[CLOSED] LordM & Friends Coin Giveaway, June, 2019

LordM & Friends Coin Giveaway, June, 2019

Deadline for entries: Midnight Eastern US time, Sunday, June 30, 2019.

Contest now CLOSED. Winners announced in Post #181.



Hi, everybody, and welcome to the latest monthly giveaway!

If this is your first time entering one of these contests, I apologize for making you slog through all the text below. It's really not as bad as it looks. Just look at some of the entry posts other folks have made, if you're confused.

This month there are five prize lots given by three donors.

In other words, there will be five drawings and each contestant will have five chances to win something!

My fine donor partners this month are:

@spirityoda (again!)
@SchwaVB57

So many thanks to them for their generosity!

To enter:

1. Please include the words "entry post" in your initial post to this thread - and only your first post. You may reply to this thread as many times as you like, but if you put the phrase "entry post" into more than one reply, you will disqualify yourself.

2. In addition to the words "entry post", post something else that is coin-related in some way- whatever you like. This can be a question, observation, coin picture, story, or even a joke- as long as it is coin-related somehow.

Also - just for this month- please tell us what your first or favorite gold coin is/was- OR, if you have never owned a gold coin before, say so. (The reason for this will become apparent when you see the prizes below.)

3. To expedite the prize allotments at the end of the month, please specify your prize choices, in order of preference. (List your first favorite choice, second favorite, third favorite, etc., in order.) The first winner drawn will get his or her first pick, and then the next winner will get his or her first pick from the remaining prizes, and so on.

The fine print:

• There are no strings attached- no shipping charges or anything. I wouldn't even be offended if you chose to sell your prizes later, though obviously it's more fun when folks enjoy the prizes enough to want to keep them.
• If your lucky number (the permalink number of your entry post) comes up in the drawing at the end of the month, you've won a prize. Drawings are done with the random.org True Random Number Generator.
• To see how this works and has played out before, look at some of the past monthly giveaways. (I've put an archive of those in Post #3.)
• I will gladly ship prizes outside the USA (or reimburse donor partners for doing so), but if international shipping proves too costly, I do reserve the right to substitute prizes (such as with an electronic PayPal gift, etc).
• If you are a minor, we're delighted to have you play, but please make sure you have your parents' permission to enter this giveaway, since if you win, we will be required to ask for your mailing address.

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See Post #2 below for the list of prizes!

 

Prize #1, from @lordmarcovan:
South India (Nangapattinam, Tanjore, Dutch period): gold fanam, early issue, ca. 1658-1784.
(*This first gold fanam is smaller than the second one below, but thick and chunky, relative to its diameter.)



Prize #2, from @lordmarcovan:
South India (Dutch Kingdom of Cochin): gold fanam, ca. 1663-1724.
(*This one has nice yellow gold and a slightly convex flan. I believe the design is some kind of stylized beastie, but I know not what. I'm relying on the prior seller's attribution, here.)



Prize #3, from @lordmarcovan:
One item of your choice from my "Pick Bin & Giveaway Goodies" page.
(Give that link a few moments to load.)
(*The contents of that list are subject to change and I might add some things throughout the month. So if you prefer, you can pick your favorite version of Prize #3 at the end of the month.)



Prize #4, from @spirityoda:
Singapore: silver 10 cents, 1983-SM, NGC PF69 Ultra Cameo (15,000 minted).
(*Silver. Low mintage. Ultra Cameo proof. NGC certified and top of the population- tied with 8 other pieces for the finest graded. Great seahorse design. What more is there to say?)




Prize #5, from @SchwaVB57:
US coin & currency lot: An 11-piece Westward Journey nickel set (many gold-plated and/or colorized), in presentation case, & a Series 2013 $1.00 "radar" note.
(*A "radar" note is one whose serial number is a palindrome- the same backwards as forwards- like the word "radar" itself.)

 

Archive of LordM & Friends CoinTalk giveaways

• June, 2019 (with @spirityoda & @SchwaVB57) - this thread
• May, 2019 (with @spirityoda, @Stevearino, @Trish, & @Devyn5150)
• April, 2019 (with @Paddy54, @Nas, @kazuma78, & @mrbadexample)
• March, 2019 (with @Santinidollar & @Nas)
• February, 2019 (with @dwhiz, @CoinBlazer, @Nas, & @spirityoda)
• January, 2019 (with @Noah Finney)
• December, 2018 (CircCam silver)
• November-December, 2018 (book & coin giveaway on Ancients forum)
• November, 2018 (with additional silver coins from @spirityoda)
• August, 2018 (with @H8_modern, @Kasia, & @Nas)
• July, 2018 (with @Nathan401 & @Santinidollar)
• June, 2018 (with @Curtisimo)
• May, 2018 (with @dadams)
• April, 2018 (with some coins @Alok Verma gave me)
• March, 2018 (with @dwhiz)
• February, 2018 (with @ace71499)
• January, 2018 (with @MontCollector & @H8_modern)
• December, 2017 (small solo coin & currency giveaway)
• November, 2017 (with @coin_nut & @Paddy54)
• October, 2017 (Admiral Gardner shipwreck coin)
• September, 2017 (with a coin @Nathan401 gave me)
• August, 2017 (with @Steve66)
• July, 2017 (world coin lot)
• June, 2017 (with a coin @H8_modern gave me)
• May, 2017 (Columbian Expo ticket, love tokens)

(There were a few others, but these were the ones that kind of settled into a regular monthly pattern.)

 

What we'll do at the end of the month is have the first drawing, which I will select only from the people who have never owned a gold coin before. If that first winner specified one of the gold coins as his or her first pick, that's the coin they'll get, and then we will proceed with the rest of the drawings in the usual manner.

So in other words, one gold coin will go to someone who has never owned one before. The other will go in the normal manner, depending on the order of the drawings.

These little Indian gold fanams are truly tiny coins, as you can see- in fact, they are some of the world's smallest gold coins ever made- but that kind of adds to the charm. And rather than being just a speck of bullion, they do have some history to them, too, since the ones up for grabs here are between 235 and 361 years old.

 

Don't forget to add your order of preference for the prizes, like @Autoturf did above!

 

Wow, now that's cool. I've never heard of a graphite token before.

I guess if you're ever wanting to fill out a grocery list or do a crossword puzzle and you don't have a pencil handy, you could always pick the token up and write with it by pushing it down on the paper really hard, right?

*cringe*

Just kidding.

Seriously, though, that's a really neat piece. Thanks for sharing the backstory. Better than the Rulau plate coin, huh? Impressive. I have the first edition of that book.

 

Cool! Gotta love those rare World Coin Danscos! I completed all three of the Irish ones about 15 years ago. I'd be interested to see the page contents of that.