I have enjoyed my time spent on this site, and I have participated in quite a few contests, so I will hold a contest for my 700th post, and it IS Christmas, this contest will have as prizes some silver, some cents, and some Barber coinage. As I have written before the whole slabbed coin thing is new to me, none of the coins I inherited from my dad were slabbed, but my favorite dealer had a slabbed coin that had been sitting in his shop for quite a while, I bought it, my first slabbed coin. All you have to do to win is post what slabbed coin I bought, the date of the coin, denomination, mintmark (if any), the grade, the tpg that slabbed it, and the price I paid for it, in case of a tie, the last three digits of the slabs id number will break the tie. I know that it might be impossible to nail it, so everyone will get two guesses, I have a 100 point scoring system in place so you will get points for being close. the contest will end tuesday at 5 pm central time. here are some of the prizes, a giant one ounce silver buffalo proof (4" dia), and some silver bullion rounds, some lincoln lp1 and 2s, a holed 1935 buffalo nickel, a 1902 Barber quarter, and a 1905 Barber nickel http://imgur.com/O6BPR.jpg http://imgur.com/aMaBh.jpg http://imgur.com/LVioL.jpg http://imgur.com/f6Jfn.jpg Here is the one hint I will give, it is a US issue coin Hope you enjoy the contest!
Date: 1812 Capped Bust Denomination: Half Dollar: 0.50¢ Mintmark (if any): -- Grade, VF20 TPG: NGC Price paid: $135
My Hat's off to the correct guesser, but here's mine 1879 Morgan Dollar No Mint Mark PCGS MS 63 price paid..$68
second guess Date: 1894 Barber Dime Denomination: 0.10¢ Mintmark (if any): O Grade, VF20 TPG: PCGS Price paid: $200
Krispy, I stole your format... Guess 1; Date: 1896 Denomination: 50 Cents Mint-Mark: O Grade: F-12 TPG: PCGS Price Paid: $155 Guess 2; Date: 1883 Denomination: $1 Mint-Mark: CC Grade: MS65 TPG: NGC Price Paid: $380 Thanks for the contest, Chip
I thought the same thing, but then thought, "Why the heck not?" I mean, a shot at free coins...C'mon Man!
lol, alright alright. Guess 1; Date: 1957 Denomination: 1 cent Mint-Mark: D Grade: MS66 TPG: NGC Price Paid: $25 Guess 2; Date: 1892 Denomination: 50 cents (Barber) Mint-Mark: none Grade: F12 TPG: NGC Price Paid: $60
Guess 1 1917 Type 1 SLQ, no mintmark VF-20 by PCGS $35 Guess 2 1867 Shield Nickel w/ rays XF-40 by PCGS $100 Congrats on +700 and happy belated birthday! And Merry Christmas to all!
wow, tough one: Date: 1916 D Denomination: 0.25¢ Mintmark (if any): D Grade, MS-63 TPG: PCGS Price paid: $300 label # 345
