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Message:: [QUOTE="lordmarcovan, post: 26543950, member: 10461"]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.  He kept trading upwards until after a year and fourteen trades, he had traded up to a house! Several years ago, I did this with coins, on Collectors Universe.  Did I end up with something worth thousands?  No, but it was a lot of fun. I’m going to attempt this again.  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. 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). I will probably roll the remaining profit into more coins for <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/lord-marcovan-giveaway-prize-list-for-my-pick-your-prize-contests.419070/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/lord-marcovan-giveaway-prize-list-for-my-pick-your-prize-contests.419070/">my giveaway goodies</a>, in order to "pay it forward". How far do you think I’ll get?  The goal is more about the fun of the journey than it is about making money. SUMMARY OF THE TRADES <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/the-trade-up-game-how-far-will-i-get-in-one-year.419989/#post-26543961" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/the-trade-up-game-how-far-will-i-get-in-one-year.419989/#post-26543961">Starter coin:</a> 19 November 2025From [USER=10461]@lordmarcovan[/USER] 1920-B Switzerland 1/2 franc (=$3.43) <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/the-trade-up-game-how-far-will-i-get-in-one-year.419989/page-2#post-26546382" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/the-trade-up-game-how-far-will-i-get-in-one-year.419989/page-2#post-26546382">Trade #1:</a> 20 November 2025From [USER=92655]@Randy Abercrombie[/USER] (ND) Standing Liberty quarter, S-mint (=$9.13) <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/the-trade-up-game-how-far-will-i-get-in-one-year.419989/page-2#post-26553618" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/the-trade-up-game-how-far-will-i-get-in-one-year.419989/page-2#post-26553618">Trade #2: </a>25 November 2025From [USER=28531]@H8_modern[/USER] 1908 Newfoundland 50 cents (=$18.09) <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/the-trade-up-game-how-far-will-i-get-in-one-year.419989/page-2#post-26592375" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/the-trade-up-game-how-far-will-i-get-in-one-year.419989/page-2#post-26592375">Trade #3:</a> 16 December 2025From [USER=67297]@Yankee42[/USER] 1943 Walking Liberty + 1957-D Franklin halves ($45.48)[/QUOTE]

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