What would you collect?

Broadstruck

Let's say If someone with the wealth of Jeff Bezos ex wife MacKenzie Scott was your new Sugar Mama and gave you a hobby allowance

PillarDollarCollector

Same thing as now no other series. Give to the poor and open animal shelters. And use the rest wisely as to enjoy life. I don't need much even if I was rich I would most likely do the same exact things.

I don't enjoy traveling, expensive restaurants (have been to many in my life when younger) and many other things so stick with what makes me happy.

Wear the same crappy clothes I wear now. Not into flashing or what they call bling bling whatever the hell that stupid term is.

coinsarefun

Old crusty gold and patterns. Hey if I’m dreaming and gotta give up my man I’m going for broke!

PillarDollarCollector

Get my brother out of the workforce and retired. So I have someone I can spend quality time with.

PillarDollarCollector

A nice coin room would be cool and a them in the entire home that goes with it.

Crypto

Same as all rich men, alimony obligations

PillarDollarCollector

@Crypto said:
Same as all rich men, alimony obligations

Caused by the nanny or in her case the pool ''boy'' or the delivery man!!!

Hey it was worth the half billion dollars right hahaha why even get married when your rich like that

koynekwest

The animal shelter idea is a good one as well as contributing to organizations that are trying to save some of our critically endangered wildlife. As far as coins go a set of Braided hair half cents in proof and all the Buffalo 5c major varieties in the highest grade obtainable, proof Indian Head $2.50 and $5 gold, a set of Gobrecht dollars, and many others. Just give me 25 million for coins-that would do I believe.

PillarDollarCollector

@Crypto said:
Same as all rich men, alimony obligations

Love is like a deck of cards first comes the hearth then the diamond then the club and finally the spade.

Or

First, comes the engagement “ring”, second, comes the wedding “ring” and third, comes the “suffer-ring.”

This just a joke not to be used literally in life I don't condone violence in anyway.

Crypto

Circulation strike liberty double eagles

jesbroken

I would immediately purchase all the high grade key coins to my favorite collections, Buffalo Nickels, IHC's and Walking Liberty Halves, just in case they changed their mind. If I had a second chance, I would buy the high grade well struck coins in these collections that are hard to come by in certain dates/mm's. JMO
Jim

Mr_Spud

Elongated versions of key date coins 😉

privatecoin

Real estate

amwldcoin

Same thing I collect now!

PillarDollarCollector

@privatecoin said:
Real estate

None left your ex wife kept it all.

coinsarefun

@Mr_Spud said:
Elongated versions of key date coins 😉

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Now, that’s for the man that has Everything!

TurtleCat

I’d do as near complete classic US gold set. Then I’d do a global type set of gold. That would keep me occupied for years...

privatecoin

@KingOfMorganDollar said:

@privatecoin said:
Real estate

None left your ex wife kept it all.

Except I don't have an Ex.....and I'm not going to have an Ex.....

PillarDollarCollector

@privatecoin said:

@KingOfMorganDollar said:

@privatecoin said:
Real estate

None left your ex wife kept it all.

Except I don't have an Ex.....and I'm not going to have an Ex.....

Smart man!!

Kurisu

Islands.

Then I'd start a thread here about what coin I should design first for my new mint.

oldabeintx

Oddly, I don't know if I would enjoy a hobby as much as I would enjoy charitable work. Strange, but once one can afford virtually anything, material things and self-interested things lose much of their appeal. However, I would welcome putting this noble thought to the test,

BryceM

I would do a type set with only key-date coins.

ThreeCentSilverFL

I doubt it would be fun anymore.

CalifornianKing

I'd start a complete set of Us coins and try to beat Elisberg. With enough money you can do it. Then I'd take the money and buy stocks and crypto for fun! Oh and the usual houses and jets and expensive clothes and resturants and trips, ect

Eldorado9

I would assemble complete proof sets, 1c--->$20.00 from around 1860-1915

Cocoinut

High-grade 18th and 19th century type coins, and St. Gaudens eagles and double eagles.

Jim

kaz

type set of pre 1960 proofs, all the different metals I could find.

291fifth

At my age I would not resume collecting. I would set up a charitable foundation and research which charities were both true charities and efficiently run and donate to them. "Charities" with high executive salaries and high "consulting" expenses would receive nothing.

MasonG

I'd fly all over the country (first class, of course), searching in convenience store parking lots for rare error pennies.

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@MasonG said:
I'd fly all over the country (first class, of course), searching in convenience store parking lots for rare error pennies.

everyone stop - this is the right answer 🤣🤣

PerryHall

@MasonG said:
I'd fly all over the country (first class, of course), searching in convenience store parking lots for rare error pennies.

And you'd hire emeraldATV to photograph them for you.

Zoins

@Broadstruck said:
What would you collect?

Let's say If someone with the wealth of Jeff Bezos ex wife MacKenzie Scott was your new Sugar Mama and gave you a hobby allowance

Don't you need someone to pay for lots and lots of PCGS slabs

Pnies20

18th century gold. The only way I’ll ever be able to afford it 😂

Broadstruck

@CalifornianKing said:
I'd start a complete set of Us coins and try to beat Elisberg. With enough money you can do it. Then I'd take the money and buy stocks and crypto for fun! Oh and the usual houses and jets and expensive clothes and resturants and trips, ect

Hold on there Bucky... She's only giving you some money for coins.

Broadstruck

@MasonG said:
I'd fly all over the country (first class, of course), searching in convenience store parking lots for rare error pennies.

I'm in tears!

ms70

An ex-wife.

Smudge

Servants to remove the Gorilla Glue from my hair.

Crypto

@Smudge said:
Servants to remove the Gorilla Glue from my hair.

When I first heard about that I was like that poor girl, then I found it was a like 40 year old women..... simply can’t fix stupid

Catbert

@oldabeintx said:
Oddly, I don't know if I would enjoy a hobby as much as I would enjoy charitable work. Strange, but once one can afford virtually anything, material things and self-interested things lose much of their appeal. However, I would welcome putting this noble thought to the test,

I’ve reflected on this too and wonder if I’d be easily sated and then lose interest. But then again, was Hugh Hefner easily sated? 😮

Walkerfan

The only thing that I would do different is that I would buy a 1921S walking liberty half in mint state 65. I would find the best that I could...one that is truly solid for the grade.

SkyMan

First thing I'd do is create feeder programs (as of to get kids into the field, not to feed them) at K-12 public schools to get and keep them in STEM fields... maybe something along the lines of after school programs. I'd probably try and include at least some minor PE type stuff so the kids wouldn't be total couch potatoes. Then I'd set up scholarships for deserving high schoolers to go to college to study STEM subjects.

Assuming my Sugar Mama still has more money for me to just blow on collectibles obviously my first choice would be space artifacts, but assuming she's a total coin geek and would only spring for numismatic items, I'd collect 1793 - 1807 material in as high a grade as I could afford. I'd also throw in some high grade examples of MA. Willow/Oak/Pine Tree coinage as well as Spanish 8 reales of the 1650 - 1775 timeframe.

CalifornianKing

@Broadstruck said:

@CalifornianKing said:
I'd start a complete set of Us coins and try to beat Elisberg. With enough money you can do it. Then I'd take the money and buy stocks and crypto for fun! Oh and the usual houses and jets and expensive clothes and resturants and trips, ect

Hold on there Bucky... She's only giving you some money for coins.

Alright. Step one: buy every single expensive coin I can find, then buy several billion in junk gold/silver and lower (2-10k) range coins
Step 2: Seller lower quality coins and keep only enough to make a large pile to play with and fill treusure chests with. (Obviously keep the higher quality ones)
Step 3 PROFIT!
Step 4 buy jets and everything happened.

pursuitofliberty

To be a multi-billionaire would be an unusual path, I'm sure. Providing I still enjoyed the hunt, and had other things to occupy my time, I probably would concentrate on finding and acquiring;

Flowing Hair, Draped Bust and Capped Bust coinage, by marriages and interesting and notable progressive die states, original or close to it, Condition Census or close to it.

I would also attempt a Large Size collection of US Currency by Friedberg #, un-pressed originals or close to it, Condition Census or close to it.

Probably a few other things.

Broadstruck

@Smudge said:
Servants to remove the Gorilla Glue from my hair.

You could buy a trained monkey...

spacehayduke

I'd target my favorites in the best grades possible

Pioneer gold
Oregon Beaver gold
1854-S gold
1848 Cal. quarter eagle
full year and mint sets of classic head 1/4 and 1/2 eagles
O-mint gold, all denoms

That would be a start...........

MrEureka

It's funny. I could have a blast collecting art in that situation, but not coins. Coins are inextricably linked in my head with the game of buying, selling and creating something out of nothing. I wouldn't want to change that.

Elcontador

1) I'd set up a charity for an adult I know who has cerebral palsy so when the people taking care of him pass on, he would have nothing to worry about.
2) Probably do more travel. Do that trip to Namibia that I probably won't get around to for all sorts of reasons. Maybe figure out a way to visit Central Asia without worrying whether or not I'd be coming back.
3) Same wife. Same house. Same car.
4) Maybe figure out a way to have a bunch of penguins running around, healthy, happy and not eaten by anything. Probably African or Humboldt penguins, as they can deal with weather less extreme than the others.
5) The only coin I think I'd buy would be a nice Unc either Bust or Gobrecht Dollar.

MarkInDavis

Cam & DCam proofs 1800’s through 1942 all denominations.

johnny9434

Bust quarters

CommemDude

Very high grade pre-1838 type coins. Chain cent, Half Disme, Flowing hair dollar etc ... true rarities in my opinion.

1984worldcoins

I would complete my 1984 collection and buy all the mega rare gold and platinum pieces and all the rare Franklin Mint sets, and, after that, I would buy ALL the tokens and every circulation world coin from 1984 available to get the best grade possible..