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Leecedar Tue Dec 07, 2004 06:11pm

Hey Guys... I'm looking to get a flipping coin, but I don't want it to have any specific association logo. I've seen the 9/11 commemoratives, but I think I'd rather get one that has just an umpire's mask, or a ball on one side and a bat on the other, or something generic like that. I checked at Honig's, GerryDavis, and pluspos, and all they have is the Zebra coin or football coins.

Any suggestions?

Lee

Dakota Tue Dec 07, 2004 06:43pm

Being nearly a neighbor of Canada, I just use the Canadian $1 coin (the so-called "Loonie") It is a farily large (about the size of the Kennedy half-dollar) gold-colored coin with Queen E. on the head and a loon on the tail. I keep it well-shined. It is unusual enough (in the USA) to often get a comment or two.

whiskers_ump Tue Dec 07, 2004 11:52pm

Lee,

Go to the bank and see if they have any silver dollars.
Get a couple and keep'em handy. That is what I normally
use. NSA, NFHS, ASA, AFA, USSSA, they all have their own
but you stated you did not want a logo on it.

Bandit Wed Dec 08, 2004 10:03am

Flipping Coins
 
Go to a search engine such as "Alltheweb.com" and type in "The Pin Man". That is a vendor I have used to create trading pins when I or others from Indiana have had the chance to go to some Nationals. I believe you'll find some generic flipping coins on that site. If not that one go to another "pin" site and I'm sure you'll find something to your liking.

bkbjones Wed Dec 08, 2004 05:05pm

the Pin Man
 
In Seattle we have used the Pin Man for our coins and have had fabulous results...they can do almost anything for you. Many other associations have used them as well...you can see many samples (including ours) on their web site.

spiritpins Thu Sep 24, 2009 10:10am

We have made some flipping coins for groups of officials before. They do have to be orders of over 100. But they are great for organizations or associations. Check us out on the web at www.spiritpins.com

argodad Thu Sep 24, 2009 11:01am

I have a nice collection of military organization "challenge coins," including several duplicates. I use the dupes as flipping coins.

Dholloway1962 Thu Sep 24, 2009 11:37am

Quote:

Originally Posted by Leecedar (Post 185538)
Hey Guys... I'm looking to get a flipping coin, but I don't want it to have any specific association logo. I've seen the 9/11 commemoratives, but I think I'd rather get one that has just an umpire's mask, or a ball on one side and a bat on the other, or something generic like that. I checked at Honig's, GerryDavis, and pluspos, and all they have is the Zebra coin or football coins.

Any suggestions?

Lee


Quote:

Originally Posted by spiritpins (Post 627013)
We have made some flipping coins for groups of officials before. They do have to be orders of over 100. But they are great for organizations or associations. Check us out on the web at www.spiritpins.com

Am I just cynical or does this seem like someone set up a spam posting? Lee comes on here and posts about coins. Suddenly, spirit pins comes on here and makes very first post about coins???? Seems awfully suspicious to me, or maybe it's just the cop in me!!!

NCASAUmp Thu Sep 24, 2009 11:41am

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dholloway1962 (Post 627045)
Am I just cynical or does this seem like someone set up a spam posting? Lee comes on here and posts about coins. Suddenly, spirit pins comes on here and makes very first post about coins???? Seems awfully suspicious to me, or maybe it's just the cop in me!!!

I doubt it. Spirit waited nearly 5 years before answering this post. ;)

Skahtboi Thu Sep 24, 2009 12:54pm

Quote:

Originally Posted by NCASAUmp (Post 627046)
I doubt it. Spirit waited nearly 5 years before answering this post. ;)

Wow! That WAS a well thought out SPAM set up!!! :D

IRISHMAFIA Thu Sep 24, 2009 01:01pm

Quote:

Originally Posted by NCASAUmp (Post 627046)
I doubt it. Spirit waited nearly 5 years before answering this post. ;)

Well, I heard people in Washington were a little slow :D

AtlUmpSteve Thu Sep 24, 2009 01:04pm

Quote:

Originally Posted by IRISHMAFIA (Post 627064)
Well, I heard people in Washington were a little slow :D

Crap. You just woke up (apparently taking a break) SRW.

Dholloway1962 Thu Sep 24, 2009 03:36pm

LOL, didn't read date on post. At least my spam radar is still intact!

greymule Thu Sep 24, 2009 08:17pm

Throughout an entire high-level SP tournament, I used a "gold" coin I found in the parking lot when I arrived. Actually, it was a "token" intended for use in certain, uh . . . entertainment arcades.

On the obverse (heads), the token depicted the figure of a young woman from the waist up; the reverse (tails) depicted the figure from the waist down. I will leave it to readers of this post to divine what degree of clothing was depicted on this figure. This flip coin was quite successful. Though players were accustomed to ASA flip coins, I received compliments on it throughout the tournament.

I believe it is of socio-anthropological interest that in all 28 games I did over the four days, everyone whose duty it was to call "heads" or "tails" made the same call (in the vernacular, of course).

IRISHMAFIA Thu Sep 24, 2009 09:15pm

A local umpire uses a Lincoln penny......that's six inches in diameter.

Gets a few chuckles, but everyone pays attention when he tosses it in the air.


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