[CLOSED] Quarter Notes Giveaway #14 (counterstamped quarters + bonus coin)

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  1. lordmarcovan

    lordmarcovan Eclectic & Eccentric Moderator

    Contest status: CLOSED
    Drawing: (@Burton Strauss III won)
    Shipped 10 April 2023
    Winner's notice of receipt

    This contest will be decided by a random drawing sometime on or around April 1, 2023, or shortly thereafter, depending on my schedule. Should I be absent, you may consider the contest active until such time as I return and finalize it with the drawing.

    The enigmatic “QuarterMaster” from Quarter Notes, Ltd. (whose secretive identity remains unknown to me to this day) counterstamps short, pithy phrases- which amount to riddles or puns- on Statehood quarters, and releases them into circulation. Often the phrase has something to do with the state or design featured on the host coin.

    He has anonymously sent me several rolls of his handiwork to distribute.

    I got an email from the Quarter Master:

    "Hi Rob,

    Here’s an idea for future QuarterNotes contests:

    In addition to ‘Entry Post’, how about requiring that the entrant include a suggestion for a possible future QN counterstamp. They could select any State and offer their best associated inscription.

    Example: Hawaii ‘GET LEIED’

    Just remember that due to the size of the coin, each inscription must be 12 characters or less, including spaces. People should try their best to be creative and clever, but the quality of their inscription will not be judged.

    The QuarterMaster

    So there you have it.

    To enter, simply post your suggestion for a future QN counterstamp, as suggested by the Quarter Master above.

    The prize this time will be a dozen (12) different Statehood quarters counterstamped by the Quarter Master, instead of eight like the past Quarter Notes giveaways.
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    There is also a thirteenth bonus coin. This is a Kansas State quarter (non-counterstamped), with the "RUST" error (a filled die which made the "T" in TRUST weaker than usual, and even missing on some coins). On this particular example, you can still see the T, but it is noticeably weaker. According to the sticker on the holder, the Quarter Master found this in circulation himself.

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    Good luck in the drawing, and have fun with the riddles. Also, maybe one of your suggestions will be featured on a future QN counterstamp; who knows? :)
     
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  3. lordmarcovan

    lordmarcovan Eclectic & Eccentric Moderator

    The RUST quarter pictured here is the actual one offered as a prize in this contest. In the last QN contest (QN13), I used these same pictures but accidentally shipped a different set to @expat, who won. (He still got what was promised- just not the exact coin pictured, is all.)

    You see, there were two RUST quarters in the source box that the Quarter Master sent. So this contest has the same prizes as last time (twelve different counterstamps plus the RUST), but in fact the RUST quarter shown here is the actual one you will receive.
     
  4. potty dollar 1878

    potty dollar 1878 Well-Known Member

    Entry post I still don't have any or a rust quarter and my suggestion is for the state of Florida (90 and the letter C). Screenshot_20230315_215808_eBay.jpg Screenshot_20230315_215811_eBay.jpg
     
  5. Randy Abercrombie

    Randy Abercrombie Supporter! Supporter

    Entry Post

    I have been filling a state quarter book with Quartermaster quarters so I am ponying up for this one. And I have wanted an “In God We Rust” coin since I discovered that they existed…. So this is a double good contest for this old boy….. I stink at puns, but here goes:
    C-Land Rocks…… A nod to the rock and roll hall of fame for an Ohio quarter….. like I said, my ability to make a pun is woefully weak…
     
  6. masterswimmer

    masterswimmer A Caretaker, can't take it with me

    No way! Potty is the first to enter? :hilarious::hilarious::hilarious::hilarious::hilarious:
     
  7. masterswimmer

    masterswimmer A Caretaker, can't take it with me

    Entry Post for my buddy @Randy Abercrombie

    Maryland quarter: Crabs Galore

    I'm worse than Randy with the puns.
     
  8. potty dollar 1878

    potty dollar 1878 Well-Known Member

    LOL,I'm a cobra!!:):).
     
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  9. Burton Strauss III

    Burton Strauss III Brother can you spare a trime? Supporter

    Count me in... suggestion: On the FACE (George side) of the Alaska quarter: BEAR BEHIND
     
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  10. ZoidMeister

    ZoidMeister Hamlet Squire of Tomfoolery . . . . .


    Count me in.

    I'll second ^^^^ @Burton Strauss III suggestion.

    Z

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  11. expat

    expat Remember you are unique, just like everyone else Supporter

    Entry Post on behalf of @Randy Abercrombie if my number is selected.
    Suggestion for counterstamp
    HeavyLaundry
    no spaces between words as it relates to
    WashingTon
     
  12. ZoidMeister

    ZoidMeister Hamlet Squire of Tomfoolery . . . . .



    Dang, that's a good one too . . . .

    Z
     
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  13. lordmarcovan

    lordmarcovan Eclectic & Eccentric Moderator

    What a groovy idea! Dunno why that never occurred to me. If you win, I shall have to see how I can further your project, even beyond the offered prize. :)


    I know, right? LOL :D

    There was a recent giveaway where he wasn’t first to enter. Poor lad must’ve been feeling under the weather that day. ;)
     
  14. Randy Abercrombie

    Randy Abercrombie Supporter! Supporter

  15. lordmarcovan

    lordmarcovan Eclectic & Eccentric Moderator

    I like it!

    (And the meme the Zoid posted in reply is pretty funny.) :)
     
  16. lordmarcovan

    lordmarcovan Eclectic & Eccentric Moderator

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    lordmarcovan Eclectic & Eccentric Moderator

  18. Randy Abercrombie

    Randy Abercrombie Supporter! Supporter

    That is a really god one.
     
  19. Mountain Man

    Mountain Man Supporter! Supporter

    I'm in. Ya know, when I saw this give-away, I thought to myself; Someone should fill an entire state quarter album with just the counter stamped quarters. And then Randy pops up and steals my idea. LOL
    If my entry, for some odd reason, is picked, I want the winnings to go to @Randy Abercrombie to help fulfill the dream. It should be called: CoinTalk's Quarters.

    My idea for one is on the Montana quarter (what else?) "Was Thirsty"
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    I'm assuming only one entry per person, cause I know I'll wake up in the middle of the night with a better one. LOL
     
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  20. Randy Abercrombie

    Randy Abercrombie Supporter! Supporter

    Dang, @lordmarcovan and @Mountain Man…. I am totally humbled here. Thank you.
     
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  21. Mountain Man

    Mountain Man Supporter! Supporter

    Ya know, Randy, there are only a handful of members here at CT, that are just about always really helpful, respectful, knowledgeable, humble, and seemly nice, and I put you at the top of that list, so good things to good people. Nough said.
     
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