Fantasy Collecting...describe your "NEW" set of coins that I'm funding!
Assuming that you've learned about collecting over the years from multiple sources, apply your strategy here:
*You have $500,000 (INCREASED FROM 250K)
*You are starting a NEW set of coins.
*The availability is "reality"...that's to say that you can't just pick them like in the trading contest. You have to wade through the selection.
*It's your perogative as to whatever criteria you wish to use in putting this together.
What would you collect?
What would be your parameters?
What would be your restrictions?
How would you proceed?
Let's see how you would do it if you had a fresh start.
*You have $500,000 (INCREASED FROM 250K)
*You are starting a NEW set of coins.
*The availability is "reality"...that's to say that you can't just pick them like in the trading contest. You have to wade through the selection.
*It's your perogative as to whatever criteria you wish to use in putting this together.
What would you collect?
What would be your parameters?
What would be your restrictions?
How would you proceed?
Let's see how you would do it if you had a fresh start.

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Could burn through 250k nicely that way. Might even work in a proof set along with the MS if I get good deals on lower MS overdates.
Rob
"Those guys weren't Fathers they were...Mothers."
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May I offer you a cup of STFU? Dickhead.
Now....glad I cleared that up.
It's intereting that you picked Buffalo's because I think I would do that or SLQ's.
I'd start by buying the key dates in MS65 or better. I dont care if I spend 3/4 of the money on 6-8 key dates...I can likely buy 2/3 of the remaining dates in MS66 OB any way, but I always want the hard to get stuff first, unless a screamer common date comes along.
My peramaters would be nothing lower than MS65; MS66/67 or better for commons....and not paying monster money for some condition rarities.
I'd be all over the auctions scouring coins. I would also have one or two really quality minded dealers on the watch for me.
That's my strategy.
Alot of nice coin artistry appears on those items.
How about just two coins.... pm me for my addy where you can send them
These would make me purdy happy...
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May I offer you a cup of STFU? Dickhead.
Now....glad I cleared that up.
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Ouch, name calling from the Saintguru with the deep fantasy coin pockets. I think this may ruin my entire week what should I do?
Rob
"Those guys weren't Fathers they were...Mothers."
Richard...that 31-D is ***shhhh***a POS. I know...it's a 66 and it's ex-Price...but that coin has been tampered with since Price sold it in '98. It looked much different. And that cut to the right of Liberty's head is pretty nasty.
Look at the MS65 31-D in my syrup. It's nicer than that 66.
Perhaps a large cent date set consisting only of "famous" coins -- pedigreed pieces or plate coins in standard references. It would be a doable set that would be a joy to assemble.
I may be a copper weenie, but that's my vote.
Betts medals, colonial coins, US Mint medals, foreign coins found in early America, and other numismatic Americana
As I said...YOU set your parameters.
I'd do quality over quantity anyday! No one can tell me that my 17 Saints are a lesser collection.
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Wait a second, the Saintguru using vulgar insults is giving me a lesson in couth?
BTW, given your current registry, I guess we know what you're doing with $500K, Smoking Saint collection!
Rob
"Those guys weren't Fathers they were...Mothers."
Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
"Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
"Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said."----Voltaire
But if I take the liberty of defining "new" as coins I previously could not afford, here's how I'd play.
$500,000 would only make a small dent toward the 15 coins I still need to complete all 111 Carson City minted coins.
Here's a list:
73CC No Arrows Dime
74CC Dime
76CC 20c
70CC Quarter
71CC Quarter
73CC Quarter No Arrows
73CC Quarter Arrows
73CC Seated Dollar
70CC $10
71CC $10
73CC $10
79CC $10
70CC $20
71CC $20
91CC $20
Real availability: Extremely limited to none.
Parameters: Eye appeal for the grade.
Restrictions: Time
Proceed: Slowly - There's nothing worse than trying to dump a coin with bad eye appeal you bought in a hurry just to fill a hole.
I have no false hopes of ever completing this set. Obviously the 73CC No Arrows Dime and a few others are complete show stoppers.
My attainable goal has been to reach 90% complete and I have fun working in that direction. I need 4 more coins to reach that goal.
There is a 76CC 20 cent in the upcoming Stack's Auction and Christmas is coming.
My #1 Low Ball Peace Dollar Set
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<< <i>You should be learned in couth now.
Wait a second, the Saintguru using vulgar insults is giving me a lesson in couth?
BTW, given your current registry, I guess we know what you're doing with $500K, Smoking Saint collection! >>
Really? You think I did good for 500K?
Your comments make me want to swarm your website to buy your fancy coins.
In the meantime, load up on 20th c. gold type......like this one.....for starters.
I would not concern myself with condition rarities. IMHO there is something artificial about the demand - and therefore the price - of condition rarities that are common in lower grades.
I would look for true rarities, pedigreed or plated whenever possible, with a traceable history.
I would still want to focus on colonial-era coins. If I were to pick a "new" series, it would be early gold (late 18th - early 19th century).
I would still identify the key dates and obtain those first in the highest grades possible - meaning the highest grades in existance.
Would I be able to do this with "just" $500,000? Who knows, but I doubt it!
Doggedly collecting coins of the Central American Republic.
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EDIT: I just realized the OP said this had to be a "new" set. In that case, I'd start a NEW type set, and I'd start it with a Chain cent, a Flowing Hair dollar and half, and a 1796 quarter.
However, if I had the funds, I would enjoy putting together a complete set of Gem Walkers in PCGS MS65. It's my favorite coin design, and probably could be done for right around $500,000.
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<< <i>You should be learned in couth now.
Wait a second, the Saintguru using vulgar insults is giving me a lesson in couth?
BTW, given your current registry, I guess we know what you're doing with $500K, Smoking Saint collection! >>
Really? You think I did good for 500K?
Your comments make me want to swarm your website to buy your fancy coins.
You don't know when to take a small compliment and walk away do you?
You are about as unprofessional as they come!
This will be my last post since you are now truly wasting my time.
Rob
"Those guys weren't Fathers they were...Mothers."