christmas coin exchange now:'white elephant' coin/medal gift exchange-sign up for the big swap

laurentyvan

I get very sentimental around this time of year, what with gift giving and all. Is it true that at this time of year some of our more senior members like Aethelred or Cosmic or Ajaan really give out gift coins? I would say that is well within the range of their observed generosity... the idea of it is enough to warm my heart.

If there is a coin that a particular forum member needs for his one from every country and I have some to spare, I'll be glad to send it to them in exchange for a country coin I might need. Feel free to PM me with lists.

trozau

Maybe a 'white elephant' coin/medal gift exchange would be in order.

1) All entrants will be randomly assigned another member's name to send a coin/medal (any coin/medal worth at least something - no range requirement) to.

2) Coins to be sent by a certain date (Dec 19?).

3) After all have received their coins, we'll all post what we got and state whether we are open to trade or not (Jan 3?).

4) Those willing to trade will negotiate via PM to get their coins traded for those they would prefer.

Just a thought. Please post any other ideas.

Edited to add: I'm in.

laurentyvan

I love it!

spoon

I'll go for that

ajaan

I could go for that. You willing to organize it? I suggest we set a price/value range.

ajaan

<< <i>Is it true that at this time of year some of our more senior members like Aethelred or Cosmic or Ajaan really give out gift coins? >>


Hey! Wait a minute! Senior members?????

elverno

I'll play.

historygeek

Count me in.

laurentyvan

Ajaan-senior only in terms of post count, forum experience, etc. And, of course, in mushroom years

We might have value exchange increments: up to $5, up to $10, up to $20, higher?

This could be a lot of fun, especially if everyone signs up!

ccrdragon

Sounds like a good idea to me....

canadiancoinguy

Sure, why not?

MacCrimmon

<< <i>Hey! Wait a minute! Senior members????? >>


Yeah, Don! Kelly said you were getting the AARP info already.....by the time you hit 10,000 posts, you can be "ajaan aarp"!!

Count me in......happy holidays to you.....

rhound1977

I'm in sounds like fun..........

spoon

ttt

So when does it start? Have we worked out plans for this yet?

ajaan

I would suggest one value, let's say $20? What say ye?

spoon

$20 sounds good. I think we need a cutoff for signing up so we can assign addresses for the swap. Trozau's outline seems good for the rest.

Aethelred

I'm in, just tell me what I need to do and where to go to do it.

elverno

I've got a couple of medals I can get into the act. But we do need organization... Oh Laurent...

Aethelred

Last year we posted a thread and everyone would send something to the person who posted after them. The last person sent something to the person who started the thread. I think we should make the end date about Dec 10-12 so there is time to get to the PO and expect the coin to arrive by Christmas.

example:

Ajaan starts thread
Spinaker posts
Mongoose posts
Wybrit posts
Python posts
Rhound posts
Aethelred posts

Ajaan would send something to Spinaker, Spinaker would send soemthing to Mongoose, Mongoose to Wybrit et cetera. Aethelred, as the last poster would then send something to Ajaan. It seemed to work well.

spoon

If we're using this thread (we can start a clean one once the rules are agreed upon) the list so far is:

laurentyvan
trozau
spoon
ajaan
elverno
historygeek
ccrdragon
canadiancoinguy
MacCrimmon
rhound1977
Aethelred

trozau

Official sign up can be found here.

Aethelred

Greentoe has taken the bull by the horns!

laurentyvan

I was waiting for additional responses and they seem to be here-very good! $20 dollars is a nice number; are you saying that only coins with a Krause or market value of $20 are to be used? If so,fine, but how about two $10 coins? Is it one coin only? Simplicity is to be desired. I can take all the entries, put them into a hat and then follow Trozau's suggestions about pairing them up. What else do you want me to do at this point?