itulip 8000 visitors away from 8,000,000

[metalman]

do we get a prise if we guess when it rolls over? huh? do we? c'mon. give away something to mark the occasion...

everyone thinks we need an 8,000,000th visitor contest post yes!

[FRED]

Re: itulip 8000 visitors away from 8,000,000

do we get a prise if we guess when it rolls over? huh? do we? c'mon. give away something to mark the occasion...

everyone thinks we need an 8,000,000th visitor contest post yes!

Metalman, we're glad to do it. Let's see if we get some takers. Rather than a gold coin, how about something that relates to longevity?

Russian 5 Kopeks

(Like the one below but 1781)

[Jim Nickerson]

Re: itulip 8000 visitors away from 8,000,000

I almost never visit the main page of iTulip, where is the meter located so one might assess where we are now, so we can guess where we might be later?

FRED, that looks like a piece of old crap. Is it worth anything?

[FRED]

Re: itulip 8000 visitors away from 8,000,000

I almost never visit the main page of iTulip, where is the meter located so one might assess where we are now, so we can guess where we might be later?

FRED, that looks like a piece of old crap. Is it worth anything?

You're a piece of work, Jim. First, the counter is on the bottom of this and all pages. Second, how many EF grade coins can you buy that were minted 227 years ago?

[Jim Nickerson]

Re: itulip 8000 visitors away from 8,000,000

You're a piece of work, Jim. First, the counter is on the bottom of this and all pages. Second, how many EF grade coins can you buy that were minted 227 years ago?

Thanks, there must be something in my computer blocking it, any suggestions?

What is an EF coin?

What is the coin in the picture actually worth? or probably worth? Not that I would ever win it.

[sadsack]

Re: itulip 8000 visitors away from 8,000,000

If initial guesses are permitted subsequent revisions, I'm game . . .


With the recent attention, it won't be that long, in any case. This is no idle speculation, as I've recently upped my subscription (cheap insurance as TSHTF point gets ever closer) . . .

[metalman]

Re: itulip 8000 visitors away from 8,000,000

Thanks, there must be something in my computer blocking it, any suggestions?

What is an EF coin?

What is the coin in the picture actually worth? or probably worth? Not that I would ever win it.

spend a few minutes on ebay.

[Jim Nickerson]

Re: itulip 8000 visitors away from 8,000,000

spend a few minutes on ebay.

I don't screw around on ebay, I am a low-lifed, low-level consumer.

Being the succint writer you are, could you not have defined for the audience what "EF" means?

[metalman]

Re: itulip 8000 visitors away from 8,000,000

I don't screw around on ebay, I am a low-lifed, low-level consumer.

Being the succint writer you are, could you not have defined for the audience what "EF" means?

coin grades are...

good
very good
fine
extremely fine
uncirculated (lots of these)
proof

this 5 kopek is more or less a 1 cent usa of the era. but these didn't start until 1793.

a copper 1781 coin in ef condition if made in usa...

http://www.coinfacts.com/large_cents/large_cents.html

a relatively common large cent in that condition goes for a few grand.

http://www.pcgs.com/prices/PriceGuideDetail.aspx?c=38

this pos (piece of shit) they were making 10 years earlier in russia is maybe worth $30...

http://cgi.ebay.com/RUSSIA-5-KOPEKS-...QQcmdZViewItem