I actually ended up with this great big atlas book opened up on my table. Desperately going from page to page trying to find the correct country. My spreadsheet worked, Zambia didn't. Lucy: What does (T)P I I G S mean? Jon
Last thing I did was use my technical measuring device (after looking up how far apart the countries were, and converting the mileage to KM for the scale on the world map..) and that device? A business card with penciled lines for 4000 miles (6437 km). Compassed the points with the card, and voila! Only a few choices! Good night and thanks again.
These are the countries defaulting or about to, in Europe: Portugal, Ireland, Italy, Greece, Spain... what's the T?
Jon, sounds like we were working it the same way. What helped me was to look at ONE map, and not flip back and forth. Googled a world map, and could then see relativity. Probably the first time I ever actually paid attention to the countries and how they related to one another. The spread sheet was immensely helpful too. I'm pretty sure I was way too serious about this. Stressful fun! Guaranteed these coins are going to represent something to me! Regards, Lucy
Awesome contest, nothing better than something that keeps you engaged and involved in world geography, benefits us all in my opinion.
Update: Coins shipped! A BIG thank you to everyone who played and congratulations to our winners! :smile All of your coins shipped via USPS First Class Mail today, Tuesday 10/26. You should have them in hand by the end of the week, hopefully. Below are some quick snaps I took of each envelopes contents to share with the thread: Envelope Letter - Nation(s) -- Winner A - China / Hong Kong -- mecha1166 B - Austria / Hungary -- bigjpst C - Ecuador / Barbados / East Caribbean /Panama/ Guatemala -- Jon H D - Italy -- dctjr80 E - Singapore / Mauritius / India / Philippines / Thailand -- lincolncent F - Australia / NZ / Fiji -- blsmothermon G - Zimbabwe/Somalia/Kenya -- coinmaster1 H - Greek / Cyprus -- Joh H I - Portugal -- lucyray J - Russia / Czech / Yugoslavia / Bosnia-Herzegovina -- lincolncent K - Ireland -- 1066merlin L - Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark -- goossen M - Turkey -- lucyray N - Spain -- lucyray Enjoy your coins... :smile
Just got these today! Thank you Krispy! And you are correct: "these 'lopes don't have bullion in them." LOL Thanks again Jon H.
Thanks. I had fun hosting this contest. The interaction was very nice and I appreciate all who participated and helped to make it great.
:nice-smile:Krispy, I'm not being rude; Portugal, Spain and Turkey might be on the long flight (detained or something), for they did not arrive yet. I will post as soon as they arrive. Thank you very much, again! Lucy
I received my coins as well, sorry I didn't post sooner, I turned 30 todays and have been celebrating since yesterday with family... thanks though!
Heck, I'll take some guesses before I take another look at the coins. Norway, Germany Chezch Republic Vatican France Great Britan Portugal ===== Tobago Zambiewe Chili.....oops Chile Paraguay
