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<p>[QUOTE="Cazkaboom, post: 1349579, member: 33215"]<span style="color: #00ff00">Dealers need not participate. You'd already win this one...</span></p><p><br /></p><p>Okay guys, many of you may have not seen it, but a while back Doug said something that really struck me like a baseball bat to the nose. He challenged some of us to keep track of our purchases and compare it to "Book" Value. So let's all do our purchasing and keep track on a piece of paper divided into four sections. </p><p>1. Coin date and mintmark</p><p>2. price paid</p><p>3. Book value</p><p>4. Amount over/under spent.</p><p><br /></p><p>So say you buy a 1915 Barber half dollar:</p><p>[ATTACH]156339.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p>Lets say I paid $80 in VG condition.</p><p>2012 Redbook places it at $170 in VG</p><p>I am up $90 dollars.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now lets say I bought this 1864 2 Cent piece:</p><p>[ATTACH]156340.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p>Lets say I paid $30 for it.</p><p>Book value says it is $19</p><p>I am down $11 on this one.</p><p><br /></p><p>So right now I am up $79 right now. Get it?</p><p><br /></p><p>So my (previously Doug's) Challenge to you is to keep track of your purchases and If you end up with more value than you paid, you have bragging rights. I don't know if there is a prize for this, but we shall see when the end of the year comes. Do not cheat, you are only cheating yourself. Hope you have fun on this one,</p><p><span style="color: #00ff00"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #00ff00">If possible, update where you are each month. I would like to see how this goes.</span></p><p><span style="color: #00ff00"></span><span style="color: #ff0000">Post at the end of each month how many purchases you made (multiple purchases from one seller in one day counts as one) and how much you are up/down that month. Keep tally and we will do a final tally at the end of the year.</span></p><p><br /></p><p>~Cannyn[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Cazkaboom, post: 1349579, member: 33215"][COLOR=#00ff00]Dealers need not participate. You'd already win this one...[/COLOR] Okay guys, many of you may have not seen it, but a while back Doug said something that really struck me like a baseball bat to the nose. He challenged some of us to keep track of our purchases and compare it to "Book" Value. So let's all do our purchasing and keep track on a piece of paper divided into four sections. 1. Coin date and mintmark 2. price paid 3. Book value 4. Amount over/under spent. So say you buy a 1915 Barber half dollar: [ATTACH]156339.vB[/ATTACH] Lets say I paid $80 in VG condition. 2012 Redbook places it at $170 in VG I am up $90 dollars. Now lets say I bought this 1864 2 Cent piece: [ATTACH]156340.vB[/ATTACH] Lets say I paid $30 for it. Book value says it is $19 I am down $11 on this one. So right now I am up $79 right now. Get it? So my (previously Doug's) Challenge to you is to keep track of your purchases and If you end up with more value than you paid, you have bragging rights. I don't know if there is a prize for this, but we shall see when the end of the year comes. Do not cheat, you are only cheating yourself. Hope you have fun on this one, [COLOR=#00ff00] If possible, update where you are each month. I would like to see how this goes. [/COLOR][COLOR=#ff0000]Post at the end of each month how many purchases you made (multiple purchases from one seller in one day counts as one) and how much you are up/down that month. Keep tally and we will do a final tally at the end of the year.[/COLOR] ~Cannyn[/QUOTE]
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