What would you rather own
trueblood
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1 $85K coin or 85 $1k coins?
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85 coins. Would be easier to liquidate if you needed funds but not sell everything!
85 coins for sure.
So much risk holding one coin.
Way less risk holding 85 coins.
The question is too vague. Too many variables.
Seventeen $5000 coins
Liberty: Parent of Science & Industry
Can I keep what I have now? And still keep buying and collecting more??
If so, I might take just one ... one of those "Jump big or have a sit on the couch" moments
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I've got an $85K coin around here somewhere, dang, lost it again. Maybe I'd be better off with 85 coins instead.
85 coins. I just love variety although the one coin may be a better “investment “. I’d rather invest in my enjoyment of multiple pieces.
A: The year they spend more on their library than their coin collection.
A numismatist is judged more on the content of their library than the content of their cabinet.
It would depend on what the coins were. I would like to have one 18k coin if it was something I liked. Otherwise, 18 1k coins would be easier to sort thru and keep what I want.
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The 85 coins
Risk vs a ton of work to liquidate. Pick your position. I like the 85 to 850 coin range.
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1 eighty five thousand dollar coin
85 thousand dollar coins
850 one hundred dollar coins.
8500 ten dollar coins
85,000 one dollar coins
It depends on what I paid for them. Like I would rather cherrypick a rare variety for $1000 that ended up being worth $85,000 than buying 85 coins for $1000 each that are only worth $1000. Or something like that, I think, maybe.
Mr_Spud
Are the 85,000 $1 coins SBA’s? 😉
A: The year they spend more on their library than their coin collection.
A numismatist is judged more on the content of their library than the content of their cabinet.
No, they are cents pulled from roll searching that have a value of one dollar each if sold one at a time with photos
It all depends upon what the $85,000 is. About the only coin at that level I’d like now, since I’ve filled a lot of my want list, have now would be a nice $50 California gold slug.
The correct answer is “yes”.
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I'd rather have one $85k 18th century gold eagle than 85 $1k ASE bullion "rarities".
Also, I'd rather have a single octagonal $85k PanPac than 85 problem coins with a "book" value of $1k each.
Most likely, I'd rather have 8.5 million copper cents in just about any condition.
As always, the question is too vague and it depends on the specific coins you're talking about.
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Get both!
Since I will never own a coin worth $85,000 the question could not be more moot for me.
85 85k coins.
If I could keep what I already have, then definitely the $85K coin.
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Depends. Might be a good bullion play.
Why stop there? You can have 850,000 dimes or 8,500,000 cents.
I would prefer to own the 85K coin, but I would have more fun building a collection of 85 $1000 coins.
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The 85 1k coins. Goal would be retail them get good money from my table at Long Beach then relax at Spearmint Rhino or Imperial Theatre in Anaheim. Been to both lots of fun.
The $85k coin / few have that kind of money plus super fussy buyers.
Id take the 85k coin
I'd like a nice Chain Cent.
I knew it would happen.
Definitely the one $85K coin.
you couldve gone to 'Fritz That's It' in the LBC until couple of years ago...however there is still one over in Anaheim. Dont ask me how i know.
Note practically everyone here has or had the capacity to own 1 or 2 $85k coins, just add up the value or even the cost of your collections and I believe you will have to agree with me. Except for the young ones but eventually they will be able to say yes to that fact too.:)
I probably would never do 1 $85k coin only. The hobby would be too boring. But I could do say a $80K coin and a number of smaller coins with the remaining $5k.
I'm at 18 out of 23 coins at this point & stuck. (date set of saints)
A 1921 saint in MS62 would be about 85K and bring me up to 19.
I'll take the one coin at 85K
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Normally I would say the 85 coins.... However, much would depend on what the one coin was... and now that I reflect on where I am in the hobby, I would say the $85K coin would be my choice. Yep... Cheers, RickO
I would have chosen 85 Bitcoins back when they were $1000 each.
I would choose 85 $1000 coins.
85 coins
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with gold page holds 86 coins.
With an $85k budget it could be spectacular. Especially uf the average price was just under a thousand, and a couple dozen of the coins were under a hundred.
Liberty: Parent of Science & Industry
85 for me. In this game I’m assuming all the coins in question are problem-free.
One $85k coin would be amazing, but at this point in my life I probably couldn’t justify owning it, even if it was a gift. 85 $1k coins, though, somehow I can make that work in my mind. One super expensive coin would be an albatross. 85 regular expensive coins would be a blast!
Either. Since some of us will never reach that level.
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I'm a collector. One coin isn't a collection to me. I would much rather have the 85 coins.
Already made my choice, working on the 85.
We need more photos. Here's one:
Here's one that hits close to home for me and it's only $50K!
What coin do you have in mind for the $85K?
Without a doubt: 85 coins. Just think how many holes I could finally fill in my collections, as well as great type sets I coud put together. Would bring me so much more joy than 1 single coin could. As a matter of fact, I can't conceive of a single coin being worth that much ever being in my collection or sights........... Thanks for the opportunity & let me know if I win!
I’m with Andy. The truly prized coins in the $85k range are a single relic one can bond with and appreciate but the friends I’ve made along the way collecting many $1k coins are what makes the hobby fun.
One $85k coin
Latin American Collection
Even if I had an 85k coin I would want an 150k coins. So I try to be amazed by the coins I have. So far so good
11.5$ Southern Dollars, The little “Big Easy” set
85 coins.
I wonder how many people have a collection with only one coin?