[CLOSED] CoinTalk Friends (CTF) Giveaway #2 (four drawings)

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  1. Chris B

    Chris B Supporter! Supporter

    The prize for @paddyman98 will go out in Monday's mail.
     
    Chris B, Feb 8, 2025
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  3. Abramthegreat

    Abramthegreat Well-Known Member

    Abramthegreat, Feb 8, 2025
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  4. dano

    dano Junior Member

    I want in on the 1942 circulated set.
    I have always been interested in wartime coinage and currency. Steel cents, war nickels, North Africa and Hawaii overprint notes. All of this brought on by material shortages or fear of loss of territory makes for interesting collecting.
    I am hoping to one day add a “short snorter” bill to my collection if I am lucky.

    thank you as always for running these contests!!!
     
    dano, Feb 8, 2025
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  5. Kasia

    Kasia Got my learning hat on

    Kasia, Feb 8, 2025
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  6. LakeEffect

    LakeEffect Average Circulated

    That's a neat set, I'd probably stick it in a Capital holder. Thank you @masterswimmer!

    If I win, please send it @Kasia 's way as a nod to her father.
     
    LakeEffect, Feb 8, 2025
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  7. EdGs

    EdGs Active Member

    I would be elated if I were picked to win this set. In 1942, my Dad had enlisted in the USMM.
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    He contracted polio as a child, and his left leg was about an inch shorter than his right, and the calf muscle was very atrophied. He wanted to serve his country and the Merchant Marines were the only service that would accept him.

    His first deployment was on a troop transport for Operation Torch for the invasion of North Africa in Nov. 1942. This set would be an awesome tribute to that.

    Also, the Merchant Mariners' were not even considered veterans until 1988, and then they only got very limited benefits.

    Thank you, @masterswimmer, for donating this awesome piece of history.
     
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    EdGs, Feb 8, 2025
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  8. jensenbay

    jensenbay Well-Known Member

    I want the prize :)

    I hope you all have a wonderful week ahead.
     
    jensenbay, Feb 9, 2025
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  9. Nyatii

    Nyatii I like running w/scissors. Makes me feel dangerous

    I want the 5-piece circulated set of 1942 US coins from the Philadelphia Mint.
    In 1942 my father was getting ready for his part in IMG_2312.JPG WWII.
    He was in the Engineers and would be with the very first at Normandy, clearing the way for the invasion.
     
    Nyatii, Feb 9, 2025
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  10. beaver96

    beaver96 Supporter! Supporter

    Entry Post: Thank you @masterswimmer for this prize. Silver is like crack to me. I have never seen some that I didn't want. If I don't get a weekly fix I go into withdrawls.
     
    beaver96, Feb 9, 2025
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  11. lordmarcovan

    lordmarcovan 48-year collector Moderator

    Thanks for the update.
     
    lordmarcovan, Feb 9, 2025
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  12. lordmarcovan

    lordmarcovan 48-year collector Moderator

    I’m going to throw in an extra bonus entry for @EdGs here. That was a cool post.
     
    lordmarcovan, Feb 9, 2025
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  13. lordmarcovan

    lordmarcovan 48-year collector Moderator

    Hopefully nobody will object if I also add a bonus entry for @Nyatii here as well. (OK, I’ll stop putting my finger on the scales, now.)
     
    lordmarcovan, Feb 9, 2025
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  14. lordmarcovan

    lordmarcovan 48-year collector Moderator

    I also have a 1942 WW2 family memory, as it happens.

    I keep my grandfather’s WW2 deployment medal with my collection. He was Dr. Logan Robertson (1916-1987). As a doctor, he served stateside, at MacDill Army Airbase in Tampa, FL, where my mother was born in January of 1944.

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    He is the tall man at the center of this photo.

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    This is how I remember him, at his farm in the NC mountains, in the 1980s. The farm was called Big Butte, but Granddaddy found it amusing to spell and pronounce it “Big Butt”, so everyone else had to do the same. He had a roguish sense of humor.

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    lordmarcovan, Feb 9, 2025
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  15. Nyatii

    Nyatii I like running w/scissors. Makes me feel dangerous

    Thank you Rob! Most generous of you.
    The story of your father is great too!
     
    Nyatii, Feb 9, 2025
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  16. lordmarcovan

    lordmarcovan 48-year collector Moderator

    Grandfather. My Dad was born in ‘38, so he was just a kid during the war. Old enough to still have stories about it, though.
     
    lordmarcovan, Feb 9, 2025
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  17. Nyatii

    Nyatii I like running w/scissors. Makes me feel dangerous

    I apologize Rob. I meant to say your Grandfather.
     
    Nyatii, Feb 9, 2025
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  18. EdGs

    EdGs Active Member

    Thank you very much, @lordmarcovan. Loved the story of your Grandpa, too. Everyones WWII connections are special. That generation was truly amazing. Incredible sacrifices and co-operation by so many.
     
    EdGs, Feb 9, 2025
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  19. Chris B

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    @Abramthegreat your package is shipping today. I hope you enjoy it.
     
    Chris B, Feb 10, 2025
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  20. lordmarcovan

    lordmarcovan 48-year collector Moderator

    Thanks for the update! Helps us keep track, and me, to update the round summary in the intro.
     
    lordmarcovan, Feb 10, 2025
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  21. Sting 60

    Sting 60 Well-Known Member

    I would like to enter for the nice coins from 1942. Here is a hungry fellow outside my house. 20241225_090912.jpg
     
    Sting 60, Feb 10, 2025
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