The $7 experiment....

A Counter stamped coin with an interesting history

 

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I vote MS Ike Bicentennial Dollar!

 

Okay so Midnight is upon us! The top 3 consists of the most voted upon coins with some specifically nominated coins for me to look for:

1. 1943D Jefferson Nickel MS 63/64 (Jefferson Silver War Nickel)
2. 1909 VDB Any Grade or 1943 Lincoln Steelie in MS (Wheat Penny)
3. 1916-1931 EF or 1942 Micro S Mercury Dime in F/VF (Mercury Dime)

Here is a list of the people who participated by either nominating a coin or voting and will have their name each put into a hat once. I will then select one name from the hat as the winner of one of the three coins I am able to buy for $7:

1. coop
2. coleguy
3. Ardatirion
4. Collect89
5. lincolncent
6. coervi
7. BadThad
8. coinmaster1
9. cookiemonster12
10. sunflower
11. weryon
12. richarrb
13. ADiebel
14. krispy
15. WashQuartJesse
16. Evom777
17. 10gary22
18. SilverCeder
19. cubenewb
20. bqcoins
21. Brokencompass

I would like to thank all those who participated! Many more coins and paper you all nominated will be on my list of coins to buy and I will gladly share any pics of those coins that I am able to find and purchase.

However, on this Sunday 10/10 I will post a picture of which one of these Top 3 coins voted on that I was able to buy for $7 and select 1 of the 21 names as the winner of that coin.

Thanks again!
Raul

 

Because of all the nice feedback I got on this thread and the fact that I found two coins of the Top 3 that met the criteria and because I found two more that almost met the standard for the 3rd coin, there will be 4 winners. There were 22 people who entered. I put all the names into a hat and I randomly drew these 4 names. As I drew a name they were matched with the Top 3 coins in the order listed above.

And the winners are....

Prize #1
17. 10gary22

1943-D Jefferson War Nickel in MS-63 - was marked at $9 and got it for $8

Prize #2
8. coinmaster1

1943-S Steel Lincoln Penny in MS63 was marked at %10 and I got it for $7

I decided to give two more prizes as I could not find a fair priced 1916-1931 Mercury dime in XF as suggested but Ifoudn what I believed to be a nice deal on an XF from 1936 and 1937 at $4.50 each.

Prize #3
16. Evom777 - 1936 Mercury Dime in XF

Prize #4
4. Collect89 - 1937 Mercury Dime in XF

Congratulations to all the winners and thank you to all that participated! Please send me an address so I can send out your prizes!

Thanks again for participating in the $7 Experiment!

I have learned so much and you all to thank!

Raul

 

Sounds like you had a fun time and you got some nice looking coins. It was also fun to see what coins were suggested to you.

 

Still waiting to hear back from the winners. I will send out messages if I don't get any replies.

Thanks again!
Raul

 

Thanks for the contest! I sent you a PM with my address!

 

I had forgotten all about this contest. Thanks for having it.....I like Your purchases. (I really like winning one of them too!) It`s refreshing to see people who are pro-active in their hobbies. : )

 

Thanks so much for the contest and my prize ! The nickle is better than the one in my set, being MS63. I am replacing my AU55 with it as soon as I get to the bank where everything is stored.

Thanks again,
gary

 

You're very welcome and thank you for participating!
Raul

 

I got the coin today, and it looks great. Hope it doesn't disappoint you, rrekowjr, but my coin is an error, 1943S-1DR-002. Here is a pick from coppercoins.com:


Thanks for the contest!!!
-Coinmaster1.
:hail:

 

Disappointed? NO WAY! I am very excited and I thank you for letting me know. That is fantastic news! I had a good feeling about that Steelie!

Thanks again for participating!
Raul