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    My Trades: Wise and Otherwise Part 1

    Nov 15, 2021 4 minutes
    Mike Thorne, Ph.D.

    Have you ever traded any of your duplicate coins for coins you didn’t have? What value basis did you and your trading partner use? Did you feel it was an even swap, or did you feel you were on the losing end? Winning end?

    Over my 65+ year history with coins, I’ve made quite a few trades, some wise and some otherwise (not so wise), hence the title. In this column, I’m going to tell you about a couple of trades that I consider winners.

    The trades took place in June 1997 at a mall show in

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