jokes*     Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: PA Posts: 8,846 My Mood: Man, I'm horrible at buffalos. Thanks a lot. There goes my grading career. IF I had one. I'm going to have to think on these as well. Phoenix __________________ The Phoenix Ancient Collection   12-17-2007, 03:02 PM   #5 (permalink) Arizona Jack The Lincoln-ator     Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Dry Heat USA Posts: 6,754 My Mood: I'll take #1 and thats my final answer. Primo Buffalos for $1000 Alex..... __________________ W.I.N.S / ANA / SLCC / Mesa Coin Club I am a poker player ..."thats beyond trailer trash" Joan Rivers on Celebrity Apprentice, 4/09 Hot Sauce Fanatic !!!   12-17-2007, 09:05 PM   #6 (permalink) monkeyman Coin Hoarder     Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: The wild wild west Posts: 557 o my.... buffalos are by far the hardest you've put us through so far... I dont know if I can keep my streak up, I'll think about um and post my answers later.   12-17-2007, 09:10 PM   #7 (permalink) Arizona Jack The Lincoln-ator     Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Dry Heat USA Posts: 6,754 My Mood: OK, I'll go first 7 4 6 3 4 __________________ W.I.N.S / ANA / SLCC / Mesa Coin Club I am a poker player ..."thats beyond trailer trash" Joan Rivers on Celebrity Apprentice, 4/09 Hot Sauce Fanatic !!!   12-17-2007, 09:13 PM   #8 (permalink) indianhead Numismatist   Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: PA Posts: 3,682 My Mood: Blog Entries: 1 OK...here it goes... 1. MS66 2. MS67 3. MS66 4. MS65 5. MS67 Wish me luck!!!!   12-18-2007, 06:59 PM   #9 (permalink) Phoenix21 *The King Of Jokes*     Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: PA Posts: 8,846 My Mood: 1. MS-66 2. MS-67 3. MS-66 4. I'll take a gamble on this one and say SP-66 5. MS-67 Wow, that was hard! I'll be surprised if I get any right, lol. This was real fun DJ, thanks again for the contest! Phoenix Attached Images   __________________ The Phoenix Ancient Collection   12-18-2007, 10:53 PM   #10 (permalink) Speedy Researching Coins     Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 11,590 My Mood: I'll try to post my answers tomorrow---I'm backlogged with somethings right now and just have time to check the forum a few times a day... Speedy __________________ Coin collecting is the only hobby in the world that you can spend all the money in the world and still have some left over WINS - ANA - CONECA -   12-19-2007, 01:08 AM   #11 (permalink) monkeyman Coin Hoarder     Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: The wild wild west Posts: 557 alrighty here are my guesses! 1. MS-67 2. MS-67 3. MS-65 4. MS-65 5. MS-65   12-19-2007, 07:56 AM   #12 (permalink) Treashunt The Other Frank     Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: New York Posts: 16,668 1. MS66 2. MS67 3. MS66 4. MS65 [Wavering on this one.] 5. MS67 Or: all G-4 cleaned. This one was really tough. __________________ The Other Frank "Buy The Book Before The Coin!" http://www.whitmanbooks.com/Default....wUpcoming_1208   12-19-2007, 11:28 AM   #13 (permalink) rlm's cents Numismatist     Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Oklahoma Posts: 5,538 My Mood: 1. Ms-66 2. Ms-66 3. Ms-65 4. Ms-64 5. Ms-67   12-19-2007, 12:38 PM   #14 (permalink) CoinOKC Don't Drink The Kool-Aid     Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Where the wind comes sweeping down the plain Posts: 824 My Mood: Here goes: 1. MS67 2. MS67 3. MS65 4. MS66 5. MS65 __________________ Scotty   12-19-2007, 12:54 PM   #15 (permalink) Phoenix21 *The King Of Jokes*     Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: PA Posts: 8,846 My Mood: Man, it must be just me, but I couldn't find hardly ANY hits that would make them a 65 or so. Man, I hate grading Buffalos, they all look like 70s to me at first. Phoenix __________________ The Phoenix Ancient Collection   Page 1 of 2 1 2 > Bookmarks Digg del.icio.us StumbleUpon Google Would you like to support CoinTalk? Coin Talk Code of Honor 1. Post unto others as you would have them post unto you. 2. Keep it clean, like a 1950s family television show. 3. If you don't like the coin, don't trash the person. 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