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<p>[QUOTE="ryanbrooks, post: 706033, member: 10924"]Heya everyone! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I decided to hold up another contest. :eat:</p><p><br /></p><p><b>What to do? </b></p><p><br /></p><p>Each round, I will give ya'll a passage and you have to tell me what's wrong with something I said. Some of them will be coin related, others won't. Sometimes there will be a few things wrong with the passage, some only one thing, or there might not be anything wrong with it! :goofer: Please note that you are NOT looking for punctuation errors! Only lines that are not true.</p><p><br /></p><p>For example:</p><p><br /></p><p>If the passage has a sentence like "The item costs a dollar, so I paid with the 3 quarters I had", that would be wrong! </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Who Can Participate?</b></p><p><br /></p><p>ALL members that have been a part of this forum since October 6th, 2009 can participate!</p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>Your Answer</b></p><p><br /></p><p><font size="3"><span style="color: Red"><b>ALL ANSWERS MUST BE SENT THROUGH A PM</b></span></font><b><font size="3"><span style="color: Red">!!!</span></font> </b>If someone posts the answer in this thread, I will close the contest and that will be the end. Your answer must include:</p><p><br /></p><p>1. Is there something wrong with the passage? If so, how many things?</p><p>2. The sentence(s) that's wrong with the passage</p><p>3. <u>Why</u> it's wrong</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Prizes!</b></p><p><br /></p><p>There will be a first and a second place only. If some people got really close and tried extremely hard, I will give out a third place prize. The prizes will be:</p><p><br /></p><p>1st place: Pre-1964 Silver, along with some random IHC's, Buffalo's, etc...</p><p>2nd place: 40% Silver Kennedy's with some random world coins</p><p>3rd place: Wheat Pennies</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Round One's Passage</b></p><p><br /></p><p><i>It's Wednesday, the 7th, 2009. This morning I decided to head down to the coin shop. I knew the dealer very well and thought he was a really nice guy. I always buy a few bulk loads of silver every week and he would give me sweet deals all the time! Today, I decided to start my very own type set, but wanted all the coins that were going to be in the set graded by PCGS. I bought the following from him to start the set off:</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>1922-D MS66 Peace Dollar</i></p><p><i>1934 MS64 Standing Liberty Quarter</i></p><p><i>1953 MS66 Franklin Half Dollar</i></p><p><i>1943-S MS66 RD Lincoln Cent</i></p><p><br /></p><p><i>He gave these all to me for a low price off $375. I knew I'd be back next week for more!</i></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>ALL answers must be to me by Friday the 16th! Thank you and good luck! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="ryanbrooks, post: 706033, member: 10924"]Heya everyone! :) I decided to hold up another contest. :eat: [B]What to do? [/B] Each round, I will give ya'll a passage and you have to tell me what's wrong with something I said. Some of them will be coin related, others won't. Sometimes there will be a few things wrong with the passage, some only one thing, or there might not be anything wrong with it! :goofer: Please note that you are NOT looking for punctuation errors! Only lines that are not true. For example: If the passage has a sentence like "The item costs a dollar, so I paid with the 3 quarters I had", that would be wrong! [B]Who Can Participate?[/B] ALL members that have been a part of this forum since October 6th, 2009 can participate! [B] Your Answer[/B] [SIZE=3][COLOR=Red][B]ALL ANSWERS MUST BE SENT THROUGH A PM[/B][/COLOR][/SIZE][B][SIZE=3][COLOR=Red]!!![/COLOR][/SIZE] [/B]If someone posts the answer in this thread, I will close the contest and that will be the end. Your answer must include: 1. Is there something wrong with the passage? If so, how many things? 2. The sentence(s) that's wrong with the passage 3. [U]Why[/U] it's wrong [B]Prizes![/B] There will be a first and a second place only. If some people got really close and tried extremely hard, I will give out a third place prize. The prizes will be: 1st place: Pre-1964 Silver, along with some random IHC's, Buffalo's, etc... 2nd place: 40% Silver Kennedy's with some random world coins 3rd place: Wheat Pennies [B]Round One's Passage[/B] [I]It's Wednesday, the 7th, 2009. This morning I decided to head down to the coin shop. I knew the dealer very well and thought he was a really nice guy. I always buy a few bulk loads of silver every week and he would give me sweet deals all the time! Today, I decided to start my very own type set, but wanted all the coins that were going to be in the set graded by PCGS. I bought the following from him to start the set off: 1922-D MS66 Peace Dollar 1934 MS64 Standing Liberty Quarter 1953 MS66 Franklin Half Dollar 1943-S MS66 RD Lincoln Cent[/I] [I]He gave these all to me for a low price off $375. I knew I'd be back next week for more![/I] ALL answers must be to me by Friday the 16th! Thank you and good luck! :)[/QUOTE]
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