Bartering Wrapping Coins, Trading Stamps and Working a Maine Farm

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A MOTHER reader shares an idea on bartering wrapping coins for part of the profit.

The Successful Swaps column shares success stories in bartering, including stories on bartering wrapping coins, trading stamps and working a Maine farm.

In MOTHER EARTH NEWS issue 37, Bill Wodraska shared some of his thoughts regarding one of humankind’s better ideas of bartering and offered up an interesting suggestion: “I’d like to see a continuing feature on barter and skill-and-labor exchanges,” said Bill. “Maybe MOTHER could even swap subscriptions for contributions to the department. ” “You’re on!” we replied . . . and announced our still-standing offer: Anyone who sends us a short account of an actual barter that gets printed in this column (write THE MOTHER EARTH NEWS, Hendersonville, North Carolina) will receive a 12-month subscription (new or extended) to MOTHER.

Bartering Wrapping Coins, Trading Stamps and Working a Maine Farm


My older brother (a busy executive) saves his loose change in jars, but never finds the spare time to figure up what he’s collected.

  • Published on Jul 1, 1978
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