Fun Sunday night question as we all prepare to trek back to the salt mines tomorrow...

Raufus

So, my wife and I wasted $10 on Lottery tickets tonight. The jackpot is over $100M. My wife said, say we beat the zillion to one odds and win. Say that we then agree that you can spend $500K on a coin. What would you purchase?

I thought that this was a fun question (one that I'll certainly never have to deal with in reality).

I told her that with that kind of $ I'd be spending a LOT more and it would be on a UHR Saint.

That said, keeping in the confines of her question, I thought about it. My choice would be a very, very nice pewter Continental Dollar.

How about you? $500K max for one coin. What would it be?

Barndog

I suggest that if you win the lottery, you buy my registry set for half a million dollars. You will instantly be #1 and I will have to start all over again.

Dan769

1876-CC 20 cent piece

lasvegasteddy

how much are those 100kg canadian gold pieces???
or how ever much they weighed in at

oneor11

Heh thanks for posting this. I think about this EVERY lottery night, except I never constrained myself to just one coin, so you're making it tough. But if I had a $500,000 budget, I'd try to coax the owner of a 1792 Half Disme in MS 63 to give it up for $500,000.

Jacob

Raufus

Good point! Forget the one coin part. $500K for numismatic purchases.

The half disme was my second choice. I would just LOVE to own one. They are my favorite coins to look at when I attend the Balto. shows.

JamesMurray

Id never buy another coin , give all i had away and purchase an island or remote estate and that would be that. Id collect a few supermodels , a sprinkling of playmates and maybe even a bimbo like snooki to amuse us.

Sonorandesertrat

So you win 100M, clear about 50% of that after taxes, and wifey only lets you spend 500K (1%) on coins?
Get another wife.

TURBO

My first thought sure wouldn't be what coin I'm buying, it would be "I'm outa here!!" I don't know where she would go!.

Raufus

<< <i>So you win 100M, clear about 50% of that after taxes, and wifey only lets you spend 500K (1%) on coins?
Get another wife. >>



Wife is actually very cool (and VERY nice looking :-)

She tolerates a lot of firearms spending.

This was just a quick, fun conversation. If we won (which we won't) my numismatic spending would far exceed $500K and I'm sure that the wife would be fine with it :-)

MidLifeCrisis

New England Shilling or Higley Copper

savoyspecial

1802 Half Dime

mbogoman

First would be a Pan-Pac octagonal slug, then I would upgrade all of my dollar type set to MS grades (and probably add proof type dollars where possible), then we (wife included) would take off for 3 months of bundu-bashing in southern Africa...

PerryHall

<< <i>First would be a Pan-Pac octagonal slug...... >>



Great choice but why not get the entire Pan-Pac set in the original copper frame if we are dreaming?