Does anyone care to divulge their initial strategy in the WS?

MrBreeze

Since it did not cost me a dime (well, kind of), and I have already executed my strategy, I figure it is alright to talk about it. I think it would lend credence to a great deal of the movement in "real life" coins. I tried to get all of the coins that I like/collect in VF30-XF40. I think that is the sweet spot in the market right now (I may be crazy, but that's alright). I went with Seated quarters (S mints, O mints, and a few important P mints) and Barber Halves (96-o, 97-o, 97-s, 04-s, 13, 14, 15) for the bulk of my purchases. I also went with a few coins from the other Seated and Barber series. I also endulged a bit and bought an 1873-cc no arrows Seated Quarter. I figure it would be fun to pretend, that just for a few months, I had a chance to complete the series. Finally, I decided to play a little gold and bought as many MS66 Gold $50 Eagles as I could get. At $565, I figured that was the cheapest way to play the gold market. Finally, I threw in some coins I wanted to "own," just because I probably never will in real life.

Trinketts

AU Bust Halves and Low Mintage FH SLQs...

RYK

Strategy...hmmm...learn about a series or two that interests you...buy coins that you can afford...see as many coins in that/those series as you can...connect with dealers and other collectors who share your interests...be flexible...buy what you like...like what you buy and hold...sell some coins now and then...that about sums up my "strategy".

Edit: You changed the title to include WS. I thought you meant overall strategy. My post is irrelevant.

tmot99

buy low. sell high.

Sphinx357

a big chunk of the 1928 Peace $1's and roughly 3/4's of the less than AU 1916-D mercs
I got in several hours after it opened so no wisconsin errors

Oldnewbie

I diversified. From early dollars to Kennedys. It was hard not to just pick the stuff I like.

MrBreeze

I agree, it was difficult to buy anything other than the things I like and collect. I realize that is not a winning strategy, but, it will be fun. I found out how little I do know about other series and was pretty much lost on the price guide for those series.

MyWorldCoinTypeSet

I just gathered the coins that were sitting on my desk, and bought them.

mgoodm3

bought stuff

claychaser

I went for super rarities - I cornered the market on 1884 trade dollars (mintage is 10) and bought the 2 highest I could with the mil.

Kingtut

Gold Gold and more Gold

saintguru

just stuff that has high demand and rarity. It's easy. I made whopping $250 already.

Inditonka

I bought up all the 1921 Peace dollars MS62 and lower, and they all went up yesterday!

Fairlaneman

Sure...I'm buying "Widgets". Hundreds of them.

Ken

saintguru

Most of the coins I bought wer 40K and up. I can't see buying dozens and dozens of pieces of "penny candy".

Anyone else going for the big stuff?

Fairlaneman

One big coin goes up $1000.00. One hundred Widgets go up 20 bucks a coin. Who wins ?

Long term maybe the big coin is a holder in real life but this is short term. Short term, like this, you dump the widgets after the rise, if there is a rise.

Ken

mgoodm3

I just kinda went price guide shopping and stuck to copper. For good or bad, bought mainly rarities.

saintguru

You'll lose. You're just a stupid head who takes pictures of old lady titties.

Fairlaneman

<< <i>You'll lose. You're just a stupid head who takes pictures of old lady titties. >>



Huh ? You lost me there. PM and explain if you would.

973 Widgets owned right now.

Ken

Russ

I'm heavily weighted in half dollars, and none of them are Kennedys.

BTW, up $2800 so far. That came from movement in the DCAM SMS Jeffersons I own, though.

Russ, NCNE

Steve

My strategy was simple. Buy the coins that are rare and undervalued in the Lincoln cent proof category. I wasn't the only one with that strategy. Stewart will be proud of me. Steve

seanq

Mine was even simpler - I'm not playing. I'm going to have a hard enough time staying on top of my fantasy baseball team, if I ever let myself get drawn into the WS I'd never get any work done.


Sean Reynolds

MacCrimmon

<< <i>Most of the coins I bought wer 40K and up. I can't see buying dozens and dozens of pieces of "penny candy".

Anyone else going for the big stuff? >>




Hey, I bought a coin you need, googy.

poorguy

I mixed it up with 1/2 being low end movers such as AU - MS62 bust halves, and low end popular coins such as 01-S barber quarters 1916 SLQs, and PR64-66 Seated Half material. The other 1/2 I used to buy high end raritites that were in upcoming auctions. Because if they aren't traded, the price won't move. Might as well focus on what is in the market rather than to "hope" it will show up.

marmac

My strategy- buy what I am focused on with "real" dollars and see how it plays out- Misc. better dates in all series, Half cents, and early type.... The only difference with 'cyber money" is I am buying in higher grades.

jabba

I was a day late I mixed 1/2 rare 1/2 common, I allways thought about how much I could do with a $1,000,000.00 but was shocked to see how fast I spent it!

lava

As an investor of pl and dmpl morgans in real life, the World Series required no additional thought.

It was interesting to go to buy coins I actually own and see they were already purchased.

It was also interesting to see that for World Series purposes I could buy some coins at very affordable prices that I have not been able to find in the marketplace. I trust my watch list coins will not drop in value, since I stand ready to buy them in real life for real dollars. I just hope that day comes sooner rather than later, and when it does, here's what follows:

wondercoin

I bought about $1,000,000 worth of ultra modern coins. No coin more than a couple years old.

Wondercoin.

Lakesammman

I don't have the time.

But if I did my strategy would be as follows. The PCGS guide lags behind actual sales. I'd watch the auctions and other sources and chart what coins are selling above PCGS levels. Those are the ones that will move up in the coming months.