I am wanting to start the paper clip for a house challenge but with coins! For whom dont know it starts like this you take a common date wheat cent trade that for something like a dateless buffalo, then maybe to a older date nickel with a cud on it,trade that for a clad half and you already went from a penny worth 3 cents to 50c keep going and you could in a while have a 1909 S VDB If u try this make sure to post your results!!!!
I did this twice over on CU, in 2012 and 2013. It was a lot of work, but fun. Didn't go all the way to the house or double-eagle or whatever, but did OK, on a small scale.
I read a story in a car magazine once about a fellow doing this sort of thing. Started out with a junkyard Pinto or something and ended up with some super sports car. It would be a hard challenge for me. I would always feel like I was ripping the other person off.
There was actually a TV series about a couple guys who made a living doing this: https://www.aetv.com/shows/barter-kings
cant do that. Due to my parents security concerns, I cant do any online transactions. Just doing it in house with the fellow collectors I know
