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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Delmer, post: 218478, member: 8219&quot;]HA got your attention.. This contest is for people with a little bit of drive though..</p><p><br /></p><p>IT ENDS ON APRIL 27th 2007, midnight EST.</p><p><br /></p><p>This is a searching contest.. and an exercise in reading and complying with rules.&nbsp;&nbsp; Exploit gaps in them if you can.</p><p><br /></p><p>PRIZE LIST *will grow*:</p><p><br /></p><p>1) I recently searched 8 rolls of cirrculated Jefferson Nickels. You get ALL the pre-1966 coins.&nbsp; Searched.. but every one will go to the winner.&nbsp; None have more than 2 steps. One S coin. earliest 1941.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Your entries will be judged. No explanation will be given as to the partial point values received for the subjective tasks and no appeals will be held <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> .. but I may ask you questions about your submissions for purpouses of point determination.</p><p><br /></p><p>You may choose to find ALL of these.. or SOME.. but the highest point-total wins.&nbsp; Winner decided up to 24 hours after contest end due to some of the tasks.</p><p><br /></p><p>You must NOT use the same links as previous submitters.&nbsp; DO NOT EDIT YOUR POSTS.. if you want to add to your entry, QUOTE IT and add the additions/changes below the quoted text..&nbsp; This way it won&#039;t look like you copied your link from new posts into your own. The times and dates on the posts will be used to determine who was FIRST if there are duplicate links.</p><p><br /></p><p>What to SEARCH for.. (Links required)</p><p><br /></p><p>3 to 5 points: PROVIDE A LINK to 1 currently running ebay auction for 1 to 5 COINS with a FINAL BID VALUE that comes closest to $40 (no &#039;BIN $40 auctions please)&nbsp;&nbsp; -&nbsp; - $39 and $41 are worth the same as far as hitting the target.&nbsp; your link MUST BE HERE at least 4 hours before the auction end.&nbsp; the top 3 links will receive points. You must not bid on the auction but how would I know? heh heh...</p><p><br /></p><p>3 points:&nbsp; provide a link (and specific text found) to a future conventional auction (one where you could drive there and bid) site with &quot;ESTATE&quot; coins, which specifically lists ANY single coin by year and mint, or by year and grade.&nbsp; This can be a online newspaper ad, auction-house site. Provide the link and a cut-and-paste of the SENTANCE from the ad that satisfies the task.</p><p><br /></p><p>Tip: Partial credit for an auction NOT SPECIFICALLY &quot;ESTATE&quot; that satisfies.</p><p><br /></p><p>3 points:&nbsp; Provide a link to a current or past online COIN RELATED periodical article that you simply disagree with what an &quot;expert&quot; has said, and in few terms.. write what the author has written that is incorrect, misleading, uninformed, etc.&nbsp; More points awarded for the severity of the article author&#039;s &quot;error&quot; in MY VIEW. Your comments will help me.. I&#039;m no expert. (in fact you could probably fool me with anything even mildly obscure.. bravo if so.) <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; Tip: If the author&#039;s credentials are NOT listed, and he is not well know TO ME (ie Ken Potter etc) then points will suffer if I can&#039;t determine the degree of his &quot;expert&quot; status.</p><p><br /></p><p>That&#039;s it!&nbsp; 11 points possible. Here is the kicker.. 10 is an A+.&nbsp; 11 points will DISQUALIFY YOU... so you GENIUSES will also have to supress the overacheivment complex and purpously sabotage one entry ;P</p><p><br /></p><p>Sorry.. MY RULES hehee..</p><p><br /></p><p>EXTRA CREDIT 1 point: (and exemption from the &quot;11 points&quot; disqualification).. provide a link to any one of the other compeditor&#039;s COIN TALK posts where that person has mis-spelled 2 words in a single paragraph.&nbsp; ;p&nbsp; That compeditor will have ONE POINT DEDUCTED from his/her score.&nbsp; High-post count people are at a disadvantage here unless they go back and edit all their posts teehee..</p><p><br /></p><p>Have fun.. The additional prizeS themselves&nbsp; will be slowly announced 24 hours before the close of the contest... plus or minus me being online at that time.</p><p><br /></p><p>Should this contest go berzerk with conflict, negativity, or the like.. I will award the listed prize at will and end the contest.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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