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<p>[QUOTE="miedbe7, post: 1681079, member: 33919"]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:</p><p><br /></p><p><b>1st place</b> - <b>Zachkeaton </b>- 24.5 pts - Won on 2nd tie-breaker with 30 Morgans, then 24 Peace Dollars</p><p>Wins 6-coin Early 20th century Type Set</p><p><br /></p><p><b>2nd place</b> - <b>theSharpGun</b> - 24.5pts - guessed 30 Morgans, then 30 Peace - wins 1922 AU Peace Dollar</p><p><br /></p><p><b>3rd place</b> - <b>Duke Kavanaugh</b> - 24.0 pts - Won on Tie breaker with 74 Morgans over 4th place who guessed 75 Morgans - wins 1996-W Roosevelt Dime</p><p><br /></p><p>The drawing was done using random.org and I have screen grabs if you would like to see them. The first winner is <b>Treashunt</b>, 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.</p><p><br /></p><p>The second draw winner is <b>lincolncent</b>, so PM your top 2 prizes in order of preference.</p><p><br /></p><p>The third and final draw winner is <b>kbabyjohnson01</b>, so order all three prizes in your PM in order of preference.</p><p><br /></p><p>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!</p><p><br /></p><p>--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</p><p><b>Grading Sheet</b></p><p><br /></p><p>Tie breakers- 36. 12 Morgan dollars (used as first tie-breaker) 37. 6 Peace dollars (used as second tie-breaker)</p><p><br /></p><p><b>General Questions</b></p><p>1. Manila 1pt</p><p>2. Change in weight 1pt (composition change gets 1/2pt)</p><p>3. Hobo Nickel 1pt</p><p>4. 1926 Sesquicentennial Half pt</p><p>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</p><p>6. 1984-W $10 Gold Commemorative LA Olympics 1pt (1983 gets 1/2pt)</p><p>7. $5 (half eagle) or $1 (silver and gold combined) both get 1pt</p><p>8. 1926 Sesquicentennial Half 1pt</p><p>9. 3 cent silver (14mm) 1pt (lacking silver and diameter gets 1/2pt)</p><p>10. 1833 Andrew Jackson Gold Medal or Peacock’s ship log or box all 1pt</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Grading Uncirculated Coins</b></p><p>11. MS-63 1pt (62,64 1/2pt)</p><p>12. MS-61 1pt (60,62 1/2pt)</p><p>13. MS-65 1pt (64,66 1/2pt)</p><p>14. MS-66 1pt (65,67 1/2pt)</p><p>15. MS-67 1pt (66,68 1/2pt)</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Grading Circulated Coins</b></p><p>16. VF-20 1pt (F-15, VF-25 1/2pt)</p><p>17. VF-35 1pt (VF-30, XF-40 1/2pt)</p><p>18. XF-45 1pt (XF-40, AU-50 1/2pt)</p><p>19. F-12 1pt (VG-10, F-15 1/2pt)</p><p>20. AU-55 1pt (AU-53, AU-58 1/2pt)</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Guess the Variety</b></p><p>21. 3-legged 1pt</p><p>22. DDO 1pt</p><p>23. DDR 1pt</p><p>24. Extra Leaf 1pt</p><p>25. Rev. of ‘07 1pt<b></b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>Guess the Problem</b></p><p>26. questionable color 1pt</p><p>27. whizzed 1pt</p><p>28. scratched 1pt</p><p>29. environmental damage 1pt</p><p>30. cleaned 1pt</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Order least to most rare</b></p><p>31. 1909-s vdb lincoln cent 1pt</p><p>32. 1893-s morgan dollar 1pt</p><p>33. 1894-s barber dime 1pt</p><p>34. 1913 liberty nickel 1pt</p><p>35. 1964-D peace dollar 1pt</p><p>-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</p><p><br /></p><p>Below are the photos of the coins slabs for reference:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH]251761.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]251762.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]251763.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]251764.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>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:[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="miedbe7, post: 1681079, member: 33919"]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: [B]1st place[/B] - [B]Zachkeaton [/B]- 24.5 pts - Won on 2nd tie-breaker with 30 Morgans, then 24 Peace Dollars Wins 6-coin Early 20th century Type Set [B]2nd place[/B] - [B]theSharpGun[/B] - 24.5pts - guessed 30 Morgans, then 30 Peace - wins 1922 AU Peace Dollar [B]3rd place[/B] - [B]Duke Kavanaugh[/B] - 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 [B]Treashunt[/B], 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 [B]lincolncent[/B], so PM your top 2 prizes in order of preference. The third and final draw winner is [B]kbabyjohnson01[/B], 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! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [B]Grading Sheet[/B] Tie breakers- 36. 12 Morgan dollars (used as first tie-breaker) 37. 6 Peace dollars (used as second tie-breaker) [B]General Questions[/B] 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 [B]Grading Uncirculated Coins[/B] 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) [B]Grading Circulated Coins[/B] 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) [B]Guess the Variety[/B] 21. 3-legged 1pt 22. DDO 1pt 23. DDR 1pt 24. Extra Leaf 1pt 25. Rev. of ‘07 1pt[B] Guess the Problem[/B] 26. questionable color 1pt 27. whizzed 1pt 28. scratched 1pt 29. environmental damage 1pt 30. cleaned 1pt [B]Order least to most rare[/B] 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: [ATTACH]251761.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]251762.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]251763.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]251764.vB[/ATTACH] 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:[/QUOTE]
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