Coin Hoarding

ARCO

Just read a thread about a california collector who hoards 1844 Seated dimes (orphan Annie variety) and has aproximately 1500 of them!

How many members have mini, small, or large hoards of the same dates? I had an ultra mini hoard of midgrade 1914 Barber halves ($350-$550 for VF to XF coins) I had four totally original coins all in VF, saw two perfect XF's and two more beautiful VF's on Ebay, that I wanted to buy to get to eight but the bank was broke. LOL

Hardly a hoard, but I felt so selfish with my four coins, knowing that many collectors would like a nice 1914 (lowest mintage barber half, and one of the 20th centuries lowest mintage regular issue dates, 4th or 5th I think).

Lets hear about your hoards.

Tyler

Bear

Every time I see a trully magnificent Liberty Standing Quarter,

I have to buy it. Its not profit, or truly hording, I just love that particular coin

abovbe all others. Just cant seem to pass up a nice MS66 FH or MS67FH specimen.

Do you think I have a sickness???

Baley

I have several 1812 half dollars in EF/AU, here's one of them:

airplanenut

I get a dime every day at lunch... I'm too lazy to put them in my coin sorter and roll them, so I have this huge pile of hoarded dimes next to my bed... and they don't seem to be going anywhere... they need a Snikers.

Jeremy

Bear

Baily, nice coin for the grade. I like it. Well done.

Bear

What is a snikers????

Russ

I have one or two Accented Hairs.

Russ, NCNE

Bear

<< <i>I have one or two Accented Hairs.

Russ, you refering to your head or your collection???

airplanenut

<< <i>What is a snikers???? >>

Snikers, Snickers... they're the same thing... regardless, they will get stuck to your paws with all of the caramel... stick with jelly donuts

RGL

I have two complete 1938-64 proof Jeff registry sets (7th and 12th finest), another at 90 percent (and soon (?) to be 100 pct. if PCGS grades my current submission within my lifetime) and a start on a fourth toned set. I also have a complete modern set (1965-2002) and thus the complete 1938-2002 basic Jeff proof set. And then, there are dozens of extras I have made or could not resist the bargain prices on ... am I a hoarder?

coppercoins

Well, my hoard would be an awful difficult one to even think of cornering the market on, but I have over a thousand rolls of 1960D large date cents. I also have over 500 rolls of 1964P cents. An infinitely small percentage of those actually minted, but probably one of the larger hoards of such material existant today....but I'm sure by far not the largest.

I do have many, many rolls of other dates, but those two take the cake in my inventory. Honorable mention goes to 1962D cents with nearly 300 rolls, and my 17 rolls of 1964 proof cents. I'd have more, but Russ is hogging them.

FC57Coins

<< <i>I have one or two Accented Hairs >>



Hey Russ - I think Rogaine might help you keep those two that are left

FC57Coins

I haven't really started any hoards per se, but I guess if one buys a coin of a particular date and year just because they like them, then I have a mini hoard of 1962 halves. It stated out with a toned half that I picked up at auction because I liked the grade and price. When I got it by mail, it turned out to be one of the prettiest Franklins I've ever seen. Well, this past weekend a second similar coin was up for auction, and I grabbed it. I should be getting it before the end of the week, so we'll see if it matches the first one.

Frank
With a hoard of 3

airplanenut

Coppercoins... and what do you do with them? That's just too many...

Jeremy

PS- for those who think pennies are useless, I think we've found a buyer

jdimmick

Actually for my-self, I dont even own one single duplicate, its hard enough to purchase the pieces I want the first time around with still many more I want.

But,

A friend of mine who is a local dealer/collector has a small hoard of 300+ 1895-0 Barber dimes. They range from ag-xf. He tells me that this is his favorite coin.

jim

Mrpawn

Been trying to gather all of the decent US/Filipinas I could find. For the longest time I could not figuire out why there were so few to be had - then Clankeye let the cat out of the bag and I realized where they had all gone

Kim

Bear

Its really hard to disagree with Kims Reply.

ursabear

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I agree. 'nuf said.

P.S. I don't hoard anything but late-model mint sets...

coppercoins

<< <i>Coppercoins... and what do you do with them? That's just too many...

Jeremy

PS- for those who think pennies are useless, I think we've found a buyer >>



Too many for whom? They are my future searching batch since rolls of decent material seem to be drying up. I buy whatever I find whenever I find it and worry about where I'm going to put them later. In 15 years when all the unsearched material is gone, I'll still have something to look through.

"Searched" for die varieties, not slab material. I don't do the slabs.

Dave99B

Tyler - Over the last 15 years or so, I've salted away about thirty 1798 large cents, all in the AG - VG range. I just love the "17" in the date. But with a mintage of 1.8 million, I have a ways to go before the price triples. At the current rate I'm going, look for a HUGE ADVANCE in price in about November of 4041.

Dave

Kim

Still learning.....
I am lucky to have a nice number of the Appalachian Hoard toned War nickels...they become addictive.

airplanenut

Coppercoins has a point... hmmm... does this mean you want to buy my pocket change? 5x face? Why surely

All right... just tell me when you get through 50,000 lincolns and are ready for more... by then, I'll bet that Bush is already on and off the cent (unless you can find varieties faster than PCGS can grade a coin )

Jeremy

coppercoins

Jeremy - My cent buying extends only to 1997. After that, cents are worthless slugs to me. I prefer the earlier to the later - actually BU wheat rolls are the preferred closet stuffer. I do have plenty of circ rolls worth, but that's only the pre 59 cents...those after 58 are all BU.

airplanenut

You can buy pounds of pre-circulated wheaties on ebay... then roll them and search on a rainy day

I'm sure Dog likes your 1997 rule

coppercoins

Heck - Why spend 4-6 cents per coin at a minimum when I can buy them wholesale almost any time for 2 cents or less? I haven't bought anything in bulk of any kind on eBay for a number of years. Wrong place to buy circ wheats for sure. (but a good place to sell them).

airplanenut

Where can I get them for 2 cents? I just found out the there were coins in my great aunts grandmothers uncles fathers siblings estates, and I need some coins !!!

Dog97

Well I have 37 different 1897 US coins. I would have more but I have sold about a dozen 1897 Morgans lately.
I have 169 1997 US coins.
Those numbers are just US singles. If you count World singles and World Proof & Mint sets that's about 300 more 1997 coins.
Beat that!

sumnom

I have a thing for SF business strike lincoln cents, 1968-1974. I pluck them out of my change and just put them aside for no real good reason. When i was a kid collecting on the east coast, I had a hard time getting the SF coins. I still can't shake the feeling that they are special.

CharlieB

<< <i>Every time I see a trully magnificent Liberty Standing Quarter,
I have to buy it..... Just cant seem to pass up a nice MS66 FH or MS67FH specimen. Do you think I have a sickness??? >>



Yes you do.
It must be contagious, I have the same sickness.

Bear

Dave, hang in there man, two millenium isnt so long.

Just think of the money you will make on your coins.

Its not many 2000 year old guys who can afford to paint the town red.

Barry

I had a hoard of 1874-CC dimes at one time. I owned 4 of them, which for that date could be considered a hoard. Now, I have two - a mini-hoard, I guess...

Bear

Barry, when you get down to one coin, will it be a micro hoard???

shirohniichan

I like the design and size of 1936 Canadian silver dollars, but with an original mintage of 339,600 and a high survival rate there's little chance I'll ever corner the market. I think I have 4 of them.

mbbiker

1927-S SLQ in VG i have a half roll of them. I know thats not enough to make it a hoard but it's been fun trying to find decent ones that arn't cleaned/bent and all the coins have full rims (which i think is needed for a VG but most grading services fell differently about that)

MrEureka

I once had four Somers island pieces. Put them out on a tray in the showcase with a sign that said "Tray of Pigs".

Barry

<< <i>Barry, when you get down to one coin, will it be a micro hoard??? >>


Bear, and when I sell them all, it will be a nano-hoard

SethChandler

I wish Virgil Brand was a board member.

sumnom

I got a 1969-s lincoln in my change today. I have to keep it.

clackamas

I own ~20% of the PCGS cetified 1943 DDO Jeffersons.