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Would you trade up your coin collection for a 50/50 shot at 10 million dollars?
braddick
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You pick heads or tails on a coin flip. Comes up the way you select, ten millions dollars, tax free, is entered immediately into your bank account.
If the coin flip comes up the other way, your full coin collection (no fair hiding any) is given to Heritage to sell with all the proceeds going to a charity of your choosing.
"YES" to the gamble, or "NO"?
If the coin flip comes up the other way, your full coin collection (no fair hiding any) is given to Heritage to sell with all the proceeds going to a charity of your choosing.
"YES" to the gamble, or "NO"?
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<< <i>He11 YEAH! >>
Me in you then. Mano a mano
Lets do a pay per view
Mark
Fellas, leave the tight pants to the ladies. If I can count the coins in your pockets you better use them to call a tailor. Stay thirsty my friends......
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<< <i>He11 YEAH! >>
Me in you then. Mano a mano
Lets do a pay per view
Mark >>
Would probably be more exciting than Mayweather/Pacquiao!
<< <i>Heads or tails? And what coin are we flipping? >>
This one (although not my coin, so I'd have to ask permission first...):
I would give it a shot.
bob
$10M/5=$2.0M.So I'm looking to collect $2.0M average for my '33's in the market place.Reasonable expectation I think.Finest known (maybe) 1933 Double Eagle....$$$$$????....buku bucks. Fitty bucks for the rest of my collection....
Can I play after unloading my five '33's in the marketplace and burying the finest known (maybe) '33 Double under my Rotweiler's doghouse in the back yard with the rest of my collection?
I do have a few rolls of uninventoried wheats I dug out of the ground that I would be willing to put up for the opportunity to play.
Would that be coin collection enough to play for the $10M?
Trivia fact:$10M in Benjamins weighs 100 kilos (220 lb.)
The measure of intelligence is the ability to change.
Albert Einstein (14 March 1879--18 April 1955)
<< <i>Who is the wealthy benefactor??? I'm in.
bob
The Human Fund
;-)
The measure of intelligence is the ability to change.
Albert Einstein (14 March 1879--18 April 1955)
Chance of losing your coins if you lose ~100%
Chance of collecting if you win ~ 0%
Chance of winning ~ 0%: nobody would make this offer if the contest were not rigged!
<< <i>Let's make this more interesting.....the $10M can only be used to purchase ultra-high grade moderns at retail prices
...so it's really more like a 2 million dollar prize then when the dust settles
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Here's to America, the land of push,
Where a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush....
But if in the bush, a maiden should stand,
a push in the bush is worth two in the hand....
That is my philosophy on gambling...Cheers, RickO
<< <i>A 50/50 shot at 10 million dollars should cost 5 million dollars, for anyone with any statistical knowledge at all. I doubt very much that most of the posters here have anywhere near 5 million dollar collections to put up. I think the question would better be place with a one million dollar bet, or even better, a one thousand dollar bet. >>
Why not just take the OP at face value of what is written? If you get the chance you/someone will flip a coin and if your call is correct you get $10 mil; if not well you know! How hard is that? Why does everybody have to qualify every hypothetical put up here?
You're right.
Would you trade up your coin collection for a 50/50 shot at 10 million dollars?
I consulted with my hypothetical rottweiler.Our answer is an unequivocal NO.We would go with TAILS if we did play,however.
The measure of intelligence is the ability to change.
Albert Einstein (14 March 1879--18 April 1955)
<< <i>He11 YEAH! >>
+1!!!!!!!
<< <i>If you use my coin and let me pick heads, sure!
That's a winner ! ! !
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<< <i>no brainer for most of us. >>
Pot odds
Mark
Fellas, leave the tight pants to the ladies. If I can count the coins in your pockets you better use them to call a tailor. Stay thirsty my friends......
Successful BST deals with mustangt and jesbroken. Now EVERYTHING is for sale.
<< <i>Tax free? On what planet would this take place? >>
It's implied that the prize would be large enough so that ANY taxes would be paid out and you would NET $10 mil! Not hard to figger.
<< <i>A 50/50 shot at 10 million dollars should cost 5 million dollars, for anyone with any statistical knowledge at all. I doubt very much that most of the posters here have anywhere near 5 million dollar collections to put up. I think the question would better be place with a one million dollar bet, or even better, a one thousand dollar bet. >>
Statistically, I agree of course. However, psychologists will tell you that most people hate losing more than they enjoy winning. So, I am not at all sure that is the correct analysis either. I would have a very hard time taking this bet and my collection is worth a lot less than 5M.
Tom
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<< <i>I "should", but I wouldn't. It took me a long time to collect those coins, and I'm fond of them. >>
Agree!
It's possible for some lucky finds that have been owned for many years to become, well- sorta like a 'friend' and loyalty kicks in.
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<< <i>I "should", but I wouldn't. It took me a long time to collect those coins, and I'm fond of them. >>
Agree!
It's possible for some lucky finds that have been owned for many years to become, well- sorta like a 'friend' and loyalty kicks in. >>
With $10 million in the bank, you could probably arrange to buy many of your favorites back.
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<< <i>I "should", but I wouldn't. It took me a long time to collect those coins, and I'm fond of them. >>
Agree!
It's possible for some lucky finds that have been owned for many years to become, well- sorta like a 'friend' and loyalty kicks in. >>
With $10 million in the bank, you could probably arrange to buy many of your favorites back. >>
That would be the time to buy and make new friends.
Mark
Fellas, leave the tight pants to the ladies. If I can count the coins in your pockets you better use them to call a tailor. Stay thirsty my friends......
No thanks, I'll stand pat right here.
Liberty: Parent of Science & Industry
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