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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;900fine, post: 624686, member: 6036&quot;]Hey guys !</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Well, today I celebrated two exciting milestones - my 21st anniversary of marriage and my 3,000th post on this site. Clearly, there are some very tolerant people in the world ! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Anyway, I would like to celebrate by having a little contest. I&#039;ll give away a grading book to the first budding young numismatist who can properly attribute the Large Cent photographed below.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The prize is <b>&quot;How to Grade US Coins&quot; </b>by Jim Halperin. Still in the shrink wrap ! US, Canada, and UK only.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I want to give this prize to either someone who is new to the hobby (less than one year) or a young numismatist (less than 21 years old). If you are in either of those categories, <b>PM me with your attribution decision</b>. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>For the veterans out there, if you have a friend or relative who qualifies, invite them to give it a try. Have <i>them</i> &quot;do the legwork&quot; of attribution, but they can submit their entry via your username. As long as the youngsters do the work and get the book, it&#039;s all good.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>As the attribution guide and authority, I am using <b>&quot;United States Large Cents&quot; by William Noyes copyright 1991</b>.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>To give everyone a chance, please don&#039;t make any public guesses. After someone wins, then we can all post up publicly and see what everyone thinks.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>As always, anyone can post up grading opinions and observations at anytime.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Good luck, everybody !</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Ricky B[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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