LordM, coin_nut, & Paddy54 giveaway, November 2017

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I am thankful my wife for making want to be a better man for her. Sounds cliché but everyone needs a muse to motivate and inspire.

 

This will sound generic, but family. Definitely. I'm about to get on a plane to Florida, where my Uncle Joel had open heart surgery yesterday. He didn't survive. I'm thankful for my family, who pick me up when times are hard.

 

So sorry for your loss of an uncle, but like you said who else will better understand your experience and offer you help without strings attached. Friends are great but family is always a constant in challenging moments in life and we all will experience these moments.

 

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Thankful for my family, who puts up with my eccentricities and hobbies.

Thanks for the contest @lordmarcovan and @coin_nut .

 

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The last few years have brought some stresses, but I'm thankful for my family and kids. My oldest daughter just spent two years in an Asian country doing humanitarian work. Sometimes rather primitive and not so safe. I'm thankful that overall it went well for her and she is back home in one piece, with many experiences and a new maturity. And on this frosty morning I'm thankful for a warm house.

 

I just want to know..which one is it? Silver or silver plated?

 

You know my address.. Send them to me!

 

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Maybe if it's real silver and not plate, then going to a smelter would be fitting. I don't mind the historical pieces, but anything 'newer' that might be propaganda-ish for modern times is distasteful to me (but I'm NOT trying to tell others what/how to collect).

I am truly most thankful for the happy life I get to live. My family. A good job that feeds my brain without sucking the life from me (anymore). Gives me time now to enjoy my family. My immediate family of course (and the long distance between the toxic type). Food, pets, healthy environment, comfortable home. I even get to have a not so cheap hobby, with the time to devote to leisure activities. Some is the result of hard work, but a lot is good fortune.

Coinwise, it's a bit hard to narrow it down. A long story short, this coin was something I had in my head to own at the very beginning of my adult coin collecting (I was living in Japan, and was trying to buy gold bullion or near bullion...and figured a Japanese piece would be a nice addition to my tiny hoard).

The coin turned out to be much more elusive in decent MS than I would have thought, and only just got it in the last year or so. However, the idea of it is what started me down the path of collecting a Japanese type set to start, and then all those other coins.

So, here is a coin to be thankful for (which is secondary to the important things in life):


edited to add: This is a 100,000 yen (!) from Showa year 61/1986 commemorating the 60th year of Enthronement. IIRC it's 20 grams of .999 gold or thereabouts.

There was a period when a large # were being sold in Europe and the sudden accusations of counterfeits. Lawsuits or something were involved and suddenly the complaints out of Japan ceased. Either there were a large number as initially thought, or the officials made a mistake and had to retract and make whole the dealer selling. No one talked so perhaps the latter with a gag order to avoid further embarassments.

 

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I'm thankful for all the prizes you have been giving away!
Ha!
Actually I'm thankful for so many things I don't know where to begin.
At the top would by my Faith and Family.

 

You mean like for a broth or something?

 

Entry Post: I'm thankful for living in a good country. I've traveled the world and lived outside the U.S. and even though it's not close to perfect, it's a great place to live. There are plenty of great countries and areas to live, but I'm grateful I'm here.

 

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I am thankful for smiley dogs...