Secretly raffling a US Silver Half Dollar coin 👨‍💻

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After giving away a walking liberty half dollar the other day I got the itch to give another away.

I had to do something to sweeten the pot on the NFL sweepstakes so I gave away some silver. I have a small collection of these half dollars and they are all in the same shape, well used!

Here are a couple more that represent the shape of the whole collection:

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Nice coins, but not worth more than melt value. The average silver weight of this coin is 0.3617oz, so multiply that by the current spot price of silver ($28.29) and you end up with a value of $10.27 usd.

These are nice coins and high on a lot of people list of favorite coins, another reason I enjoy giving them away :)

So, I wanted to have some sort of contest to give another away, not just a raffle but something fun. I was thinking back to the wild west days of Steem and all the various giveaways and contests that were held, and I wanted to do something like that.

However, for that to work there needs to be a decent amount of folks participating, and that's just not the case here anymore. It's fine, things change, and I had an idea...

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I headed over to the SGS discord with the contest already in mind, but I said this...
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And that was it, that was the contest xD

I decided before hand that the first suggestion that was NOT, "give it to me" would win 🏆

But, before I reveal the winner, here is a sample of the other "suggestions", all from different folks...

  • "Just give it to me"
  • "It would look great in my collection"
  • "shipping cost will kill you"
  • "I can't join because I'm in Malaysia"
  • "keep it for this years #secretsanta"
  • "Whatever game you pick, don't let @silverd510 win it"

Uh, thanks?

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The first response I got, and the winner for suggesting an almost real contest, is

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@thekittygirl 🎉Congratulations :D🎉

DM an address and I'll be happy to send the 1941 coin your way 👍

Contest, Part II

That's right, I'm going to raffle a 1943 Walker off now, this one to be exact

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The coin will be sent in a regular, first class envelope world-wide, as it is just under and ounce. Here is the card with @dfinney's winning coin.

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Let's do 10 11 spots, ONE SPOT per person at 1 HBD per spot.

  1. @youloseagain
  2. @thisismylife
  3. @hooiyewlim
  4. @coinjoe
  5. @trumpman
  6. @thebighigg
  7. @silversaver888
  8. @geneeverett
  9. @welshstacker
  10. @kerrislravenhill
  11. @bengy
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Open to everyone, send HBD to: summertooth


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OMG, seriously...?!?!? I was just being crazy! 😂

And since I won this one, I will not enter the drawing for the next one. However, I will be happy to sponsor two slots for a couple of people who are just beginning their stacking journey ~OR~ might not have the HBD to enter... someone like thisismylife or youloseagain, or whomever you think might be the best pick from our community. Sending the HBD to you now... 🙂

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Very cool. I will follow your lead and donate 2 spots

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Yep, seriously xD
Sure, that's fine I'll give the spots to the two fine folks you mentioned. Thanks Kittygirl :D

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Just give it to me

That was the real winner

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I tried to jam it in the envelope I just sent you but it was overweight and would have turned into a package with tracking and customs and shit. You're in the draw though !PIMP

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I want spots 2, 5, 8, 10
!LOL

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Only one spot per person saver, and you are in! Sent three HBD back your way, thanks for playing and good luck!

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Oh, !LOL 🤣
Why not: one for @elizabethbit, one for @kerrislravenhill, one for @thekittygirl, and send 1 more HBD for @dfinney !
...EDITS... everything is taken!
@elizbethbit and @kerrislravenhill

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Refunded again, sorry Saver, it filled before this message. Boy I need to do more raffles, everyone seems interested :)

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Ah, if there are any spots left tomorrow, I'll send an Hbd. Have to wait for post rewards...

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You received an upvote of 100% from Precious the Silver Mermaid!

Thank you for contributing more great content to the #SilverGoldStackers tag.
You have created a Precious Gem!

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They are a little worn, but have some stories.

Anymore openings left?

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Nice approach to give them away like this.. Very grateful for a sponsored spot, fingers crossed :) !PIMP

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Thanks xD
I had a feeling most discord responses would be along the lines of, "just send it to me". and I was right!
About to draw over on discord, good luck!

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Haha, you know your community members very well !LOL

It's nice that @youloseagain won, I can tag him now that he knows :)

!PIMP

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