[CLOSED] Quarter Notes Giveaway #7 (counterstamped quarters)

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  1. lordmarcovan

    lordmarcovan Eclectic & Eccentric Moderator

    This contest is now CLOSED. The winner was announced in Post #45.

    Quarter Notes Giveaway #7

    This contest will be decided by a random number drawing sometime on or around Christmas Day, December 25th, 2021, or whenever I'm available on the forums. I might end it earlier than that, but if so, there will be another identical giveaway posted shortly afterward. Should I be absent, you may consider the contest active until such time as I return and finalize it with the drawing, and then we'll move on to the next one.

    The enigmatic “QuarterMaster” from Quarter Notes, Ltd. sent me another surprise package. This time it was a small Priority box. I always open my mystery-mail from Quarter Notes because it’s always interesting and fun.

    The QuarterMaster (whose secretive identity remains unknown to me to this day) sent me two rolls of his handiwork this time.

    You see, he counterstamps short, pithy phrases- which amount to riddles, sometimes- on Statehood quarters, and releases them into circulation. Often the phrase has something to do with the state featured on the host coin.

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    Some folks who end up on his mailing list (who knows how?) get these in the mail. Occasionally with the mind-blowing inclusion of crisp, high-denomination US currency notes. I've been pleasantly shocked to find a new hundred-dollar bill in the envelope a time or two! Others have received fifties. Just once in a while. The Quarter Master knows how to keep things exciting.

    This time around, the generous QuarterMaster has instructed me to give away eight lots of ten counterstamped quarters each. This I will do as my schedule permits. We will give these away via random drawing, per my usual practice.

    The winners should have fun trying to solve the riddles of the counterstamps.

    I will also toss in two trinkets from my own inventory into each lot, and will ship the lots with some vintage (1930s-1950s) stamps, just for added fun.

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    So... want in? ;)

    Here's all you need to do:

    Post a reply including the phrase "entry post", and thank the Quarter Master. You may also discuss your interesting circulation finds, counterstamped coins, etc. here if you like. There is no limit on conversational replies to this thread, but limit one entry post per contestant.

    This drawing is for a lot of ten (10) different Statehood quarters with Quarter Notes, Ltd. counterstamps on them. I'll try to include all different designs and/or counterstamps in each lot, if supplies permit, and will add a couple of additional trinkets from my own inventory to each lot.

    And if you don't win this drawing, there will be more. There were originally eight lots of ten coins in each, total. So I'll try to do a drawing every once in a while, depending on when I'm active on the forums.

    Numismatic Regards,

    ~Robertson ("Rob") Shinnick ("LordM")
    On behalf of the anonymous and enigmatic "Quarter Master" from Quarter Notes, Ltd.
     
    lordmarcovan, Dec 1, 2021
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  3. potty dollar 1878

    potty dollar 1878 Well-Known Member

    Entry post thanks quartermaster. 20211128_195347.jpg 20211128_195328.jpg
     
    potty dollar 1878, Dec 1, 2021
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  4. beaver96

    beaver96 Well-Known Member

    Entry Post. Thank you QuarterMaster for the prizes and thank you LordM for the time and effort in running the contests. If chosen I'd like the prize to be given to YN who posted before me. Doubling his chances.
     
    beaver96, Dec 1, 2021
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  5. Wizank

    Wizank Well-Known Member

    Entry Post - Thank you Quartermaster and thank you Lord Marcovan - I think these are the most exotic contests here on CT. IMG_3172.jpg
     
    Wizank, Dec 1, 2021
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  6. Treashunt

    Treashunt The Other Frank

    Entry post.

    Thanks for continuing these great contests.

    Just a page from my Barber quarter album.

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    Treashunt, Dec 1, 2021
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  7. Joshua Lemons

    Joshua Lemons Well-Known Member Supporter

    Entry post!
    Thanks most graciously Quarter master.
    I've had no recent circulation finds, except a wheat penny. But I did have a friend give me a silver Canadian dime she got back in change, which was rather odd as I'm in Kentucky and the coin was from 1963!
     
    Joshua Lemons, Dec 1, 2021
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  8. Stevearino

    Stevearino Well-Known Member

    Entry post.

    Mange tusen takk to the QuarterMaster (a sneaky attempt to see if s/he is Norwegian). I now have received three directly from him/her and really get a kick from this whole deal. Thanks to Rob, too, for being the resident agent for the QuarterMaster.

    Here's a beautiful Norwegian Specie Daler that someone has counter-stamped with a "T." Wow...without the counter-stamp this would be worth about $4,000, give or take a thousand. With the "T" I'm not sure. Since that is the first initial of my last name I could consider keeping it. My wife might have a different opinion.

    Steve
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    Stevearino, Dec 1, 2021
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  9. spirityoda

    spirityoda Coin Junky

    Entry post. Thank you Quartermaster and thank you Lord Marcovan. Gucci says thank you....

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    spirityoda, Dec 1, 2021
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  10. spirityoda

    spirityoda Coin Junky

    Max is to the left of Gucci...he says hi too...
     
    spirityoda, Dec 1, 2021
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  11. lordmarcovan

    lordmarcovan Eclectic & Eccentric Moderator

    Oy, that's a rare piece of lutefisk, there!
     
    lordmarcovan, Dec 1, 2021
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  12. Matthew Kruse

    Matthew Kruse Young Numismatist

    Entry Post

    Thank you Quartermaster and LordM!
     
    Matthew Kruse, Dec 1, 2021
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  13. Noah Worke

    Noah Worke Well-Known Member

    Entry Post

    Thank you Quartermaster and thank you Lord M for the GaW!

    I don't have much in the way of circulation finds lately, so here's a random coin in my gallery of photos: 1856 Seated Dime Obv.jpg 1856 Seated Dime Rev.jpg

    Edit: A bit about this coin in particular - It's my first seated dime and oldest dime. It is well circulated, so it's a circulated find rather than a circulation find.
     
    Noah Worke, Dec 1, 2021
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  14. expat

    expat Remember you are unique, just like everyone else Supporter

    Entry Post
    Thank you Quartermaster and you my Lord
    This was forwarded to me from a cousin of my Wife in Norway. He found it while demolishing a wall and unfortunately cleaned it a bit.
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    expat, Dec 1, 2021
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  15. Hookman

    Hookman Well-Known Member

    Entry Post

    Thank You to both QM and LM. Together you keep the Coin Talk !! pages quite exciting ! Winning is, in and of itself, a lot of fun, but the prizes offered and the repartee gained herein takes everything a punch above.
    Keep it up and Thanx Again.
     
    Hookman, Dec 1, 2021
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  16. Bradley Trotter

    Bradley Trotter Well-Known Member

    Entry Post.

    I would like to extend my thanks to both @lordmarcovan, and the ever illusive quartermaster for this contest.

    Here's, one of my recent circulation finds, provided you consider a coin found in the Coinstar reject slot as a "circulation find."

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    Bradley Trotter, Dec 2, 2021
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  17. Hookman

    Hookman Well-Known Member

    That is a cool find.....all things considered.
     
    Hookman, Dec 2, 2021
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  18. ZoidMeister

    ZoidMeister Hamlet Squire of Tomfoolery . . . . .

    And Zoid has been granted admission to the club!

    Eternal thanks to the QuarterMeister, I mean Quarter Master . . . . .

    I admit, the coded message on this one has me flummoxed. I keep picking my brain, but it's meaning is a bit fuzzy. My attempts at decoding it have not been very fruitful. I would like to cobbler together an appropriate guess, but the thought of being wrong has left me in the pits.

    Anyway, I know y'all are a lot smarter and can probably figure it out. My intent was to just thank @lordmarcovan and the Quarter Master for the kind gift and for lowering the bar enough to admit the Hamlet Squire of Tomfoolery . . . .

    Z


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    ZoidMeister, Dec 2, 2021
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  19. Hookman

    Hookman Well-Known Member

    Zoid, the message on this Georgia Quarter is simply "You're a Peach !", which is like saying "You're the best." or " You're a great person. ".
    You can get the message by reading the quarter in a linear way : First the words
    " You're A " followed underneath the words by a depiction of a Peach.

    Actually, this is one of his easier ones, plus I really like solving riddles.

    If I could get a chance to read the various quarters that have been sent out, I believe I could solve most, if not all, of them.

    Thanx and Good Luck !
     
    Hookman, Dec 2, 2021
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  20. ZoidMeister

    ZoidMeister Hamlet Squire of Tomfoolery . . . . .

    I keep picking my brain, but it's meaning is a bit fuzzy. My attempts at decoding it have not been very fruitful. I would like to cobbler together an appropriate guess, but the thought of being wrong has left me in the pits.

    I guess I was being too cryptic . . .

    Sheesh . . .

    Z
     
    ZoidMeister, Dec 2, 2021
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  21. SensibleSal66

    SensibleSal66 U.S Casual Collector / Error Collector

    Entry post-- Thank You Quarter Master and LordM !! 09175865_166311935_800x800.jpg
     
    SensibleSal66, Dec 2, 2021
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