I'm sorta stealing Blackhawks Idea for an auction here I have some silver "stuff" that is a little worn, tired, smooth....however ya wanna put it. I will start the auction at face value for whats being listed, and I will call it at 55cents US because I have no idea what denomination the Netherlands coin is (one of the smooth ones) The other coins consist of:
2 buffalo 5 cents...dates...who knows
2 Jefferson 5 cents, 1941 d, 1943p
2 Merc dimes, 1937 warped... new variety , 1945
1 Barber dime...date ummm maybe...1901??? maybe 02
OK so the twist is the auction will run for 6 days ending on Sept.18/07, if you have not placed a bid by the end of Sept 16th you may not bid on the last 2 days. To make it fair to those who started to bid initially (if anyone ) Oh ya "THE TWIST"...each day I will add 1 maybe 2 coins to the auction meanwhile keeping the same start bid price, I will be tossing in some doubles of what I have this may be silver, unc , proof or circulated coins from US to who knows??? Shipping will be $3.00 cuz there will be a couple bigger coins along the way. Have fun because thats what its meant for!

55!
cents...duh

60 cents (US)

$1.00

$1 1/4

1 5/8 + .005

Great! We got some action happening OK so Arts in the lead so far and the first twisted addition is coming up.

Ike is our first guest

$1 and 9/10

$2

2 1/8~

2 and a quarter

double post

TreasureGirl sittin at the top with a double post C'mon everyone this is fun

Queen E and the Beasties our 2nd guest

three dollars and no/100

$3 1/8

$3 4/16

$3.10 (for those of you who never traded bonds, that is 3 and 10 ticks or 10/32nds)

Hmmm, better watch out for this "Jeff guy" he's a fast mover and he's got ticks

Our third guest:

i have to get one of those!!

Golly, you know that 10 ticks is the same as 5/16ths. This is a whopping 1/16th more than my last bid. A mere pittance. I believe these coins are far too nice for such a small amount to win. $3 12/32nds (that's 12 ticks, 2 fleas, and a louse.)

you know I miss the good old days of ticks and teenies (sixteenths) in stock market quotes, this decimal trading is just a fad I tells you! $3 1/2 (did I get the appropriate minimum bid increment Art? )

It makes the market far more "user friendly". I think the advent of daytrading has sealed the fate forever.

Bid! Yes I must bid. Let's see $3 1/2 from Jeff. That's 8/16 or 16/32 or 32/64 or even 64/128. I think we need to be respectful here and maintain some reasonable minimum bid increment. I think that 8/64 should be the minimum at this point. SO my bid is.

$3 48/64

$3 113/128 (you know T-bond options used to be quoted routinely in 64ths!)

This is confusing!
$3.75, if it hasn't been bidded yet

Sorry M, my bid was equal to $3.88125!

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Fo Dolla!

-Bobby

I will venture forth with a bid of $4 1/8

I'm glad someone clarified that ...I was totally lost!

With Mr. Procrastination in the lead I will go check on the next guest

$4 1/4

Next guest 2 people doing laundry in the bird bath

a fiver

$5.10

Darn this is picking up.

I'll have to do better than $5.10.

So I'll go for $5 3/8

Are the rest of you going to allow this "procrastinator" to maintain the lead

The next 2 guests shall remain ....shall we say "mystery guests" hmmmm silver, proof, unc... old shoe naw thats to heavy for shipping

Yes they are!

lets say 2 pi

Dang! Now I have to figure out what pi is and then multiply it by 2 and and then add something to it to make it more and then use that as my bid BUT to keep in the spirit of the auction, I have to make it a humorous and unusual bid.

2pi+ 2/9

approximately 2.5e

(watch out for those imaginary number bids!)

I've fallen behind on my conversions. How much is 2.5e? Something like 1.87 per €. So that would be like $4.66 cents. No can't be that would be lower than 2pi.

Actually according to the internet currency thing a Euro is only 1.3871 US Dollars. Where as pi is 3.14159265. So pi is actually 2.27 Euros.


(Is that apple pi or cherry pi?)

http://www.google.com/search?q=2.5e&btnG=Google+Search

Approx $6.80.

e = 2.71828183

Sorry. I looked quickly and thought it was Euros.

So 2.5 * 2.71828183 = 6.795704575


I stand corrected and embarrassed amd willing to bid higher.

I'll up my bid to 5€

Sure glad you guys know whats going on...at the end of all this I might need a translator

Today is the last chance for any new entries into the auction.... looks like it will most likely be the gang thats been dickering back and forth unless some sniper swoops in today Next guest will be arriving soon.

Guest... ummm I forgot what number