~*~*~ LordM's OPERATION PAPERCLIP 2013 (how far will it get in one year?) *~*~

lordmarcovan

This is a numismatic trading game based on the "One Red Paperclip" premise.

In other words, I'll start with next to nothing, trade up a little bit each time, and see how far I've gotten after all my trading at the end of one year's time.

CLICK HERE TO SEE THE MAIN THREAD.

THIS IS A SUMMARY AND DISCUSSION THREAD ONLY. PLEASE DO NOT POST TRADE OFFERS HERE.

I'd hate to get flamed or modspanked for spamming up this forum.

But by all means, please DO check out the main thread over on the Swap forum, as linked above. I'd love to have more participants this year.

Last year's paperclip game was fun, and a modest success. Or a huge success if you consider it brought in about 135 times its initial investment. Of course the initial investment was only one dollar, and I split the final proceeds with a randomly-drawn swap partner. Still, going from my one-dollar investment to a sixty-some-dollar return for two of us at the year's end... I'd call that a success, by just about any measure. Plus, it was a blast, like I've said.

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You can view a summary of the trade progression in a Photobucket slideshow.

lordmarcovan

PAPERCLIP #1

A circa 1887 British medal struck around the time of Queen Victoria's Jubilee.




This modest item begins Operation Paperclip 2013. Where will the swaps take me (us) in one year?

lordmarcovan

Here's a summary of the year's progress so far. We're still playin' with peanuts, but we've gone from essentially zero to over $20 worth.

Maybe we'll eventually work our way up to a small piece of gold by the summer. There was one gold coin last year.

I've had some ideas about the year-end traders' dividend, and posted a poll about that. Vote in it if you're familiar with how this game is played. (If not, be sure to read the main thread.)

Thanks for watching.

SUMMARY

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#1: British pewter medal struck for Queen Victoria's Jubilee, circa 1887.

Received from: lordmarcovan, 1/1/13 (the initial swap starter).
Value estimate when offered: unknown (cost = $0.00).
Traded to: Jinx86, 1/15/13.
Shipping status: RECEIVED (Jinx86 confirmed on 2/12/13).


#2: 1963 prooflike Canadian half dollar, .800 silver.

Received from: Jinx86, 1/15/13.
Value estimate when offered: $9.35 (based on 1/15/13 spot silver price alone).
Traded to: JaLP, 1/21/13.
Shipping status: RECEIVED (JaLP confirmed on 1/29/13).


#3: 1899 USA Barber half dollar, G4.

Received from: JaLP, 1/21/13.
Value estimate when offered: $11.55 (based on 1/21/13 spot silver price).
Traded to: TorinoCobra71, 1/21/13.
Shipping status: RECEIVED (TorinoCobra71 confirmed on 1/30/13).


#4: Three circulated silver Washington quarters (1940, 1956, 1958-D).

Received from: TorinoCobra71, 1/21/13.
Value estimate when offered: $17.27 total (based on 1/21/13 spot silver price).
Traded to: CoinZip, 1/22/13.
Shipping status: RECEIVED (CoinZip confirmed on 1/29/13).


#5: 1964 silver Kennedy half & six British coins, 1862-1954.

Received from: CoinZip, 1/21/13.
Value estimate when offered: $19.63 total (based on $11.63 spot silver price for the half plus $8.00 for the British coins).
Traded to: JaLP, 2/15/13.
Shipping status: PENDING- I asked CoinZip to ship these to JaLP on 2/15/13.


#6: 1915-D Barber quarter (VG+) and Cheerios Millennium promotional Lincoln cent.

Received from: JaLP, 2/15/13.
Value estimate when offered: $21.50 total ($14.50 for the quarter and $7.00 for the cent).
Traded to: nobody, yet - AVAILABLE
Shipping status: n/a

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lordmarcovan

PS- maybe I'll post these summaries on BST from now on. They might be misconstrued as spam here. (Not my intention.)

I only posted them here so folks who might not otherwise go to the Swap Forum could watch.