The Very Belated 500th Post Contest

Ok so I was just able to get on Cointalk tonight after being away for about a day. I had 4 new entries waiting for me. They are now graded. So in addition to the entries I've already confirmed in the previous post, I have entries from these people also, and again listed in order received: Pi Man, Duke Kavanaugh, tacobelldog52, theSharpGun

I will let two details out about the results so far. 11 of the 12 entries are within 5.5 pts of eachother. There is a tie for 2nd place as of right now. This is fun!

And remember the new deadline is APRIL 3, 2013 @ 9PM (changed for Easter, NCAA tournament, and fishing season )

 

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Ok, so an update for everyone: I'VE RECEIVED NO NEW ENTRIES SINCE THE LAST UPDATE! So unless I get a flurry of entries in the next 32 hours, the draw prizes will be awarded with some pretty decent odds.

 

oh man, I posted in this thread but I forgot to enter! So can I still send it in tonight?

 

wow now this is a fracking contest....

 

Yes. I extended the deadline to April 3, 2013 @ 9PM ET. So you've go a little under 32 hours now

 

ah, I misread the "NO NEW ENTRIES" as no more allowed

 

Yea, I just fixed that....

 

I hope I win this! :goof:

 

You attempted the worst entry possible, but did manage a few entries in the random draw portion, so there is a chance. I haven't actually graded yours or the other new ones from last night/today, just glanced, but you will easily have the least chance of all ... which means you'll probably win a prize from the random number gods ... and there i've jinxed my own contest.

edit: everyone will understand the reason I say this when the contest is over. some of the answers were just ridiculous and i did not plan on waking up my roommates from laughing so hard at SilverevliS "entry" ... i really hope you were doing that on purpose, or else i look like the biggest you know what

 

Lol. How awkward would that be if he really tried!

 

Thanks for the awsome contest

 

haha! I'm glad you liked my "entry" :yes:

 

Phew! I was holding my breath for you to respond (and kinda hoping you would say it was real )! Lol.....

 

12 hours to go! And I'm nervous like crazy! haha
This contest took a bit of effort and time, so to all contestants, GOOD LUCK!!!
Oh and THANKS FOR THE CONTEST MIEDBE7!!!

 

Just put my submission in. Thanks for the contest miedbe.

 

I have to admit.. I like this contest.. and think its a great chance to flex my mind...

 

So that is it!! The contest is now closed. I have received 17 entries and now need to finish the grading and double-check my math. After I come to the 3 "main" winners, I will run the random draw portion to find the 3 "draw" winners. I will be doing screen captures from the website (random.org most likely) to show the results. Also, I will provide the answers to my quiz.

Please bear with me as this is going to take a bit of time, as I indicated in the contest's posting. I should guess I will get everything checked and posted between tomorrow night and Friday night. Thanks a lot everyone!

 

Can't wait to see the answers !

 

Ok everyone, I have the results!!! I had to triple check these because it came down to the 2nd tie-breaker for the 1st place prize and the 1st tie-breaker for 3rd place. I own 12 Morgans and 6 Peace Dollars btw and I will post the rest of the answers after the winners are posted. The three winners of the main prizes are:

1st place - Zachkeaton - 24.5 pts - Won on 2nd tie-breaker with 30 Morgans, then 24 Peace Dollars
Wins 6-coin Early 20th century Type Set

2nd place - theSharpGun - 24.5pts - guessed 30 Morgans, then 30 Peace - wins 1922 AU Peace Dollar

3rd place - Duke Kavanaugh - 24.0 pts - Won on Tie breaker with 74 Morgans over 4th place who guessed 75 Morgans - wins 1996-W Roosevelt Dime

The drawing was done using random.org and I have screen grabs if you would like to see them. The first winner is Treashunt, so PM your choice of one prize from these three: 1)1986-S Statue of Liberty Clad Half Gem PF 2) 1973 P+D Eisenhower Dollars UNC and 3) 1982 7-coin variety pack (off quality, but UNC) plus 3 different IHC and 1 Liberty Nickel.

The second draw winner is lincolncent, so PM your top 2 prizes in order of preference.

The third and final draw winner is kbabyjohnson01, so order all three prizes in your PM in order of preference.

EVERY WINNER PLEASE PM YOUR ADDRESSES ASAP, I want to try to mail these out tomorrow at the same time to save on the number of trips!

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Grading Sheet

Tie breakers- 36. 12 Morgan dollars (used as first tie-breaker) 37. 6 Peace dollars (used as second tie-breaker)

General Questions
1. Manila 1pt
2. Change in weight 1pt (composition change gets 1/2pt)
3. Hobo Nickel 1pt
4. 1926 Sesquicentennial Half pt
5. Flying Eagle cent (1857-58, '56 was pattern year), 20 cent piece (1875-76, rest of years were proofs), SBA (1979-1980, '81 did not circulate) all get 1pt
6. 1984-W $10 Gold Commemorative LA Olympics 1pt (1983 gets 1/2pt)
7. $5 (half eagle) or $1 (silver and gold combined) both get 1pt
8. 1926 Sesquicentennial Half 1pt
9. 3 cent silver (14mm) 1pt (lacking silver and diameter gets 1/2pt)
10. 1833 Andrew Jackson Gold Medal or Peacock’s ship log or box all 1pt

Grading Uncirculated Coins
11. MS-63 1pt (62,64 1/2pt)
12. MS-61 1pt (60,62 1/2pt)
13. MS-65 1pt (64,66 1/2pt)
14. MS-66 1pt (65,67 1/2pt)
15. MS-67 1pt (66,68 1/2pt)

Grading Circulated Coins
16. VF-20 1pt (F-15, VF-25 1/2pt)
17. VF-35 1pt (VF-30, XF-40 1/2pt)
18. XF-45 1pt (XF-40, AU-50 1/2pt)
19. F-12 1pt (VG-10, F-15 1/2pt)
20. AU-55 1pt (AU-53, AU-58 1/2pt)

Guess the Variety
21. 3-legged 1pt
22. DDO 1pt
23. DDR 1pt
24. Extra Leaf 1pt
25. Rev. of ‘07 1pt

Guess the Problem
26. questionable color 1pt
27. whizzed 1pt
28. scratched 1pt
29. environmental damage 1pt
30. cleaned 1pt

Order least to most rare
31. 1909-s vdb lincoln cent 1pt
32. 1893-s morgan dollar 1pt
33. 1894-s barber dime 1pt
34. 1913 liberty nickel 1pt
35. 1964-D peace dollar 1pt
-If missed because of 64-d peace placement, I removed 64-d and if order was otherwise correct, entrant received 4 of 5 pts. anything else given 1pt based on absolute placement in this order 1909-s vdb 1c>1893-s $1>1894-s 10c>1913 5c>1964-d $1

Below are the photos of the coins slabs for reference:



That should do it. Congratulations to the winners and I wish I could give 11 more prizes to those that didn't win, but I don't have that big of a budget or collection. I will be doing contests from time to time, might be a while until the next one since this one took so much work. And I'm done. :thumb:

 

Thanks again for the contest, Michael. :yes:
It was awesome and I did learn a lot just by participating. :thumb:

Congratulations to the winners. :thumb: