Is Anyone Here Going To Be Buried With Any Coin/Coins?
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Not buried in coins like financially. But when you pass away. If so, and cremation is the process you choose, remember not to use any copper coinage as they are illegal to melt.😆
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I am not going to be buried so not a problem
Mike
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Copper cents over my eyes to pay Charon, of course.
Nope! Gonna "cash in" before I "cash out"
"When they can't find anything wrong with you, they create it!"
I would like to be buried with a couple of my gals,, pretty circulated walkers. I even told my wife that.
I might be buried with many of a coin figuratively, but they’re not going to the grave with me.
Reminds me of A7X and buried alive.
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I wouldn’t like that. The living should enjoy them.
One of the more famous burials is one of the Springfield, Massachusetts baseball medals. It is said that one of the team members was buried with his piece.
Here's mine.
That reminds me of the scene from the Disney cartoon version of “A Christmas Carol” where Scrooge grabs the coins off of Marley’s eyes before they bury him. Oddly enough this is set in London, but the coins look like U.S. Liberty Seated half dollars.
It is a macabre spectacle worthy of Edgar Allan Poe to be be buried with one's possessions. If I died suddenly I doubt my stuff would be sold anywhere near real market. In consideration of ultimate accountability to the Creator and a final judgment, I'd want to have assets essentially liquidated and funds put into worthy causes and humanitarian relief.
The Seated Liberty design was modelled after Britannia, wasn't it? And Britannia comes from Roman coins.
I often work in mines......................so it is possible
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All my slabbed and valuable coins are pre sorted and pre planned for sale thru Great Collections in the years after my death. My wife says she is going to make prize bundles out of all my things like Wheat cents, Gorbrecht journals, coin folders etc. and hold a bingo game. James
Just imagine the toning that might occur
Mr_Spud
You could be a real boon to metal detector sales!
I wouldn’t tell you guys one of you would dig me up
I’m going to melt them all.
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Same here ........ unless I wanted to smelter a few on the way out
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Anything in the Raw trying to sell on the bourse floor. I ve been shunned ,dismissed and they didn't even look at them. For all they knew I might have had rare circ Morgan's in my box.
No problem selling if slabbed.
I was thinking just this. Leaning towards, I should reap the reward, or failure, of my collection.
My Dad always Always had a 2$ bill in his wallet. He said a man was Never broke if he had a 2$ bill. When he passed in 2006 I tucked a 2$ bill in his shirt pocket at the funeral.
I'm going to leave my collection where I can find it next time around.
I believe in reincoination.
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I love that, kudos. I lost my wife last year, she loved ladybugs, so I put a ladybug locket in her hands.
As to the OP’s question, I would not “take along with me” anything of numismatic significance, I’m merely a temporary steward of my coins, not their permanent owner. Let future collectors do the same for the generations who follow. That’s my take.
Good point on leaving it for future generations.
In the baseball player situation, this probably wasn't considered a collectible at the time of burial, so that may have factored int the decision.
Who knows who's buried these days with what. People get buried with God knows what, fwiw
Years ago some grave robbers dug up the casket of Mike Todd, who was Elizabeth Taylor’s husband in the late 50s. It was rumored that he was buried with a valuable ring.m
I am currently buried in many coins unfortunately.
Buy what you like they said…
It's all about what the people want...
No all going to close family and if they are gone (dead before me) then sold at auction and proceeds to my local animal shelter.
Once I am dead I do not care if my family sells them if they mean nothing to them let them cash out and buy what they like.
..raises hand..
I'm buried in a few coins
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It’s too bad it was never a tradition to place a silver dime beside the headstone………
Nah, I know my family too well,……….. if I said I wanted to be buried with coins, they would do a ‘quick and dirty’ valuation on what I own and drop a check into the coffin before the lid closes!😉🤣
For you guys who want to be buried with some of your coins, make sure that you include a magnifier with a built-in light source. It pays to think ahead.
Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
"Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
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I believe Frank Sinatra was buried with a roll of dimes,pack of smokes, and not sure but also some liquor.
When I have visited my parents plots I have noticed on some graves cents by the headstones. Also trinkets,toys,empty liquor bottles, etc.
Cremation fire doesn’t mix with metals!
We’re only temporary caretakers. Our collections get assembled during our lives and then disseminated to others afterward to assemble once again.
It’s special to me to own an Eliasberg coin with his noteworthy provenance. Nobody will care about a Catbert coin!
"Got a flaming heart, can't get my fill"
If you don't want to be buried with your rare coins, here is an interesting alternative.
It's called the money casket.
Frank wore a Jack Taylor Beverly Hills Suit. These suits are in the 10K range.
I’m sure coins will be the last thing on my mind when I am dead.
Like the ghost of Jacob Marley chained to them in a trunk
Mr_Spud
No way - by then blown them all out - travel, etc.
Even the junk stuff.
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