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When would price not matter to you? What coin would you literally pay anything for?

dan1ecudan1ecu Posts: 1,573
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Assuming that you had the money available to spend, what coin would you buy without considering the price?

For instance, if there were a piece that I needed for my collection that I knew wouldn't be available again for a long time - maybe even ever -I'd be wiling to pay just about anything for it.

How about you? Is there a specific coin for which price would be no object?

Dan
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  • dthigpendthigpen Posts: 3,932 ✭✭
    An 1804 Bust Dollar in MS70.



    You asked.
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  • RYKRYK Posts: 35,797 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I cannot and will not give you specific examples, but there certainly are coins that I am less price-conscious than others. Mostly, these are key or rare dates that do not often turn up in affordable grades. Fortunately, I have already bought a lot of them: 1861-O $20, 1861-D $5, 1870-CC $5, 1859-O $10, etc.
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  • tradedollarnuttradedollarnut Posts: 20,162 ✭✭✭✭✭
    If I told you, I'd have to kill you... image

    There is no coin I would pay anything for. There are lots of coins I would pay what many might consider stupid money for. Perhaps that's just semantics, perhaps not...
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  • jdimmickjdimmick Posts: 9,674 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Similar comments as RYK,


    Thier are a couple of coins that if located, I would be willing to go what ever it takes with in my limits to aquire it? But I am not stating the type or specific coin.

  • MrEurekaMrEureka Posts: 24,252 ✭✭✭✭✭
    What TDN said, but without the wink.
    Andy Lustig

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  • JrGMan2004JrGMan2004 Posts: 7,557 ✭
    Any 1833 LM-5 Half Dime... image
    -George
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  • uofa1285uofa1285 Posts: 2,252 ✭✭
    "The Comet"

    Just say a price and I will pay it.

    Doug
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  • ARCOARCO Posts: 4,396 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I can't think of any coins I would just open my wallet carte blanche to the seller. If you had unlimited funds you would have EVERY rarity eventually if you were patient enough to buy them all as they came up for auction year after year. If price wasn't an issue you could simply outbid every other seller to win the coin, and then be bored again an hour after you took possession of the coin because you are the richest person around.

    Tyler
  • haletjhaletj Posts: 2,192 ✭
    A really nice 64rd 24-s or 25-s Lincoln, or a really nice flashy ms66 1955 or 1958 nickel.
  • LakesammmanLakesammman Posts: 17,380 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Can't really think of any either......
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  • MrEurekaMrEureka Posts: 24,252 ✭✭✭✭✭
    It's interesting. There are no coins for which I'd pay twice what I know they're really worth. But when I know I don't know what something's really worth, I might pay triple my best guess, which could be ten times the true value, or more. And the scary part is that I don't know what I'm doing with most of the things I collect. Really.
    Andy Lustig

    Doggedly collecting coins of the Central American Republic.

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  • smedsmed Posts: 8


    << <i>An 1804 Bust Dollar in MS70.



    You asked. >>



    That'd be like finding any business strike 1895 Morgan.

    I'm sure you meant "PF70".
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  • mgoodm3mgoodm3 Posts: 17,497 ✭✭✭
    None I can think of.
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  • morgannut2morgannut2 Posts: 4,293 ✭
    Yes there's a certain U.S. gold pattern from the 18th century, a copper silver dollar pattern-test piece for the first U.S. Silver Dollar, any silver 1/2 disme documented from the George Washington Estate upon the dispersal I believe in 1804, a 1964 Peace Dollar if sure it was really stolen (gee, my ethics are so bad), the presentation piece of the first strike of the Saint to Teddy Roosevelt, and of course the first accurately graded MS-70 Morgan Dollar when I discover it on Ebay!! Sorry you asked now?image
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  • FullStepJeffsFullStepJeffs Posts: 1,874 ✭✭✭
    When I hit the lottery or lightning strikes (or for that matter if Bill Gates has a single daughter, call me sweetie...image) the Eliasberg 1804 and King of Siam Proof Set (even in the higher graded slabs) WILL be mine.

    Lets see... $100 a month in coin purchases... $25 to $40 million needed... ummm... would take a little over 1736 or 2777 years to accumulate... I wonder if I could sell a kidney?

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  • coincollector1989coincollector1989 Posts: 856
    64 AH Kennedy in 68 DCAM I wouldnt literally pay anything for it but stupid money more than likely.
    Stacy

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  • nwcsnwcs Posts: 13,386 ✭✭✭
    Price always matters to me. But assuming I could afford anything I wanted, I would go through the roof for anything of genuine historical coolness. Like an 1804 dollar or a superb gem chain cent or a MS68 1795 eagle.
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  • NationalizedNationalized Posts: 7
    a national banknote on cutter new mexico
    Yesterday is a cancelled check. Tomorrow is a promissory note. Today is cash.
  • ArtRArtR Posts: 474 ✭✭✭
    One of GSAguys toned 78-CC.imageimage
    If It doesn't have great eye appeal, I don't want it.
  • seanqseanq Posts: 8,650 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I wouldn't pay "anything" for one, but if given a chance to pick up a clipped 1909-S-VDB cent, I'd stretch a lot further than I would for any other coin I could think of. That coin is my "Holy Grail" right now.


    Sean Reynolds
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  • PhillyJoePhillyJoe Posts: 2,700 ✭✭✭✭
    Open the wallet for:

    1964 Peace dollar
    1964 Franklin half
    1964 SMS set
    1964 clad Kennedy

    I see a trend here. They're out there, I just don't know where.

    Joe
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  • khaysekhayse Posts: 1,336 ✭
    1964 Peace dollar. image

    -KHayse
  • Conder101Conder101 Posts: 10,536 ✭
    How about the missing 1849 double eagle? An 1873-S no arrows half? An 1873-S standard silver dollar?, An 1870-S quarter?
  • ShamikaShamika Posts: 18,781 ✭✭✭✭
    A "no-problems" 25-S or 26-S Buffalo. If it's not the toning, it's the strike. If it's not the strike, it's spots. If it's not spots, it's the luster.

    You get the idea.

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  • DCAMDCAM Posts: 300 ✭✭✭
    MS-70 3 legged buff.
    Buy More Coins!!
  • GATGAT Posts: 3,146 ✭
    A business strike 1895 Morgan. Don't worry, the coin is unknown and all 12,880 minted are thought to have been melted under the Pittman Act.
    USAF vet 1951-59
  • MrEurekaMrEureka Posts: 24,252 ✭✭✭✭✭
    A business strike 1895 Morgan. Don't worry, the coin is unknown and all 12,880 minted are thought to have been melted under the Pittman Act.

    Wasn't there one posted here not that long ago? image





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  • GATGAT Posts: 3,146 ✭
    Ha Ha Andy, trying to cause trouble again? imageimageimageimage The Shadow knows everything!
    USAF vet 1951-59
  • GoYankeesGoYankees Posts: 1,025
    Since it's one of these "dream" threads...

    1901-S Barber 25c
    1916 SLQ

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  • CameoDimeManCameoDimeMan Posts: 88
    a 1968-S no dime in cameo!
  • DHeathDHeath Posts: 8,472 ✭✭✭
    Joe, it is my goal to own a 64 SMS half before the end of 06. I intend to swap around and holder some stuff to buy one. It will be a nice addition to my essential Kennedy collection. I'm ready to start building my final set, and Jan 1 is the launch date. I expect once I've organized my collection, I'll use multicoin holders. image
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  • ColorfulcoinsColorfulcoins Posts: 3,364 ✭✭✭
    Some key date type coins that could pry my tightly clentched wallet open pretty wide are.....pre 1834 Gold, 1792 Half Disme, and Goebrecht dollars all come to mind - and of course, a 1796 or 1797 Half.......once again, assuming I had a pretty full wallet to begin with!
    Craig
    If I had it my way, stupidity would be painful!
  • ColonialCoinUnionColonialCoinUnion Posts: 10,087 ✭✭✭
    A number of different colonials in high grade - some of them are pretty common in lower grade but never, ever show up unc.


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  • orevilleoreville Posts: 11,953 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I agree with TDN.
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  • BubbleheadBubblehead Posts: 1,621 ✭✭✭
    image

    I'm being conservative, but I'd sure like to own "THE" MS67,
    $50 Oct. Gold Pan-Pac.
  • StuartStuart Posts: 9,761 ✭✭✭✭✭
    There is no coin for which price does not matter to me, and for which I'd pay any asking price.

    This is simply a hobby for me, and I don't want to break the bank with it... image

    Stuart

    Collect 18th & 19th Century US Type Coins, Silver Dollars, $20 Gold Double Eagles and World Crowns & Talers with High Eye Appeal

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  • BigE2BigE2 Posts: 1,037 ✭
    1964 Peace Dollar. It's the only one I need.

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