<< <i>Probably the most difficult, time consuming and esoteric series I can think of...You could spend a lifetime hunting down those few and rare coins that make up the original and restrikes.
Confederate. >>
I'd satisfy myself between rare CSA purchases with Dahlonega, Charlotte & New Orleans gold, and look forward to completing my collection with an 1818 Texas Jola.
Early U.S. gold coins by die variety the way Harry Bass did. I still would not collect die states. I think big collectors should leave some coins around for other collectors.
Retired dealer and avid collector of U.S. type coins, 19th century presidential campaign medalets and selected medals. In recent years I have been working on a set of British coins - at least one coin from each king or queen who issued pieces that are collectible. I am also collecting at least one coin for each Roman emperor from Julius Caesar to ... ?
Well, the first thing I would do is finish that time machine I've been working on down in the basement.........
Numismatist. 50 year member ANA. Winner of four ANA Heath Literary Awards; three Wayte and Olga Raymond Literary Awards; Numismatist of the Year Award 2009, and Lifetime Achievement Award 2020. Winner numerous NLG Literary Awards.
The best Type set of US coins in the world. Oh, and heck, while we're at it, since I've got unlimited funds, the best Type set of Ancient Greek coins in the world.
If I realy had unlimited funds I would send a few coins a year to a very select group of coin collectors.That would be more fun to me than buying them up for myself.
I'd do a lowball version of Eliasberg's collection. Nothing over VF, if I had to buy something over VF, I'd hire somebody to rub it down to my target grades.
I would limit my budget to $900 trillion dollars. Then I'd buy the United States, and fire the senate and house. Then purchase the mints and banks and every public company. Then make coinage illegal to own. Then become a benevolant dictator and give every coin collector a coin of their choice each month. Then.....zap everyone with the widget used in 'men in black'.
Then teach people to read the Bible and start the world over again.
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If you want the coin bad enough, offer way more than it is worth.
<< <i>Probably the most difficult, time consuming and esoteric series I can think of...You could spend a lifetime hunting down those few and rare coins that make up the original and restrikes.
Confederate. >>
I'd satisfy myself between rare CSA purchases with Dahlonega, Charlotte & New Orleans gold, and look forward to completing my collection with an 1818 Texas Jola.
<< <i>Well, the first thing I would do is finish that time machine I've been working on down in the basement......... >>
Your 2nd post in this thread was also a classic, TD.
Monday July 06, 2009 12:59 AM
I remember a story I read in Readers Digest 30+ years ago, back when a million dollars was still worth something.
One morning at the start of a creative writing class, the teacher gave the students the following assignment:
"In the next fifty minutes, write an essay on what you would buy if somebody gave you a million dollars."
The students set to work, but about twenty minutes later one of them raises his hand and says:
"Miss Smith? It won't work. I gotta have another two hundred thousand!"
edit for math error.
hi, i'm tom.
i do not doctor coins like some who post in here.
U.S. Type Set
<< <i>The same coins I collect now only Laura would never outbid me again!
You just gotta hope your "unlimited budget" is greater than Mr. Simpons/Legends (seemingly) unlimited budget...
of coin collectors.That would be more fun to me than buying them up for myself.
I wouldn't want a humongous collection - just a REALLY NICE one.
Then teach people to read the Bible and start the world over again.
Well, something like that.....