The #steemsilvergold (SSG) community here on Steemit recently held their Monster Raffle.  This is a raffle to raise Steem Power for the community bot, which upvotes the content of the community members.  

The raffle was held on 9/1/18 and there were a 1,178 tickets purchased, which each cost 1 Steem.  Different community members donated pieces of silver/gold/rare coins to the prize pool; of which there were random drawings conduced live on the SSG discord channel.  There were 36 prizes, so there were 36 drawings.

I purchased 15 raffle tickets and had already considered it a donation in my mind, as the odds of winning with each drawing at around 1.3% for me.  However, there were enough drawings, and I was lucky enough to have won one of the prizes! 

I won a 2016 1 ounce silver Australia Kangaroo coin that is slabbed and graded by PCGS at MS-69 (highest grade available being MS-70).  A fine coin indeed!  This was donated by prominent SSG Steemian @silverd510 , who promptly mailed it to me.  Here it is:

![D5084E23-B5AB-4CA2-B228-747DCEA31C93.jpeg](https://ipfs.busy.org/ipfs/QmdVL78Bvidh6hFa5xgDhuBbSypHFqSNAfz54XfUpajywa)

![446DD114-133E-46BE-A417-993F12095AA9.jpeg](https://ipfs.busy.org/ipfs/QmR3JoU1xM8Z2npSourW9SCkjVv2cWkbAXUTPAfV6J2tAq)

![FB3BDC48-C081-48DB-BB72-C22406F89D8F.gif](https://ipfs.busy.org/ipfs/QmZT4oHdmUh6EaCbrBBcHJpvSdgyXMsAPpNATRUYFJZqb7)

How lucky I am to have won, and how lucky I am to have added such a great coin to my silver stack!  Seems like I should go to Las Vegas or something with luck like this!

I have enjoyed being a part of the SSG community and wish it even more success in the future!  Thank you SSG community and thank you silverd510!


Brian