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Message:: [QUOTE="lordmarcovan, post: 26091127, member: 10461"]It is time for Round 1! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> [ATTACH=full]1662986[/ATTACH] CTF Giveaway 3, Round 1 Donor: [USER=86815]@Dafydd[/USER]Availability: international To enter: 1) Just say you want this prize. 2) Post something else coin-related or cheerful. If you win, we ask that you please post to this thread later, after receiving the prize, to thank your donor, and also so that we'll all know you got it. Alternately, you may enter on someone else's behalf if you prefer. Simply name the person you'd like to receive it. The random drawing: Should take place on or shortly after Sunday, March 9, 2025. If I should happen to be absent, you may assume the contest to be open for entries up until the time I return and announce the drawing. The prize: [USER=86815]@Dafydd[/USER], our kind donor from Wales, has quite a fascinating lot for you here.  It comes with a 56-year-old auction pedigree and an even earlier 318-year-old shipwreck pedigree!  It is a silver "cob" type Spanish <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_dollar" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_dollar" rel="nofollow">8-reales</a> piece ("piece of eight") from the wreck of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Association_(1697)" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Association_(1697)" rel="nofollow">HMS Association</a>, which sank off the coast of England in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scilly_naval_disaster_of_1707" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scilly_naval_disaster_of_1707" rel="nofollow">Scilly Naval Disaster of 1707</a>. [USER=86815]@Dafydd[/USER] says:<blockquote> "This is a shipwreck coin recovered from the HMS Association. It was originally from the Sotheby Auction. I'm donating it because I was keen to procure an Association coin and had a number of "spread bids" on Association coins and as luck would have it, ended up with three so happy to let this go.</blockquote> <blockquote>It's a big lump of a coin. Not in the greatest condition but a true shipwreck find. I have developed a side collection of these coins. I still scuba dive myself but these days in warm waters. The sea around me can have 40 foot tides and rip currents and is COLD. You can't dive without a dry suit and at 68 years old the hassle of dry suits, dive planning and weather, holds less interest. I've salvaged a lot of stuff myself over the years but mainly munitions and no coins." </blockquote>[ATTACH=full]1662987[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1662988[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1662989[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1662990[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1662991[/ATTACH] Thank you, [USER=86815]@Dafydd[/USER]! <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/cointalk-friends-ctf-giveaway-3-four-drawings.416539/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/cointalk-friends-ctf-giveaway-3-four-drawings.416539/">Round Summary (this contest)</a><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/2025-cointalk-friends-ctf-giveaways-master-thread-summary.415530/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/2025-cointalk-friends-ctf-giveaways-master-thread-summary.415530/">Master Summary (all CTF contests)</a><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/2025-cointalk-friends-ctf-giveaways-master-thread-summary.415530/#post-25953165" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/2025-cointalk-friends-ctf-giveaways-master-thread-summary.415530/#post-25953165">Want to be a donor for a future contest?</a> <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]

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