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Message:: [QUOTE="desertgem, post: 1774873, member: 15199"]If you felt there would be no personal gain for you from doing it the way you wanted, except for exposure, and there was no prize for the winner ; Bill and others brought up the good points, exposure to ancient coins, knowledge and grading , rarity, and lastly value. Why not a simple contest where one coin is presented at a time by an url, "imaginary money " is awarded contestants based on posts they make that adds to these good points. A member post on the design ( maybe $100 imaginary dollars), or the subject of the coin issue ( $5oo IDlrs), Past auction results ( ???), good non-copyrighted photo ( $200), Post of interest ( $50), etc. No Copy/paste of copyright materials, but some material on ancients is older than that. The person who bids ( to you ) the closest ending real auction value gets the hurrahs, or maybe someone can find a numismatic prize. This gets away from the bad points and maintains the good ones. Yes, I realize that you would have far less applicants, because before it was just a guessing game for most as the "fantasy money" was given to them whether they learned something or not. Yes, I realize there would be far less exposure, likes, etc. because of this, but if the real effort is to raise interest in the knowledge, value, and history of ancient coins, this would be the key. This is just an example. Jim[/QUOTE]