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I allways thought this was a really great true story. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_red_paperclip I just had the thought, why not do this at a coin show? It might take a few coin shows, maybe a few years but you could possibly use a common date half to eventually get a MS65 1884S Morgan. I was just thinking,  Edited by SilverStackerKid
06/15/2015 11:10 pm
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Pillar of the Community
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Start with this:  ...and 30 years later, you have this:  |
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Pillar of the Community
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6478 Posts |
 Maybe start with something more reasonable. |
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United States
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I think it would be reasonable that it would take 30 years. I bet the first thing you might be able to trade that disgusting quarter for is a normal quarter then try and trade that for a BU example and then work you're way up from there...
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United States
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In all honestly, I think trading will be the ONLY way I will ever acquire any coins I couldn't normally buy. @Numisma: I actually have a ED/PMD collection in my coin collection, so if I ever get rare coin out of them, I'll let you have one. Your choice: Stella or 1913 V nickel. |
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United States
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The 1849 is just a bit unrealistic, to say the least, but I wonder if it would be possible to get from clad to silver, or even gold, this way? 1. PMD quarter 2. Regular quarter 3. BU/Proof quarter 4. Low grade silver 5. higher grade/denomination silver 6. high grade Morgan 7. average condition gold dollar 8. AU gold dollar Anyway, you get the gist. That would be nice and rewarding to pull that off.  EDIT: accidentally put the word 'bit' in a quote instead of italicizing.  Edited by Numisma
06/16/2015 12:30 am
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Pillar of the Community
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I think I am going to try this next coin show.
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I will fallow your list Numisma. |
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I don't think you'd do it just trading coins.
The original story didn't end with a giant solid gold paperclip.
I think you'd have to be more imaginative and diversify. (A motorized KISS snow globe?)
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06/16/2015 03:04 am
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Also ;the main problem would be finding someone to trade with. I have never been able to trade anything at a coin show. Dealers pack up their wares, drive sometimes for hours, pay for a table ...... to sell, make a profit, mot to break even or trade down ....... or even trade up. I have found that they really have no interest in anything but a sale.
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Maybe take a step further and start with a prize won from ccf dice game at the fun show.
Good luck getting the better end of trades!
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Rest in Peace
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Yeah, I don't think a coin show would be a good idea for this type of trading. your better off ,if you have a big family, trading amongst them starting with something very small and see what happens at your last trade.
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For those 5hat don't know Corbin Bernsen is a hard core snow globe collector with a million dollar collection of them... go figure
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Coin shows are basically for dealers to sell, sell, sell. Yes they will buy but not usually trade. They are there to make money, not trade.
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