We Have A Winner!

Howdy Folks!

We have a winner — and it feels like it’s me!!! — but we’ll get to that in a minute...

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Earlier today as i nestled into a massage chair for a pedicure, i read that i had won @silverd510’s raffle for the choong-chow (or whatever it’s called...) — that wicked swordsman on a horse with his blade coming out at ya’ all 3D like — bad ass Freddy Kruger shit! Anyway, it made me feel like a winning boss and i thought that i too would get in on the fun.

I invented the contest on the spot and you can read it here if you’re interested...

https://steemit.com/steemsilvergold/@thedamus/tuesdays-are-for-ouncing-up

As i thought about what i might buy re: ounces, junk, whatever, and what a good guess would be,
I decided that 8 was a solid choice. Usually i try to blow only $100 (for 4oz and change back), but as you will know if you have been reading my blog, i often blow my budget 😜 so $200 for 8 ounces was a solid guess. 10oz was a good guess too, ‘cause i am partial to RCM bars... And yet, i have also been buying much junk recently, so if P had put a stash behind the counter for me, i could have very easily gone hog-wild on some tasty old coins! So then maybe 1 or 2 was a good guess also. At any rate, as i pulled into my lcs’ underground and parked, this is what i was looking at — so 20oz wasn’t out of the question.

Once i got inside (...ahhh the smell of J&M, smells like cash!) i remembered that i had asked about a 925 Mug i liked, and had been told it was 420 grams (yuk yuk) and was priced at $1.25 per gram cad. Well everyone was busy in the bullion dept. and i saw good ol’ J in the back. So i asked one of the jewellry girls to fetch the cup and walk it over to J.

fyi: 420 x 1.25 is $525 and with sales tax (for 925) would have run just shy of $600. I think 560-580.

We got to the counter and i asked J if there was any leeway if i paid with cash and no receipt (“just the bag it’s in and your blessing to walk out of the shop” is what i proposed) So he said: “sure, 420.” I kid you fucking not!!! I didn’t wait for re-calculation. I whipped out $420 and handed it to V and said thank you and left the shop quick!

Outside i realized i hadn’t bought any ounces! But rather than go back in like a chump and risk J doing some math, i zipped across the street for a Viet sub and a place to sit down. Here’s what i bought:

What a freaking beauty! I can hardly wait to see it swallow a Guinness — come to think of it i can hardly wait to swallow a Guinness! So with this raffle in mind i headed down the hill to Van Gold. It was my plan to buy just one ounce, an ASE, unless they had an Engelhard, or perhaps 2 Engelhards 😜🤣👍

(...cue maniacal laughter as thedamus succumbs to the stackitus!)

Here’s what came out:

An Eagle and the sole 1 oz bar they had, a Sunshine Mint ultra generic lol, and even though it was in a case i passed on it and walked with another platter-pus.

Here they are together under the Beer store

I did a little research and discovered the melt value:

And that it had 12 1/2 ounces of Ag in it. Sweet! What a killer Mug!

Call me a crazy drunk pirate if you must — you wouldn’t be far off!

So as it turns out, the lucky winner is s/he who guessed 1 ounce even though I went up 13 1/2 ounces. Originally this was Pit’s choice, but he re-assigned it to @raybrockman in the interim, so Ray-Ray...

COME ON DOWN!!!

...or, don’t do a damn thing! Thar be an incused Maple on the way

Congratulations! And thanks to all who participated. I will try another quick-draw soon.

Cheers Everybody! And long live #steemsilvergold

@thedamus
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