5000+ Posts Contest

Well, I've reached the 5000 posts mark and I guess it's time for another contest.

This one is going to end in January. The end date will be announced later.

This contest is open to all members with 10 posts or more.

I'm buying an estate in the next two weeks. I made an offer of $2,500.00 on this a few months ago and it was just accepted. It consists of approx. 1,000 coins and 150 banknotes. The coins are a mixture... a little bit of everything. World, U.S., Canadian, some tokens and just some odds and ends. The banknotes are World and Canadian. I just went through the boxes quickly and gave a price of what I was willing to pay. I didn't check each and every item so there might be a few surprises.

The contest is easy. Guess the date of the oldest coin in this collection. One guess per member. Post your guesses here. No duplicate guesses.

The winner will be the one who guesses it exactly or is closest without going past the date. (eg. If the coin is 1900 and there are guesses of 1895 and 1901, 1895 will be the winner.)

The prize will be the coin. At this point, I don't even know what it is. It could be a penny or it could be a Morgan dollar, or a world coin. It might even be the rarest coin in the collection! Value? Who knows? It's all for fun and one of you might be lucky.


*There's no gold so don't get your hopes up. But, there was a lot of silver.

When I receive the collection, I will be posting pics of it.

The only tips I'll give is that there are no ancients and the original collector was a hoarder and collected everything (not just coins). He wasn't a coin aficionado.

I'll end the contest a couple of days past the day I receive the collection. Just so I have time to sort and examine it.

Good luck!

 

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1711

 

My guess is 1700. Cool contest

 

Thanks for the contest.

I guess 1811

 

1792

 

1720

Thanks for the contest!

 

I'll guess 1803. Cool contest,and congrats on your purchase!

 

1799, thanks!

 

1835, thanks!

 

1852

Cool contest, thanks.

 

1830

Thanks for the contest!

 

1804

 

Already guessed by Dennis68...

 

1834

 

1860 thanks!

 

1621

 

Ummm, that would be 1901 is the winner, unless I can just say 1000000BC and be a sure winner.

 

The voices are telling me 1825.

 

I am hoping the winning date is 1794. Thanks for the opportunity!!

 

Thanks for the contest. Have fun going through the coins....
hmmm...1813