After Colin ran a piece on Quirky News about a man trading a penny up to some artwork worth about £2,500, we thought we want a slice of the action.
These posts track our quest take a simple British penny and trade it up in to something spectacular. Will we walk away a penny poorer or help make the world a better place in the global swap shop? We not quite sure how it'll all unfold but we're looking forward to finding out. So come with us for a journey through the world of Craigslist, Gumtree and random strangers with goods to trade.
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Now then, on with the quest. You can track our progress below this intro.
At first it all seemed lost, the advert on Gumtree and Craigslist searching for someone to swap something, anything, with our 2008 British Penny had received a grand total of zero replies. In fact, the only emails we had received … Continue reading
After Colin ran a piece on Quirky News about a man trading a penny up to some artwork worth about £2,500, we thought we want a slice of the action. So we dug around Casa Del Colin and Matt’s savings … Continue reading
