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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lordmarcovan, post: 26543950, member: 10461&quot;]In 2005, Canadian blogger Kyle McDonald started out with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_red_paperclip" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_red_paperclip" rel="nofollow">one red paperclip</a> and traded it for a pen.&nbsp; He kept trading upwards until after a year and fourteen trades, he had traded up to a <i>house</i>!</p><p><br /></p><p>Several years ago, I did this with <i>coins</i>, on Collectors Universe.&nbsp; Did I end up with something worth thousands?&nbsp; No, but it was a lot of fun.</p><p><br /></p><p>I’m going to attempt this again.&nbsp; I’ll start with a very inexpensive “seed coin” which cost me nothing, attempt to trade up from that, then keep trading up and see how far I get by the end of a year.</p><p><br /></p><p>At the end of one year, I will sell the final coin I ended up with and split the year’s proceeds 50/50 with one of the partners I traded with during the year (who will be selected by random drawing after November 19, 2026).</p><p><br /></p><p>How far do you think I’ll get?&nbsp; The goal is more about the fun of the journey than it is about making money.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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