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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lordmarcovan, post: 2944570, member: 10461&quot;]Merry Christmas Eve, and welcome to my &quot;stealth giveaway&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>All of you who expressed an interest were entering yourself in a random drawing to win the coin in the OP, which I call&nbsp; &quot;<i>The Coal Man&#039;s Dime</i>&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>Some who &quot;dug a bit deeper&quot; will get additional chances in the drawing.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ll draw a winner tomorrow, on Christmas, using my customary random number generator method.</p><p><br /></p><p>If you win the coin and <i>don&#039;t</i> want it, for whatever reason, I will send it to whomever you direct me to, or draw another number, if you prefer.&nbsp; I&#039;d rather the coin go to someone who wants it and appreciates its history, obviously.</p><p><br /></p><p>Chance #1 in the drawing for you, and Chance #2 for you as well, since you took the time to look up some information on Harry Filer.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>What happened there?</p><p><br /></p><p>Chance #3 for you.&nbsp; As to your question, I would imagine Harry Filer himself wore it on his watch chain, and perhaps it was a gift <i>from</i> his sweetheart.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Chance #4 for you.</p><p><br /></p><p>Chance #5 for you.</p><p><br /></p><p>Chance #6 for you.</p><p><br /></p><p>Same derivative first name, same middle initial, and same not-extremely-common last name?&nbsp; Congratulations.&nbsp; I for one am reasonably convinced you may have peeled back the veil of time and allowed us to gaze upon The Coal Man himself!</p><p><br /></p><p>I did not see that picture in my previous fumbling around.&nbsp; I really LOVE &quot;putting a face to the coin!&quot;&nbsp; I&#039;ve done it twice so far: <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/relic-of-a-short-life-jasper-dilday-love-token-on-ca-1867-1869-shield-nickel.287391/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/relic-of-a-short-life-jasper-dilday-love-token-on-ca-1867-1869-shield-nickel.287391/">here</a>, and <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/world-war-i-love-token-on-1916-french-franc-from-a-fallen-canadian-soldier-to-his-mother.286034/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/world-war-i-love-token-on-1916-french-franc-from-a-fallen-canadian-soldier-to-his-mother.286034/">here</a>. <font size="3"> (Try doing that with yours, mainstream collectors of &quot;undamaged&quot; coins!&nbsp; Probably ain&#039;t gonna happen, unless your coin has a famous, expensive pedigree.)&nbsp; </font></p><p><br /></p><p>[USER=36864]@Kirkuleez[/USER] - you just made the coin in the OP more valuable by finding that photo.&nbsp; <i>Three</i> chances in the drawing for you!</p><p><br /></p><p>That&#039;s Chances #7, and #8, and #9 for [USER=36864]@Kirkuleez[/USER].</p><p><br /></p><p>Chance #10 for you.</p><p><br /></p><p>Chance #11 for you.</p><p><br /></p><p>Chance #12 for you.</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;Lucky&quot;(?) Chance #13 for you.</p><p><br /></p><p>Chance #14 for you.</p><p><br /></p><p>Chance #15 for you.</p><p><br /></p><p>Chance #16 for you.</p><p><br /></p><p>Chance #17 for you.</p><p><br /></p><p>Anyone else who wants in on this has until Santa Claus comes down the chimney to enter (that&#039;s midnight Eastern US time on Christmas eve.)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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