Anyone been collecting gold eagles since the beginning?

hchcoin

I recently bought a gold eagle and it got me thinking. Has anyone bought one per year since 1986 as they came out for a full set? Proof or Bullion? Didn't the proof miss a year or something? What a cool set to have if you did it from the beginning. Post some pictures if you have them. I wish I would have done it starting in 1986 but I was busy paying for college and then starting a family. To go back and buy the full set now would be quite the cost. Dollar cost averaging over the years would have been the smart way to do it. I think they would look really cool in a Dansco album or a matching graded set.

37 years of bullion coins would cost around $100,000 if they are graded. Imagine if you had bought all the fractional denominations as well.

NDcoin99

I’ve been collecting 1 oz and 1/2 oz AGE’s since 2011. Wish I had been doing so since 1986, but I was only 9 years old when the series started! Since 2020 I’ve also been collecting the 1 ox proof coins. I’m trying to justify buying a 2024 proof for $3200……

csdot

There I was thinking I was going to see some cool pre-33 eagle sets.

7Jaguars

Well, I am an "old timer" I guess - I have gotten all the 1/4 and 1/2 oz bullion since 1986 and even when they were cheaper a couple of 1 oz & a few doubles with all the "error" ones of the smaller denoms. You end up with a bit of gold....

BStrauss3

@csdot said:
There I was thinking I was going to see some cool pre-33 eagle sets.

Me too - and I was wondering who might have been around in 1795 and still a member of this board...

lkenefic

@BStrauss3 said:

@csdot said:
There I was thinking I was going to see some cool pre-33 eagle sets.

Me too - and I was wondering who might have been around in 1795 and still a member of this board...

...and someone with a picture of DOrian Grey in the attic?! Seriously though... that would be quite the set and I'm not much into Moderns...

Slade01

I started in 1986 through 1992 two sets a year starting with the 1 coin 86, then 2 in 87, then 4 each set, but recently sold off all my sets to fund other things. Also sold off dozens of commemorative sets like Congress, Constitution, Rushmore in various configurations. Now like I told my wife, I need to buy a bunch of stuff that I want to do a §1031 like kind exchange to avoid capital gains. Here are some pics that I still had, couldn't find the 1988 or 1992.

PerryHall

@BStrauss3 said:

@csdot said:
There I was thinking I was going to see some cool pre-33 eagle sets.

Me too - and I was wondering who might have been around in 1795 and still a member of this board...

It's a real shame that the US Mint or Treasury decided to call the 1 oz gold bullion coin the Eagle when traditionally the $10 gold coins minted from 1795 to 1933 were already called the Eagle. It just results in confusion and there is no reason the 1 oz gold bullion coins couldn't have been called the Liberty or something similar.

FrankH

Started when gold was 40 bucks.
That's how long I have not trusted the government or the banks or the corporations.

Gee whiz !