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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;The_Cave_Troll, post: 106197, member: 1674&quot;]<b>Contest 68: Coin ID contest:&nbsp; WE HAVE A WINNER!</b></p><p><br /></p><p>I got a new QX3+ computer microscope for Christmas and I had the chance to finally play with it today, so I decided to do a coin identification contest.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have taken 40 close-up photos of parts of US coins with my QX3+ set to 60X magnification.&nbsp; I uploaded all of the photos to <a href="http://www.villagephotos.com/pubbrowse.asp?folder_id=1580501" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.villagephotos.com/pubbrowse.asp?folder_id=1580501" rel="nofollow">this photo hosting site</a>.&nbsp; Just click on the link above to view the photos and click on any individual photo to view a larger blow-up of the image.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here are the rules:</p><p><br /></p><p>1) This contest will end at 11:59 PM Eastern Time (GMT-5) on <b>February 4</b>, 2006.&nbsp; Any entry posted after that will be ignored.</p><p>2) The winner will be the person with the most points when the contest ends.&nbsp; In the event of a tie the person who achieved their score first (had their post logged into the thread earlier) will be the winner.&nbsp; There is no limit on the number of times that anyone is allowed to enter this contest.&nbsp; The winner will receive a coin prize of my choosing.</p><p>3) There are 50 possible points.&nbsp; That breaks down to one point for each of the 40 identifications plus 10 bonus points, one each for the 10 coins that you can determine the date as well as the type from the pictures.&nbsp; (i.e. if one of the pictures is of a type one buffalo nickel then you would receive one point for identifying the type as a buffalo nickel and one bonus point for realizing that the coin is dated 1913).</p><p>4) Just type up your guesses and <b>send them to me through a PM</b> and I will let you know your score by posting a &quot;leader-board&quot; in the thread.</p><p>5) My decisions stand and I am the final authority on any rules related questions.&nbsp; I believe that all 40 coins can be identified by their pictures if you are resourceful enough, so have fun!!</p><p>6) Here are the only 2 hints I plan on giving: One coin is a fake (but a good one, so it shouldn&#039;t affect the contest); And at least one coin is a classic commemorative coin and there are no modern commems in the contest.</p><p>7) I am running an identical contest on a <a href="http://smcurl.com/D7a7B" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://smcurl.com/D7a7B" rel="nofollow">different coin site</a> so please only enter this contest on one site or the other, but not both.&nbsp; thanks!</p><p><br /></p><p>Good luck and have a blast!!</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Here is the leader board:</p><p>1) foundinrolls&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 50 points</p><p>2) YNcoinpro_U.S.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 49 points</p><p>3) Speedy&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 42 points</p><p>4) Charlie32&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 41 points</p><p>5) Bonedigger&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 28 points</p><p>6) julzboi661&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 13 points</p><p>7) dopeuser&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 13 points</p><p>8) Skylark&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 6 points[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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