I don’t have a number one item for some reason. I guess I’m a bit looser with my want list. But the top items for me are the gold dollars I don’t have yet.
I haven’t gotten to the point where I have all the easily obtainable ones yet so it’s whatever I find first on the list that has great eye appeal.
Well there’s actually a few coming up for auction vey soon but prolly won’t
Get either one because prices are reaching the “I don’t feel comfortable stretching for” price.
Mine is pretty simple. I've never had a Trade dollar in my collection and am always looking for a nice frosty example without a ton of nicks and/or scratches.
"When they can't find anything wrong with you, they create it!"
Out of fear that someone here may see what I want and bid me up every time I see one, I am not going to disclose it on a public forum.
But I will tell you No. 2 and 3 on my want list.
2. A C-mint gold coin PCGS XF-AU
3. A D-mint gold coin PCGS XF-AU (Dahlonega).
I have been looking for a $20 Liberty for my gold type set (which is AU55 to MS66). Looked at thousands of coins on line and in hand. Not sure what I really want. Perhaps a civil war issue, perhaps an early type 1 minted in San Francisco in AU, perhaps a common date later date in MS64 or so. I like the history and back stories on some of them.
At some point, a coin will speak to me, so far only a couple of them peep a little.
“In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock." - Thomas Jefferson
1995w ASE proof 70. I have the coin but have not sent it in yet. 😰
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@USSID17 said:
Well, I don't like incomplete sets. I guess a "real" 16-D Merc.
Still? I thought for sure you'd of gotten one by now! Remember the time Butch had found a coin shop that was selling AG03 full dates for 300$? I passed on that - and I kick myself everyday............
"When they can't find anything wrong with you, they create it!"
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Cessna 185 with Aerocet floats - after complying with requests from the FAA for 15 months, and $10K out of pocket, I've been approved to fly again!
Let me know if you get one! It would be great to enjoy coins in the air!
If I had a pilot's license, a L-39 would be near the top of my list, but I don't have time for a pilot's license right now.
Unrealistic because out of my price range, but a 20 cent piece.
Realistic because I don't care about grade and will gladly accept something mangled as long as it's still identifiable: any US coin before 1832, which is currently my oldest US date.
As long as the year is visible, and no holes (can't stand them, but bent, cleaned, etc is fine) I will be happy.
I have a self imposed $20 per item limit that I rarely go over, so my options are limited but not nothing.
Easy enough that I shouldn't even put it on this list but I will anyway: Hubble Telescope dollar.
I read "1792 Silver Disme" first and the first thing I thought of was the PCGS FR02 CAC
Glad you're aiming higher!
@MrEureka, Don Kagin and I have already bought and sold the raw, VF details, damaged, subsequently net-graded PCGS VG8 Parmelee piece. There's no reason, based on the Copper Dismes, to believe otherwise than that the surviving three Silvers were initially made as Specimens.
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I would like to find a well struck and preserved Roman denarius of the emperor, Pertinax. He ruled for only three months in 193 AD, but tried to be a reformer when Roman politics was at a low ebb. He was murdered because of his efforts as a reformer. May of his surviving coins are worn and poorly struck.
Retired dealer and avid collector of U.S. type coins, 19th century presidential campaign medalets and selected medals. In recent years I have been working on a set of British coins - at least one coin from each king or queen who issued pieces that are collectible. I am also collecting at least one coin for each Roman emperor from Julius Caesar to ... ?
@BillJones said:
I would like to find a well struck and preserved Roman denarius of the emperor, Pertinax. He ruled for only three months in 193 AD, but tried to be a reformer when Roman politics was at a low ebb. He was murdered because of his efforts as a reformer. May of his surviving coins are worn and poorly struck.
That is exactly what I love about coins. The story that goes with them.
Sorry I couldn’t resist. It was a funny like from the film, “Miss Congeniality” from many years ago. Many of the beauty Queen contestants used that line.
Retired dealer and avid collector of U.S. type coins, 19th century presidential campaign medalets and selected medals. In recent years I have been working on a set of British coins - at least one coin from each king or queen who issued pieces that are collectible. I am also collecting at least one coin for each Roman emperor from Julius Caesar to ... ?
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I don’t have a number one item for some reason. I guess I’m a bit looser with my want list. But the top items for me are the gold dollars I don’t have yet.
I haven’t gotten to the point where I have all the easily obtainable ones yet so it’s whatever I find first on the list that has great eye appeal.
TurtleCat Gold Dollars
1856 Flying Eagle Cent in MS60 and above. They can be had but $$$ is the top of my want list.
Any gold coins foreign or domestic.
"I spent 50% of my money on alcohol, women, and gambling. The other half I wasted.
Well there’s actually a few coming up for auction vey soon but prolly won’t
Get either one because prices are reaching the “I don’t feel comfortable stretching for” price.
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CoinsAreFun Toned Silver Eagle Proof Album
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Gallery Mint Museum, Ron Landis& Joe Rust, The beginnings of the Golden Dollar
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More CoinsAreFun Pictorials NGC
A coin estate purchase that requires a Bobtail to load.
Mine is pretty simple. I've never had a Trade dollar in my collection and am always looking for a nice frosty example without a ton of nicks and/or scratches.
"When they can't find anything wrong with you, they create it!"
A silver School Girl dollar pattern. In my eyes nothing else that the U.S. mint has produced comes even close.
A large Bluefin Tuna.
Early 1800's gold if I sold everything I could get one but I'm not ready for a box of 1 at this point.
My Collection of Old Holders
Never a slave to one plastic brand will I ever be.
Probably a draped bust large cent for my type set at the moment.
Mr_Spud
Gem Central American Republic 8R
Latin American Collection
Out of fear that someone here may see what I want and bid me up every time I see one, I am not going to disclose it on a public forum.
But I will tell you No. 2 and 3 on my want list.
2. A C-mint gold coin PCGS XF-AU
3. A D-mint gold coin PCGS XF-AU (Dahlonega).
1809 O-113 50C, 1822/1 O-102 50C or 1817/3 50C
All in F15-VF30
BHNC #248 … 108 and counting.
I crossed off a few recently but this one is near the top now!
All the gold in the world....
Hoard the keys.
I have been looking for a $20 Liberty for my gold type set (which is AU55 to MS66). Looked at thousands of coins on line and in hand. Not sure what I really want. Perhaps a civil war issue, perhaps an early type 1 minted in San Francisco in AU, perhaps a common date later date in MS64 or so. I like the history and back stories on some of them.
At some point, a coin will speak to me, so far only a couple of them peep a little.
“In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock." - Thomas Jefferson
My digital cameo album 1950-64 Cameos - take a look!
VF Details (or XF depending on price) - Cleaned (PCGS or NGC Slabbed) Draped Bust Dollar, preferably 1700's.
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Right now it's the 1936 Proof Mercury I'm looking for. Also looking for the spare cash to buy it.
If I remember correctly, one is coming up for sale.
Any coin in my primary series (Lima and Potosi pillars) I do not own (which is most) in any decent quality.
Mexico onza
Ferrari 458 Italia
edited to add........... Mrs. Shagnasty is not too keen on the idea.
You have great taste!
I'd love to have a Speciale Aperta.
Well, I don't like incomplete sets. I guess a "real" 16-D Merc.
1995w ASE proof 70. I have the coin but have not sent it in yet. 😰
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I really want a cc library head double eagle. I need to start saving and training if I am to achieve that goal
Still? I thought for sure you'd of gotten one by now! Remember the time Butch had found a coin shop that was selling AG03 full dates for 300$? I passed on that - and I kick myself everyday............
"When they can't find anything wrong with you, they create it!"
I've seen an empty house with a Ferrari 458 and Porsche Carrera GT in the garage.
I wonder if that's the owner's way of keeping his other half from knowing about it
Problem-free, honest wear, dateless, PCGS P01 1916 SLQ.
Still want the 1817/14 half but would settle for an 1827 O149 or 1829 O120.
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.
Cessna 185 with Aerocet floats - after complying with requests from the FAA for 15 months, and $10K out of pocket, I've been approved to fly again!
1914 and 1916-S $5 Indian in a MS 62 or 63
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a gem unc cotton leaf large cent, the first one known.
Let me know if you get one! It would be great to enjoy coins in the air!
If I had a pilot's license, a L-39 would be near the top of my list, but I don't have time for a pilot's license right now.
https://www.granturismoevents.com/why-you-really-need-aero-l39-albatros/
I'd love to get a P-51 as well, but those are pretty pricey.
A caped bust quarter or an upgraded 3 cent silver for my type set.
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I have to start training myself to save.
Well, it was an upgrade to my '21 Peace. But just as I start to search, prices skyrocket. Think I'll keep my beat up XF for now.
Unrealistic because out of my price range, but a 20 cent piece.
Realistic because I don't care about grade and will gladly accept something mangled as long as it's still identifiable: any US coin before 1832, which is currently my oldest US date.
As long as the year is visible, and no holes (can't stand them, but bent, cleaned, etc is fine) I will be happy.
I have a self imposed $20 per item limit that I rarely go over, so my options are limited but not nothing.
Easy enough that I shouldn't even put it on this list but I will anyway: Hubble Telescope dollar.
Me too, but not for my type set....and it has to be dated 1799....
1792 Silver Disme SP64CAM
edited to add: Otherwise, a 1793 Ameri. in MS68RD
I read "1792 Silver Disme" first and the first thing I thought of was the PCGS FR02 CAC
Glad you're aiming higher!
@MrEureka, Don Kagin and I have already bought and sold the raw, VF details, damaged, subsequently net-graded PCGS VG8 Parmelee piece. There's no reason, based on the Copper Dismes, to believe otherwise than that the surviving three Silvers were initially made as Specimens.
Sm Eagle half dollar....... someday.
Good health.
U.S. Type Set
World Peace.
Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
Looks like you are thinking of the 1792 Half Disme.
The 1792 Silver Disme J-9 does not exist in FR02 as far as I know.
https://www.pcgs.com/coinfacts/coin/1792-10c-disme-j-9/11025
I would like to find a well struck and preserved Roman denarius of the emperor, Pertinax. He ruled for only three months in 193 AD, but tried to be a reformer when Roman politics was at a low ebb. He was murdered because of his efforts as a reformer. May of his surviving coins are worn and poorly struck.
That is exactly what I love about coins. The story that goes with them.
I do not have a want list but I do have have a
Busted Die Bust 25c
It sounds like you are in a beauty contest.
Sorry I couldn’t resist. It was a funny like from the film, “Miss Congeniality” from many years ago. Many of the beauty Queen contestants used that line.