Here we are, nearly to the end of the Stampin’ Up! 2018-2019 Annual Catalog, and that means it’s time for the Annual Great Coin Jar Contest! If you’ve participated in previous years, you know that I never spend my change; I put all coins in a vintage blue canning jar. It’s a quart-sized jar, and many years it’s around 2/3 full, yielding $70-$80. A gallery of prior contest jars:
Of course, just because the jar is full (or the year’s change requires more than one jar, as in 2015!) doesn’t mean the total is that much greater than a half-full jar. It depends on the denominations — but you knew that!
All this to say, there’s no science to this: the Annual Great Coin Jar Contest is your best guess. And here’s a picture of this year’s jar, a pathetic collection of metal to be sure!
Here’s how the contest works, as best as I can remember:
- Make your best guess (only one!) and send it to me via text message, email, Facebook comment, or blog post comment.
- Your guess must be posted today, May 31, 2019, by the end of my work day — 10:00 p.m. Central.
- The person who guesses closest to the actual amount in the jar, as determined by my bank later this morning, will receive a prize.
- You must be a U.S. resident to win, and no purchase is necessary.
- The prize this year is a pack of Pearlized Doilies and your choice of 6″ x 6″ Designer Series Paper in the “all-occasion designs,” pictured at the top of page 168 in the new 2019-2020 Annual Catalog. You will choose the color family you wish. This prize is valued at $16.00!
- I’ll mail you the prize or hand it to you when I see you at camp or elsewhere.
Enjoy the contest — and, hopefully, the prize!
$46.42
My guess is $76.72
My guess is $41.50.
$60.45
My guess is $58.92!
Hmmmm I never can get very close. I am going to go $86.71 it doesn’t look like that much but it is what I keep wanting to go with so I am going to trust it.
Hmmm. $30.17
$20.19
My guess is $17.56 🙂