[CLOSED] LordM Giveaway #135 (pick your prize)

If I don’t get sidetracked or overwhelmed at work, I’ll try to do the drawing tonight (in the wee hours of Saturday morning, January 3rd, Eastern US time).

 

Time for the drawing.

Our lucky number was... 25.



And Post #25 was by... @APX78 !

COINgratulations, @APX78 !

Unless you change your mind and opt for a different prize selection, you've got yourself a Kook a-comin'!

I think it's a pretty solid selection, though. It's worth a heckuva lot more at the silver price nowadays than it was when I bought it!

Anyway, I shall of course require your shipping address, and will message you shortly.

I will post a shipping notice in this thread after I mail it. Please post a receipt in this thread after you receive it, so we'll all know you got it.



Numismatic Regards,

~Robertson ("Rob") Shinnick ("LordM")

 

@Mr. Numismatist - I have some good news for you. Even though you did not win this particular drawing, you're getting that Venezuelan 5-Bolivares piece anyway. When you won Round 9 in the COINmas giveaway, you were promised an ancient Seleucid Greek coin, an ICG certified Mercury dime, and 'Possibly another "mystery trinket" or two'.

Since you've wanted it for a while, I decided to send you the Venezuelan coin instead of a "mystery trinket". Call it a New Year's upgrade.

Venezuela: 1929 (p) silver 5-Bolivares, High 9 (?) variety



Numista-10340. KM(Y)-24.2.

A wholesome Very Fine example with even wear, original coloration, and no major distractions. This is a larger silver coin which has very nearly the diameter of a United States silver dollar, and it was in fact struck under contract for Venezuela by the US Mint at Philadelphia.

The 1929 had a relatively modest mintage of 800,000 pieces, which, though a relatively "common" date for the series, has a lower mintage total than for the later coins from the 1930s.

There are "High 9" and "Low 9" varieties for this date. I am not sufficiently familiar with the series to know which this one is, but looking at the second 9 in the date, I suspect this might be the High 9 variety? That seems to be slightly more common according to Numista, but in any event, both varieties have identical catalog values, per Krause-Mishler.

Ex-eBay, 9 December 2024.

 

Oops! Got sidetracked and forgot to send it.

There, just did.

 

@APX78 's prize was shipped on Monday, January 5th.

The Venezuelan coin for @Mr. Numismatist also went out on Monday.

 

Yay! That was fast. Thanks for the update!