Please help me with a pet project. I call it The Trade-Up Game. I started out with a cheap coin on November 19, 2025, traded it for another cheap coin, and intend to keep trading slightly upward each time, to see where I can end up after a year. On November 19, 2026, I will close the project and we'll see where I ended up. What will you swap me for this coin? Will you trade me something slightly more valuable for it, to help me move the project along? I hear you wondering: "why in the world would I do that?" I mean, what's in it for you, right? Well, aside from the trade itself, you'll be able to watch the progress of the project, and you will get a chance, at the end of the year, to get half of my proceeds from the entire year's trading. After November 19, 2026, I'll sell the final coin I end up with, and do a random drawing amongst all the folks who traded with me. The winner of that drawing will get a 50% share of the value of the project's final take. So it's sort of like buying a raffle ticket, though unlike a raffle, you will actually get something, regardless of whether or not you win the year-end drawing. Anyway, it's more about the fun of the journey than making any money. Here's what's currently on offer... Trade #2: 1908 Canada (Newfoundland) silver 50-cent piece of Edward VII Received from: @H8_modern Estimated value: $18.09 (the silver melt price as of 11/25/25) This coin is Numista-4585 and KM-11. As is the case with most Newfoundland issues, it has a pretty low mintage, of 160,000 pieces. Numista values it at $23 in VG (this one is barely that), but I'll estimate its value based on spot silver price alone. So... does anybody have something worth slightly more than $18.09 to offer me for this coin? Your trade offer could be any US or World coin.
