To celebrate Xmas 2009, IceInSpace is running a competition to reward our loyal and active members.

Most of us have collected something at some stage during our life - mostly when we were young I guess. For me it was stamps and coins. I had albums of them, and loved the thrill of getting something new to add to the collection.

What did you collect when you were a kid? What do you collect now?

How To Enter

To be in the running, all you have to do is post a (relevant) reply in the IceInSpace Xmas 2009 Competition - What Did You Collect When You Were a Kid? entries thread.

The members who have replied will go into a draw, and 12 lucky winners will be pulled out of the virtual barrel. You have to post your reply between Wednesday 2nd December 2009 9am, and Friday 11th December 2009, 3pm (AEDST).

For any questions, please visit the IceInSpace Xmas 2009 Competition - Discussion Thread.

Prizes

12 prize winners will receive a Young Collectors Space Coins Album, courtesy of the Perth Mint, valued at $79.95 each.

About the Space Coins Album

Celebrating the planets, explorers and stars of our solar system, the coins are encased in a lavish illustrated album that also includes a fact-packed guide to planets, a DVD about asteroids, two posters and an activity book to help kids retain knowledge about space.

About Young Collectors

In 2008, the historic Perth Mint released Young Collectors – an exciting Australian legal tender coin program exclusively designed for children to inspire their interest in the noble hobby of coin collecting.  Young Collectors is proving to be extremely popular among primary school-aged children, and with parents and grandparents looking to buy traditional toys and gifts with educational value and enduring appeal.

In response to the overwhelming success of the inaugural series, The Perth Mint has released the next chapter in the Young Collectors story.  The 2009 Young Collectors coin series will blast the imagination of children and adults into orbit, with nine Space $1 Coins each featuring a fascinating design – astronauts, rockets, shuttles, probes and many more.