CA Lottery SW coins. (merged)

**Turbowars** · 05-07-2005

My wife brought home Luke and Leia today. They are kind of cool. On one side there's a relief of the character and on the other there's a SW Logo. I believe there are 6 in the set. Luke, Leia, Vader, R2, 3PO, and Yoda. Luke's coin is copper and Leia's is silver. The deal is you have to purchase a $2 scratcher and then you can buy the coins for $1 each. Who knows maybe other places are selling them outright.

**2-1B** · 05-07-2005

These sound cool, like something I might want to collect. I need to search for a Cali Lotto website or something to see if there are any pics. Unless anybody else knows of some pics ?

**Turbowars** · 05-07-2005

Star Wars Collectors Coins

Star Wars collector coins are on sale now at a Lottery retailer near you. This limited edition set of six coins contains images of Luke Skywalker, Princess Leia, Darth Vader, C-3PO and R2-D2 and are only available at participating retailers. http://www.calottery.com/images/game...rs/coinset.jpg These coins, available when you buy any Star Wars Scratchers ticket at a participating retailer, are being released two at a time through the month of May. The first two (Luke Skywalker and Princess Leia) will be available in early May, the next two (Darth Vader and R2-D2) in mid May and the last two (Yoda and C-3PO) in late May. Check back on May 10th for a searchable list of participating retailers.

**2-1B** · 05-07-2005

thanks Turbs, those are kind of cool. So the backside has the classic SW logo, eh ? Awesome.

**evenflow** · 05-07-2005

That soundsd awesome, I want them.

**Turbowars** · 05-07-2005

Yeah, the back has the old Star Wars on it in big lettering and at the bottom it reads 2005 Lucasfilm LTD.&TM. They also come in a cheesy little clear slip case with a flap.

**ShadowProjectX** · 05-08-2005

Any one buy lotto tickets yet and actually get these coins? What places are selling them, and how much in addition to the lotto ticket?

Thanks!

**evenflow** · 05-08-2005

I think the coins are 1.00 if you buy a lottery ticket. There are six coins, exclusive to CA.

**JediTricks** · 05-13-2005

I picked up some tix and 4 coins tonight, and the site's release order of the coins is wrong, the store had Luke, Leia, R2 and Yoda, but no Vader or 3PO. I was surprised at how big these coins are, I was expecting like dime-to-nickel sizes at the most, these things are like a half-dollar or so. R2 and Yoda have some wear on their finishes on the faces even though they're still in the plastic pouches, I didn't really get a chance to say anything about that though. Like a dope, I bought these for a friend and because I was low on funds, didn't get a set for myself, it didn't occur to me to just spend the $4 more until it was too late.

**stillakid** · 05-13-2005

Man, I can't find these anywhere. I've hit 4 7-Elevens in the Valley and they all look at me like I'm from Mars. They all have these stupid sports coins and point at those, at which I repeat for the tenth time that I am looking for the STAR WARS coins. Apparently "Star Wars" doesn't translate into Arabic very well.