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 islemangu@yahoo.com
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Tidewater Coin Card Games
Tidewater Distributors, Inc. (established 2000) is a company on the US territory of Guam located in the western pacific. Tidewater's main business is servicing commercial fishing fleets. Click HERE to see us at work.  As a fun and educational side attraction for our retail fish store's customers, we created a collector coins and trading cards game. The goals of the game are to promote numismatics (recognition of quality and rarity), the study of history (better future if we know our past) and freedom (open comunication, negotiation and trade amongst players to derive card matches to redeem coin prizes).
2001 Guam Game
2003 Internet Game
The Guam Game started in May of 2001 and is still in progress with each card having a 10 year expiration date for redemption. All Guam game cards have already been given out to store customers buying fish in a random process that lasted for 7 years (2001 to 2008). Future matches will require trading amongst people already holding cards. Finding people with cards to trade before the 10 year expiration is the current challenge. Three (3) cards...no more...no less...were made for each featured coin item. The first person to get 2 of the 3 cards can redeem them to Tidewater to win the real featured coin that is pictured on the cards. For this game many matches have already been received with valuable prize coins having already been given out free to successful players. In order of redemption, below are the card numbers (prefix) of already matched cards: 18, 34, 93, 107, 97, 101, 112, 110, 129, 124, 126, 127, 123, 115, 145, 141, 144, 142, 139, 143, 157, 164, 170, 169, 184, 150, 193, 177, 171, 200, 159, 234, 229, 221, 237, 226, 217, 257, 247, 228, 218, 215, 253, 254, 261, 242, 220, 245, 246, 160, 163, 236, 240 and 252. If you are holding a single card with any of the above prefix numbers, then sorry...someone already beat you to the match.
The Internet Game started in 2003 and is still in progress. Similar to the Guam game, the first matched pair of duplicate cards (except for suffix numbers) received wins the real coin which is featured on the cards. There is a 10 year expiration date for coin redemption which is printed on every card.  Different than the Guam game, multiple cards (3 or more) are made so that the first matched pair received through the mail gets the redemption of the featured coin. All Internet game cards have already been given out to collectors buying coins on-line in a random process that lasted for 7 years (2003 to 2010). Thus, future matches will require trading amongst people already holding cards. Finding people with cards to trade before the 10 year expiration is the current challenge. As of 5/05/12 the following match redemptions have occurred for this game: 130, 188, 174, 186, 134, 132, 187, 262, 263 and 259. If you are able to get a matched pair then quickly email us at islemangu@yahoo.com for redemption instructions. This game is based out of California which is where you would be mailing your matched card set for redeeming the prize coin. For your mailing, Tidewater will refund the postage expense amount back to you along with your redeemed coin and just one of the cards that would now be holed. (thus better to send insured and fastest method to California since shipping expenses will be reimbursed to you) Tidewater keeps the 2nd card from the match (which is also holed) as proof of the redemption should any late matched pairs be received.
Left: Internet Game Prize #194 
1883-CC DMPL Morgan $

Below: Internet Game Prize #173 1938 PCGS PR65
......Both still awaiting a card match to be won
Above: past Internet match #186's winning card pair
Book For Sale
Message Home is a unique and beautiful picture book consisting of past Internet coin auction images inspired by the author's passion to spread messages.  History, numismatics, trading cards and photography seem to merge into an overall spiritual theme. The book also provides details and background explanations of the coin cards and the ongoing game.  If you purchased a coin from eBay seller, islemangu between 2007 and 2010, then there is a good chance that your coin is pictured in this book.
11" x 8.5"  landscape, full color, soft cover, 58 pages
ISBN: 978-1-4568-3558-3
Click LINK to Xlibris Bookstore but discounted if purchased at this site
$25.00 + $3.50 (S&H via USPS 1st Class)
CA customers must add 8.25% Tax
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