I love coins, and I love the Olympics. So I found a way to combine the two. In 2011 Britain released 29 fifty Pence coins each representing a sport from the Olympics and Paralympics. I have been posting these out to British medal winning stars of the games asking them to sign their corresponding coin. So far 7 have responded, including some really big names, like 4x Gold Medal winner Ben Ainslie. I have 6 out there waiting to come back from people like Ryan Giggs and Andy Murray. [video=youtube;ONI5VlqmZEs]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONI5VlqmZEs[/video]
That is pretty cool! Although I am not into autographs unless its on a check made out to me I still think its pretty neat. A guy i worked with for a bit used to read a lot of autobiographies and he would send them out and ask for autographs with a self addressed stamped envelope and claims to get almost all of them returned with a signature. He has one book signed by a past US President, i thought it was pretty cool but only because the signature and the message he wrote was upside down
Just got this in the post today. Tis signed my 'Peter Wilson' who won gold at the Olympics in the Double Trap shooting event.
