CoinTalk Friends (CTF) Giveaway #3 (four drawings)

Thanks for the update!

 

(At work now)

It's time for the Round 2 drawing. I'll try and get that done after I catch up on some of my chores (if more work doesn't intervene).

 

Busy night at work. I’m still trying to catch up.

 

It is now time for the Round 2 drawing!



Our lucky number was... 40!



And Post #40 was by... @Kasia !

Coingratulations, @Kasia !
You have won the Round 2 prize!



@Randy Abercrombie will need your shipping address. I shall message you both soon.

When you receive the prize, please be sure to post to this public thread, not only to thank @Randy Abercrombie, but also so we'll all know you got your goodies.

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It is time for Round 3!



CTF Giveaway 3, Round 3

Donor: @Chris B
Availability: international

To enter:

1) Just say you want this prize.

2) Post something else coin-related or cheerful.

If you win, we ask that you please post to this thread later, after receiving the prize, to thank your donor, and also so that we'll all know you got it.

Alternately, you may enter on someone else's behalf if you prefer. Simply name the person you'd like to receive it.

The random drawing:

Should take place on or shortly after Wednesday, March 26, 2025. If I (@lordmarcovan) should happen to be absent, you may assume the contest to be open for entries up until the time I return and announce the drawing.

The prize:

Here is what our donor, @Chris B , had to say about this prize lot:

"I wanted to come up with something a bit different this time.

American and Canadian Countermarked Coins by Gregory Brunk
ex Sydney Martin Library
1987, 349 pages, Heavily illustrated in b/w. Normal shelf wear. This is a very nice copy.
Publisher: World Exonumia Press
Measures approx. 9" x 11"
Binding: Hardcover
Text is in English
This is the "bible" of North American countermarked coins. On top of that, it was formerly in the Syn Martin library. If you have never heard of him you should look him up. He was a giant of our hobby."
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Thank you, @Chris B !

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“CSA”! Too funny. One of these days, I wanna hear what got you into strawberry tokens and scrip. I’d never heard of any of that stuff until I saw the examples you’ve shared here.

In my coastal town (Brunswick, GA), the local “crop” is shrimp. I once dug this old token from the early 1900s while metal detecting. I’m not sure what the 15 units were. Maybe it was a fifteen-cent trade token. That seems the most likely explanation, though I suppose it also could’ve been a voucher given for 15 pounds of someone’s catch? Either way, it seems sort of an odd denomination. Fun find.