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<p>[QUOTE="Cazkaboom, post: 1426398, member: 33215"]Okay, little late with the results... but Here's the end of the contest with answers:</p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000">1. Out of all of these slabbed coins, I have only purchased one. The rest were gifts. Which one did I purchase? (The choices are the 1915 Barber, 1951-S Cent, 1951 Cent, 1958 cent, and 1995 cent) </span></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.cointalk.com/attachments/171584d1333947706-131_9523.jpg" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/attachments/171584d1333947706-131_9523.jpg"><img src="http://www.cointalk.com/attachments/171584d1333947706t-131_9523.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p><a href="http://www.cointalk.com/attachments/171584d1333947706-131_9523.jpg" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/attachments/171584d1333947706-131_9523.jpg"></a>I bought the PF67 Lincoln cent. Nobody guessed it.</p><p>Edit!! WAIT Kanderus got it!</p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000">1. Who is the poet who wrote “The Road Less Traveled”?</span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p><p><br /></p><p>Trick question. M. Scott Peck wrote "The Road Less Traveled" </p><p>The poet Robert Frost wrote "The Road Not Taken"</p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000">2. When did the Flying Eagle series start?</span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p><p><br /></p><p>This is a very broad question. Swish, who did not enter actually wrote me what I was looking for.</p><p><br /></p><p>I would have also accepted the 1855 large cent pattern <a href="http://www.cointalk.com/t204655/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/t204655/">http://www.cointalk.com/t204655/</a></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000">3. On the Walking Liberty half dollar, is the sun rising or setting?</span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p><p><br /></p><p>Rising</p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000">4. What are the two minor die varieties on an 1892 Barber quarter?</span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p><p><br /></p><p>There are the DDO Varieties, but the ones I was looking for were the TI and TII reverses. </p><p><a href="http://www.cointalk.com/t204889/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/t204889/">http://www.cointalk.com/t204889/</a></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000">5. Who is the owner of the only (legal) 1933 Double Eagle? </span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p><p><br /></p><p>Apparently I do. But truly, nobody knows.</p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000">6. Why did the rest of these Double Eagles get melted?</span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p><p><br /></p><p>Open answers. Mainly about the gold standard and Roosevelt and government stuff.</p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000">7. What is my favorite color?</span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p><p><br /></p><p>BLUE!!!</p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000">8. Name two countries the U.S. coined money for.</span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p><p><br /></p><p>Lots of people gave me tons of answers google gave them. My two favorites are Australia and the Philippines</p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000">9. Which U.S. Gold coin has only one specimen?</span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p><p><br /></p><p>1870-S $3 and 1849 Double Eagle</p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000">10. What do I do for another hobby? (I have two)</span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p><p><br /></p><p>I dirtbike and I photograph coins</p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000">11. Where’s Waldo?</span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://verydemotivational.files.wordpress.com/2010/10/5a5f704e-f71c-439b-962c-e14dd25b6d7e.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000">12. How badly do you want to win?</span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p><p><br /></p><p>None of you want to win. Y'alls lose.</p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000">13. Did you notice that there are two question number ones?</span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p><p><br /></p><p>DRAT! Only one fell for it. Though maybe many more just went and edited.</p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000">14. What is my dream car?</span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p><p><br /></p><p>Lots of modern junk cars were named. Nope. I wish to have a Ford Model A</p><p><img src="http://dayerses.com/data_images/posts/ford-model-a/ford-model-a-07.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000">15. What is my favorite band? (Hint: think 80’s rock/metal)</span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p><p><br /></p><p>Iron maiden! (Only one got it)</p><p><img src="http://cdn.memegenerator.net/instances/400x/9586322.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000">16. What kind of coin is this?</span></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.cointalk.com/attachments/171582d1333947417-what-am-i.jpg" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/attachments/171582d1333947417-what-am-i.jpg"><img src="http://www.cointalk.com/attachments/171582d1333947417t-what-am-i.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p><a href="http://www.cointalk.com/attachments/171582d1333947417-what-am-i.jpg" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/attachments/171582d1333947417-what-am-i.jpg"></a>Canadian silver 5c! Gotcha!!!</p><p>[ATTACH]174079.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000">17. What date is this barber dime? (included in prize)</span></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.cointalk.com/attachments/171583d1333947627-1900-2-.jpg" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/attachments/171583d1333947627-1900-2-.jpg"><img src="http://www.cointalk.com/attachments/171583d1333947627t-1900-2-.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p><a href="http://www.cointalk.com/attachments/171583d1333947627-1900-2-.jpg" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/attachments/171583d1333947627-1900-2-.jpg"></a>1900. Somebody was smart enough to look on my profile on <a href="http://www.thecoinnection.com" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.thecoinnection.com" rel="nofollow">www.thecoinnection.com</a></p><p><img src="http://www.thecoinnection.com/member/shared/myCoin.php?a=142&c=img4edef8473d394.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000">18. Pick a number between 1 and 120</span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000">Going to look through and say what my verdict is after review.</span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"></span><span style="color: #000000"></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Cazkaboom, post: 1426398, member: 33215"]Okay, little late with the results... but Here's the end of the contest with answers: [LEFT][COLOR=#000000]1. Out of all of these slabbed coins, I have only purchased one. The rest were gifts. Which one did I purchase? (The choices are the 1915 Barber, 1951-S Cent, 1951 Cent, 1958 cent, and 1995 cent) [/COLOR][/LEFT] [URL="http://www.cointalk.com/attachments/171584d1333947706-131_9523.jpg"][IMG]http://www.cointalk.com/attachments/171584d1333947706t-131_9523.jpg[/IMG] [/URL]I bought the PF67 Lincoln cent. Nobody guessed it. Edit!! WAIT Kanderus got it! [LEFT][COLOR=#000000]1. Who is the poet who wrote “The Road Less Traveled”? [/COLOR][/LEFT] Trick question. M. Scott Peck wrote "The Road Less Traveled" The poet Robert Frost wrote "The Road Not Taken" [LEFT][COLOR=#000000]2. When did the Flying Eagle series start? [/COLOR][/LEFT] This is a very broad question. Swish, who did not enter actually wrote me what I was looking for. I would have also accepted the 1855 large cent pattern [URL]http://www.cointalk.com/t204655/[/URL] [LEFT][COLOR=#000000]3. On the Walking Liberty half dollar, is the sun rising or setting? [/COLOR][/LEFT] Rising [LEFT][COLOR=#000000]4. What are the two minor die varieties on an 1892 Barber quarter? [/COLOR][/LEFT] There are the DDO Varieties, but the ones I was looking for were the TI and TII reverses. [URL]http://www.cointalk.com/t204889/[/URL] [LEFT][COLOR=#000000]5. Who is the owner of the only (legal) 1933 Double Eagle? [/COLOR][/LEFT] Apparently I do. But truly, nobody knows. [LEFT][COLOR=#000000]6. Why did the rest of these Double Eagles get melted? [/COLOR][/LEFT] Open answers. Mainly about the gold standard and Roosevelt and government stuff. [LEFT][COLOR=#000000]7. What is my favorite color? [/COLOR][/LEFT] BLUE!!! [LEFT][COLOR=#000000]8. Name two countries the U.S. coined money for. [/COLOR][/LEFT] Lots of people gave me tons of answers google gave them. My two favorites are Australia and the Philippines [LEFT][COLOR=#000000]9. Which U.S. Gold coin has only one specimen? [/COLOR][/LEFT] 1870-S $3 and 1849 Double Eagle [LEFT][COLOR=#000000]10. What do I do for another hobby? (I have two) [/COLOR][/LEFT] I dirtbike and I photograph coins [LEFT][COLOR=#000000]11. Where’s Waldo? [/COLOR][/LEFT] [IMG]http://verydemotivational.files.wordpress.com/2010/10/5a5f704e-f71c-439b-962c-e14dd25b6d7e.jpg[/IMG] [LEFT][COLOR=#000000]12. How badly do you want to win? [/COLOR][/LEFT] None of you want to win. Y'alls lose. [LEFT][COLOR=#000000]13. Did you notice that there are two question number ones? [/COLOR][/LEFT] DRAT! Only one fell for it. Though maybe many more just went and edited. [LEFT][COLOR=#000000]14. What is my dream car? [/COLOR][/LEFT] Lots of modern junk cars were named. Nope. I wish to have a Ford Model A [IMG]http://dayerses.com/data_images/posts/ford-model-a/ford-model-a-07.jpg[/IMG] [LEFT][COLOR=#000000]15. What is my favorite band? (Hint: think 80’s rock/metal) [/COLOR][/LEFT] Iron maiden! (Only one got it) [IMG]http://cdn.memegenerator.net/instances/400x/9586322.jpg[/IMG] [LEFT][COLOR=#000000]16. What kind of coin is this?[/COLOR][/LEFT] [URL="http://www.cointalk.com/attachments/171582d1333947417-what-am-i.jpg"][IMG]http://www.cointalk.com/attachments/171582d1333947417t-what-am-i.jpg[/IMG] [/URL]Canadian silver 5c! Gotcha!!! [ATTACH]174079.vB[/ATTACH] [LEFT][COLOR=#000000]17. What date is this barber dime? (included in prize)[/COLOR][/LEFT] [URL="http://www.cointalk.com/attachments/171583d1333947627-1900-2-.jpg"][IMG]http://www.cointalk.com/attachments/171583d1333947627t-1900-2-.jpg[/IMG] [/URL]1900. Somebody was smart enough to look on my profile on [URL="http://www.thecoinnection.com"]www.thecoinnection.com[/URL] [IMG]http://www.thecoinnection.com/member/shared/myCoin.php?a=142&c=img4edef8473d394.jpg[/IMG] [LEFT][COLOR=#000000]18. Pick a number between 1 and 120 Going to look through and say what my verdict is after review. [/COLOR][COLOR=#000000] [/COLOR][/LEFT][/QUOTE]
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