[CLOSED] LordM Giveaway #41 (pick your prize)

Entry post .Franklin 1/2 is my pick. A beautiful coin.

 

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Entry Post - that Columbian Expo commemorative caught my eye - never had one, would be a neat coin to have

 

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A coin from the dark side

 

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Thanks lots for this!
This is fun. I'm still new to the forum, and have been too lazy to submit a separate post. Appreciate the opportunity, never mind (for half a second) the element of motivation!
I've got to pick the John penny (Walter On Lunde) from (Hang On One Minute) the Gisors Hoard. The castle of Gisors is pretty great. Here's the English Wiki article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Château_de_Gisors
Right, on to the coin-relatied stuff. The pictures start with a denier of Charles II /the Bald from Bayeux, minted c. 864-875 (Depeyrot, 3rd ed., 2008, #127).
The next one was found on French ebay, underattributed enough to get cheap.
That one is an immobilization of the Carolingian issue of Bayeux, which Dumas attributes to Richard I, "duke" of Normandy (really count, this early), c. mid-10th century. (Tresor de Fecamp, pp. 104-5, and Plate VI. ...And, Oh Happy Day, the machine isn't cooperating with uploading that.) This looks to me like a very close die match to example 6047 on the plate.
Anyway, the primary "tell," where the immobilizations versus the originals is concerned, is the relatively moderate level of blundering of the mint signature. In typically fraught medieval Latin, especially for place names, the Carolingian legend goes: "HBAIOCAS CIVITAS." In the immobilizations, it ubiquitously starts: "IAI+CASH CITAS." (There's blundering of the obverse, too, but it's less consistent.)
...Well, Okay. The last picture is me, age 11, on the one trip I ever took to Europe, in 1973. Sorry for the hair; Promise, the resemblance to David Bowie was Not intentional. ...The family were mostly sponging off of relatives and camping. Sorry; no, didn't get to Gisors.
...Is it time to shut up, or what? This was fun, though. (...The machine notwithstanding. Y'know how you shouldn't argue with people who are stupider than you, because you'll never win? Well, with a computer, it's the same principle, just magnified on a geometric scale.)

 

...Takes some of us longer. I saw "ROTATION" in big letters, and thought it might be a kind of visual metaphor for what you're doing here!
...What you get from an English major, still awaiting rehabilitation.

 

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My birth year.

 

...Thanks for all of that.
And, Yikes, I think I got to your collection by clicking on your link, and then clicking on something that Looked right from there. Not sure. Except, I had trouble with the frankly insane coins you were giving away, only most especially after your self-characterization as being from a working class (we got some Class up in this house) background. Thank you, that adds that many points to your already impressive permanent collection. Anyway, Yeah, embarrassing.
Kindly allow me to put in for your antoninianus of Victorinus. First ancient I ever got was one of them. ("Providentia" reverse. Wish I still had it.)

 

Shoot. Thanks for all of that.

 

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I'd pick the Franklin Half (birthyear), or maybe one of the Barber halves (because I don't have one). But the Roman coins would be nice too....no...no...wait, the Nickel, definitely the proof nickel...but that steel cent is sweet....ohhh my head hurts..hmmm.

 

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If I win, I will be primarily looking for a type of US coin I don’t currently have.

One of my sons had a brilliant idea. His workplace gets quite a bit of coinage that they then have to roll and get to the bank. It turns out that his boss is very happy to just trade the coins for greenbacks. So, I gave my son a wad of bills that he uses for the swap, and then he stores the coins in old food take-out containers until he can come visit. I am happy because I get to see him AND start going through coins again. The only problem I have discovered is that after going through one of the containers, I have a craving for Chinese food.

P.S. Thanks again for hosting such giveaways; I think they are great fun.

 

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Thought I would post a photo of a Hobo Nickel.

 

Entry post. The 1943-d steel cent.
I was the lucky winner of the two 2020-w quarters from Beardigger. I am going to add a note of the time, place and how I got em. I think the US Mint did it right by releasing them into circulation only.
Hats off to everyone that tosses something in the hat.
Here is a little guy I got in change the other day.

 

Entry Post. This is a very exciting group of potential prizes. My current first choice would be the Peruvian 1/2 sol. But my eye went to the Austrian silver also. Hmmmm, so many good choices.

 

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any of the Seated or Barber coins.

 

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I saw this coin meme recently.