If you had $50,000 or maybe a touch more, what would you buy???

segoja · May 18, 2006 1:38AM

Asked a few dealers here in Chicago.

Responses:

A bunch of 3 legged MS Buffaloes....NO

A really nice 1909 VBD Proof Cent... a definite possibility...I'll look at the 66 in the Heritage Auction

A Quintuple Eagle... again a definite possibility...there are about 4-5 in the LB auctions.

A 1796 $2 1/2 About $100K, but mught stretch

Your thoughts???

Russ · May 18, 2006 1:39AM

As many unopened mint shipping boxes of 1961 to 1970 sets as I could find.

Russ, NCNE

segoja · May 18, 2006 1:40AM

Russ,

That sounds like work...but I hear you.

Could be a way to double your money and corner the cameo market. Where do I start looking???

DNADave · May 18, 2006 1:41AM

1801 half dollar,
1802 half dollar

Steve27 · May 18, 2006 1:47AM

An I-Bond.

ChuckC · May 18, 2006 1:48AM

DP on a house w/ some left over for some FB mercs

mgoodm3 · May 18, 2006 1:51AM

I'd rather help buy an early retirement with the cash.

Cladiator · May 18, 2006 1:53AM

Hookers and drugs.

saintguru · May 18, 2006 1:53AM

200 hookers?

hiyosilver · May 18, 2006 1:56AM

<<If you had $50,000 or maybe a touch more, what would you buy???>>

A full tank of mid-grade gasoline.............

orie · May 18, 2006 1:58AM

Could you find a 1794 dollar in fine for that kind of money?

Fletcher · May 18, 2006 1:58AM

<< 200 hookers? >>

Now that would be a fun 3 minutes

LALASD4 · May 18, 2006 2:00AM

OIL

saintguru · May 18, 2006 2:05AM

<< 

<< 200 hookers? >>

Now that would be a fun 3 minutes

>>

Dude...I would RATION them.

PerryHall · May 18, 2006 2:07AM

<< Hookers and drugs. >>

Don't you know that drugs are bad for you?

mhammerman · May 18, 2006 2:08AM

A down payment on a '15s oct pan pac?

joeyuk · May 18, 2006 2:10AM

To spend on coins I'd go with:

All no S proofs PCGS graded
1990 1 cent PF 69dcam $15,000
1971 5 cent PF 69cam $5,000
1970 10 cent PF 69 cam $6,000
1983 10 cent PF 69 dcam $2,000
1968 10 cent PF 68 $32,000

You got my address. So I'm $10 grand over.

saintguru · May 18, 2006 2:15AM

Hey! I stopped doing drugs in 1986.

well.....at least the ones that weren't cool pharmacy supply.

Geoman · May 18, 2006 2:17AM

Heck, I would quit my job, and open my own small business!

Tarmac · May 18, 2006 2:18AM

Downpayment for 1/3 ownership in commercial strip mall in Boise, ID.

As for coins? Something you don't see every day or at every show. Rarer MS64-65 Barber Halves, Proof Gold [pre 1933], Red Large Cents, a nice Chain cent.

kiyote · May 18, 2006 2:27AM

<< A down payment on a '15s oct pan pac? >>

Yep, me too...

DIMEMAN · May 18, 2006 2:41AM

A 16-D dime

A 1802 dime

And a 1804 dime

Jon

EarlyTypeManJohn · May 18, 2006 2:56AM

I would get the nicest EF 1797 9x7 Small Letters Draped Bust Small Eagle Dollar and the nicest EF 1798 15 stars Draped Bust Small Eagle Dollar I could find.

Elcontador · May 18, 2006 4:49AM

Stocks of efficient companies involved in extracting and processing of industrially used - not precious - metals.

fc · May 18, 2006 5:00AM

i would prob get an investment vehicle that gave me
a steady predictable return. i would keep flipping the
interest back into it.

this all assumes i had other cash to live on and etc...

TwoSides2aCoin · May 18, 2006 5:17AM

I'd get my girlfriend a new car for forty grand and give her ten grand for the plates and a week's supply of gas

morgannut2 · May 18, 2006 5:17AM

For continued demand and desireablity no one can beat any nice original 1796/7 half dollar. It's just a really tough coin that people will always want, and provake conversation among the most jaded dealers or collectors.

zkcoins · May 18, 2006 5:50AM

<< A 16-D dime

A 1802 dime

And a 1804 dime

Jon >>

Im with Jon...I take a high hrade 16-d but I would go with a 09 VDB proof-maybe that 66 selling right now in heritage!

Then I could have my key date merc and key proof lincoln. Two of my dream key dates checked!

lkenefic · May 18, 2006 6:07AM

<< 200 hookers? >>

...or maybe one really nice one...

rsdoug81 · May 18, 2006 6:07AM

I'd take my time and fill up a Dansco 7070 with nice XF-AU pieces.

lkenefic · May 18, 2006 6:12AM

Seriously though...

..Finish off IHC collection with a nice (XF-AU) 1877 and get a few upgrades...

...Finish off the Lincolns with XF-AU 1909-S VDB; 1914-D; '22 Plain, and a '55 DDO

...Get a serious start on Large Cents

...might even have some left over

Drizzt · May 18, 2006 6:19AM

I WAS going to say buy some bricks and mortar...but after reading through the replies, maybe I'll just become a hooker...

Coindexter · May 18, 2006 6:20AM

I could round up 8 to 10 houses where I live for that kind of money. They wouldn't be pretty, but they'd be free and clear and the rental income would mean never working for somebody else again.

Edited to add: $50K is so far out of my ball park that I can't even conceive of spending that much on a coin.

Cladiator · May 18, 2006 6:23AM

<< I could round up 8 to 10 houses where I live for that kind of money. >>

Wha??? Good Lord man where do you live? Because I'm moving...we're about to be neighbors. 50K barely covers a down payment on a respectable house here.

dwssws · May 18, 2006 6:26AM

for me a 1889 CC Morgan (63 or higher

) to finish my CC set

anything left on VAMS

Barndog · May 18, 2006 6:27AM

Pay down the mortgages a bit.

Gemineye · May 18, 2006 6:29AM

A brand new 4x4 pick-up ....a certified Cherios Sac ......and a tankful of High-test.............

..............and a pizza

rcmlgm89 · May 18, 2006 7:02AM

1796/7 half

1916 d Merc

finish and upgrade my Buffalo set
and some of my mint sets mint sets

and for sure, two nights in Las Vegas with a "VIP provider" (not called hookers anymore)

rb345 · May 18, 2006 7:05AM

Three weeks worth of gas for an SUV

ABC123 · May 18, 2006 7:50AM

How about Gold, Gold, and more Gold !

Coindexter · May 18, 2006 7:59AM

<< 50K barely covers a down payment on a respectable house here. >>

I never said anything about them being "respectable."

BAJJERFAN · May 18, 2006 8:01AM

Assuming that it was money I didn't need for anything else I would buy some nice CC Morgans to upgrade my set with or maybe some nice DMPL's. $50K is approx what you would have left AFTER expenses if you had a 5 number $100K winner in POWERBALL. At today's prices $50K really wouldn't buy very much; you could get a 89-cc in ms63 and a 92-s in 58 and that mite be about it. 2 measly coins.

dizzyfoxx · May 18, 2006 8:10AM

<If you had $50,000 or maybe a touch more, what would you buy???>

Probably this coin!!!

roadrunner · May 18, 2006 8:13AM

Normally I'd say gem type coins...but there are none to be found.

So I'd buy a mix of gold stocks, silver bullion, and some gold bullion.
Note- not a particularly good call based on what happened Friday.
Maybe buy some gold and bullion once it finished correcting.......

roadrunner

JimC · May 18, 2006 8:15AM

Find and purchase a PCGS MS65FBL Franklin for my set.

Jim

ledzep87 · May 18, 2006 8:39AM

I would buy one or two pre 1808 capped bust $2.50 Gold in AU.

rays · May 18, 2006 8:42AM

An EF Chain cent.
They hold their value through market ups and downs.

ScarsdaleCoin · May 18, 2006 8:49AM

I would suggest spreading out your dollars into 3=5 really nice rare coins.... for example you could pick up an 1842-C $5 small date pcgs F15 for around $7-$8k theres a popular coin with maybe 30 pieces in the pop total and all the higher grades run $25-$150k.... so the lower grade would be desirable and affordable to the collector market without being too over the top....

ziggy29 · May 18, 2006 8:54AM

If we have to use the entire $50,000+ on coins, here are a couple of options:

* All of the CC-mint dimes from 1871 to 1874 in choice VF to EF condition;
* 1796-97 Draped Bust/Small Eagle Half Dollar in F-12.

I don't think a sharp market correction would hurt either one of these very much.

LincolnCentMan · May 18, 2006 8:59AM

Key dates in PQ for the grade PCGS holders. I'd probably go for 10-15 in the $3500-$5000 range.

David

CalGold · May 18, 2006 9:06AM

A 1993 W PR70 Gold Eagle of course.

CG

If you had $50,000 or maybe a touch more, what would you buy???

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