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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;JCB1983, post: 1352995, member: 23885&quot;]<span style="color: #008000"><font size="3"><font face="lucida console">First and foremost, thank you all so very much for participating in the contest.&nbsp; This is the largest I have done to date, and I (we) learned a great deal from your in-depth articles.&nbsp; I appreciate the time, energy, and effort put forth in your research/documentation.</font></font></span><span style="color: #008000"><font size="3"><font face="lucida console"></font></font></span></p><p><span style="color: #008000"><font size="3"><font face="lucida console">Without further ado I would like to announce the winner(s).&nbsp; By the narrowest of margin (2 Votes) the winner is drum roll… <b>_____________________tacobelldog52________________________&nbsp;&nbsp; </b>Congratulations.&nbsp; Your article on the half dime was thorough, well written, interesting, and informative.&nbsp; You received the most votes from Coin Talk senior numismatists.&nbsp; For your efforts, you will be rewarded by the beautiful naturally toned Washington Quarter, as well as a 1935G Silver Certificate.&nbsp; Congratulations sir.&nbsp; Moving on… there was a tie for 2[SUP]nd[/SUP] place.&nbsp; That going to <b>zach24 </b>and <b>koen.&nbsp; </b>Congratulations you two.&nbsp; Zach, for your wonderful article on the Seated Liberty, you will be awarded a 1914 VF Barber Quarter, as well as a 1953b (red-seal Jefferson two-dollar bill.&nbsp; Finally, <b>koen.</b>&nbsp; Although English is not your native language, you put together an outstanding piece on the 1 Franc as well as an elaborate time-line of the history of Belgium.&nbsp; Thank you for sharing.&nbsp; Seeing that Belgium has seen so much war, and been dubbed “The Battleground of Europe,” I found it fitting to award you with a 1923 Peace Dollar.</font></font></span><span style="color: #008000"><font size="3"><font face="lucida console"></font></font></span></p><p><span style="color: #008000"><font size="3"><font face="lucida console">I would like to mention that although these 3 were in the top for votes, just about every person who responded was given a vote or mentioned in a positive manner from CT Senior Numismatists.&nbsp; All contest articles were scanned for piracy and despite (a few copied sentences) no articles were copied.</font></font></span><span style="color: #008000"><font size="3"><font face="lucida console"></font></font></span></p><p><span style="color: #008000"><font size="3"><font face="lucida console">All U.S./Canada shipping will be mailed out tomorrow, and International shipping will be sent out on Monday.</font></font></span><span style="color: #008000"><font size="3"><font face="lucida console"></font></font></span></p><p><span style="color: #008000"><font size="3"><font face="lucida console">Thank you again for participating and voting.&nbsp; Remember all that wrote an article will receive a prize.&nbsp; If you did not PM me your address please do so by tomorrow.&nbsp; I did not mean to exclude any senior numismatists in the voting process, it was a matter of who was on during the same time that I was.</font></font></span><span style="color: #008000"><font size="3"><font face="lucida console"></font></font></span></p><p><span style="color: #008000"><font size="3"><font face="lucida console">Thank You Kindly,</font></font></span><span style="color: #008000"><font size="3"><font face="lucida console"></font></font></span></p><p><span style="color: #008000"><font size="3"><font face="lucida console">~Jason Becker</font></font></span><span style="color: #008000"><font size="3"><font face="lucida console"></font></font></span></p><p><span style="color: #008000"><font size="3"><font face="lucida console">&nbsp;</font></font></span></p><p><span style="color: #008000"><font size="3"><font face="lucida console">(If deemed appropriate by CT administration, I humbly request that the article written by tacobelldog52 be published on the homepage)</font></font></span><span style="color: #008000"><font size="3"><font face="lucida console"></font></font></span></p><p><span style="color: #008000"><font size="3"><font face="lucida console"></font></font></span>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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