Declan & Suze Posted February 16, 2009 Report Share Posted February 16, 2009 In 1977, as a nine year old boy, I found an 1873 halfpenny in a stream. It was green and smooth but just legible. I still have it, of course. I gradually built up a British pre-decimal collection, but had still never sold a coin till 2004. Even then, I had no duplicates, so tried to sell my worst coins to finance buying better ones. That doesn't work, of course, and was never going to. So the Pwincess came up with a brainwave - why not buy better examples of the coins you've already got, and then sell the worst? Brilliant. You can see who's got the business head - I'm just a coinie, what do I know? So, tentative steps at first - started selling on eBay (I know, I know, but nothing touches it for exposure), set up an eBay shop, started paying a few bills with PayPal, started cutting down on the amount of time we had to spend labouring for money (I mean really labouring - farm work, building sites, etc), and now here's the thing - in a couple of weeks we're going to live in an old bus and really try to survive on this hobby that started with that 1873 halfpenny. Can it be done? We'll keep you posted - it's a brave experiment... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art Posted February 16, 2009 Report Share Posted February 16, 2009 Welcome and best of luck to you. Please keep us updated, I'm sure we're all interested in your journey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YeOldeCollector Posted February 16, 2009 Report Share Posted February 16, 2009 A very warm welcome to you two here as well! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Declan & Suze Posted February 16, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 16, 2009 A very warm welcome to you two here as well! cheers Clive! Nice to see you here too...! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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