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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Curtisimo, post: 2696022, member: 83845&quot;][ATTACH=full]605708[/ATTACH]</p><p>I was recently gifted a great coin by one of our members, [USER=76194]@Sallent[/USER], and I pledged to do my own give away in honor of his generosity.&nbsp; So here goes…</p><p><br /></p><p>Inspired by the great coins and amazing posts I see on this site every day I thought it would be fun and in keeping with the spirit of march madness to have an annual tournament that pits some of our favorite coins and favorite members against each other in a good-natured competition for ancient coin supremacy!</p><p><br /></p><p>My hope is that we can get some great participation from both our well known members as well as our newer collectors so please don’t hold back from entering just because you fall into one of these categories.</p><p><br /></p><p><b><u>Here is how to enter</u></b></p><ol> <li>Post below to this thread saying you would like to enter.&nbsp; Once we have between 16 and 32 people entered I will close the entry period, set up the bracket, and we will get started.</li> <li>Once we have our bracket set I will PM the participants asking for a photo of the coin you would like to enter for the first round.&nbsp; Please also include the following information:</li> </ol> <blockquote><blockquote><p>a.&nbsp; Attribution information, with description, date range etc.</p><p>b.&nbsp; Price paid for the coin (not including shipping)</p><p>c.&nbsp; A short description (2 sentences or less) on what makes the coin extra cool!</p></blockquote></blockquote><p><br /></p><p><b><u>Here are the rules:</u></b></p><p><br /></p><ol> <li>1 coin per round, per participant.</li> <li>Coins can be from any region, culture or time period before AD 1500</li> <li> There is no restriction on value or price you paid for any coin you enter for any round of the tournament. (Try to keep it to relatively recent purchases)</li> <li>I will make a separate thread with a poll for each head-to-head matchup.&nbsp; Members will each have 3 votes in the poll and will issue a vote for which coin comes out on top in each of the following categories.<br /> <blockquote><p>a.&nbsp; Eye Appeal<br /> b.&nbsp; Value for money<br /> c.&nbsp; Historical or numismatic interest</p></blockquote> </li> <li>Polls will close after 1 week for each thread.&nbsp; The participant with the highest cumulative number of votes will win the match and advance to the next round.</li> <li>Participants will be seeded based on number of comments they have posted to CoinTalk.</li> <li>Winners in their round can choose to submit a new coin each round or continue to submit the coin from the previous round.</li> <li>Have fun!</li> </ol><p>The winner will, of course, be granted a Triumph (you’ll see), be able to call themselves the Coin Imperator for the whole of the next year and will receive as their <i>spolia opima </i>the following coin.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]605715[/ATTACH]</p><p>I understand that many of our long time collectors would rather have the newer members reap the benefits of give-aways and contests so with that in mind (and to get some of you regulars more involved) the two following options will also be open to the Imperator of the tournament at his/her imperial whim.</p><ul> <li>Nominate another member to receive the above coin on the Imperators behalf, <b>or</b></li> <li>I will donate $35 to the ACCG or a charity of the Imperators choice!</li> </ul><p>[ATTACH=full]605716[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>So enter for yourself, enter for someone else or enter for a good cause!</b>&nbsp; No matter who wins, everyone wins!</p><p><br /></p><p>I will post the bracket and update results to this thread once we get underway.&nbsp; Good luck and let’s have some fun.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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