[CLOSED] LordM CoinTalk giveaway #39 - elongated coins

That's a wrap, folks, at least until next time. Winners have one month from this post to claim their prizes.

BTW, I just emailed my manufacturer to enquire if it is possible for her to roll out quarters on her equipment. The 2020 Lord Marcovan elongates, if there are to be any, might get rolled out on Indian cents or Buffalo nickels, with the limited silver ones done on silver quarters. IF that proves feasible. We'll see. I'm still brainstorming that.

 

@jwitten - address rec'd and coins mailing on 6/9.

 

I just bought the host coins for the 2020 elongates. These will be rolled out on Indian cents and Barber dimes. I bought culls, of course, since there's no sense in messing up undamaged 100+ year old coins. By the time they get smooshed and stretched out as elongated coins, the issues that made them culls won't matter anymore, and likely won't be noticeable. Kinda like taking your sour lemons and making lemonade with them.

 

Aw, shucks. Thanks. No design change this year, though, except the border, which will disappear. Maybe I'll get ambitious later. But more likely it will remain the same Robertson badge design each year, with only the host coin types changing.

The projected Barber dime elongate "mintage" will be limited to 50-75 pieces, most likely. I bought 100, but intend to spare any non-culls found in the lot, which was described as being mostly culls with "some good coins floating around".

The Indian cent production total will likely be 125-150, depending on the quality of the host coins. I bought an all-cull lot of 180 pieces. I think I'll have them left "dirty" prior to rolling. (The Wheat cents from last year were cleaned prior to the process.)

Two things presently unknown are how visible the Barber dime dates will be after they are rolled out, since we're likely to be starting from lower grade, flatter host coins. We're also starting from a cull lot. Last year's coins were regular, "average circulated" pieces. I don't want to "waste" or "ruin" collectible old coins. I'd rather repurpose the unloved culls instead (which saves money, too).

I'm hoping that any darker toning the dimes had will provide some visual contrast after they're elongated, so some details and most dates will survive, as happened with the Mercs last year. Hopefully leaving the Indian cents "dirty" will have a similar effect. We'll experiment.

 

@jwitten's were shipped.
@YoloBagels' were shipped.

I am pretty sure @Nyatii's were shipped, but forgot to keep a record of it. LMK if you don't see them in a few days, OK?

Due to a mixup, I will not be sending @H8_modern a set right now, but he is entitled to a full set of both the 2019 series and the new 2020 series, when those come out. (And I've sent something else in the meantime.)

@Hookman has not been seen since May 30, as of this post.

 

Awesome! What was the date on your dime- can you tell?