3 Collections - Which Would You Choose?
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Collection 1: Fugios by die variety.
Collection 2: Massachusetts Pine Tree Shillings by die variety.
Collection 3: Type set of gold coins that circulated in early America (up to 1800).
Which would be the most fun?
Which can be completed in XF or better without winning the lottery?
Which represents the most value for the money spent?
Collection 2: Massachusetts Pine Tree Shillings by die variety.
Collection 3: Type set of gold coins that circulated in early America (up to 1800).
Which would be the most fun?
Which can be completed in XF or better without winning the lottery?
Which represents the most value for the money spent?
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<< <i>I'm pretty sure any of those would require winning of the lottery for me, or robbing my kids' college funds. >>
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Which are you thinking of chasing?
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Collection 3: Type set of gold coins that circulated in early America (up to 1800).
I think that would be more interesting to me and besides.......can't go wrong with gold
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The gold would probably be the easiest to complete, so long as the capital was available, as the coins are offered regularly at the larger shows and auctions. Nonetheless, it would probably be the most expensive collection on a cost-per-coin basis.
Collection 2: Would be fun.
Collection 3: Not really interested.
2nd choice - I think the Fugio is an incredibly important, interesting, and historic piece from our nation's numismatic history but one very nice example in my collection scratches that itch. I have a great one and am totally satisfied to stop there.
3rd choice - Massachusetts' pieces intrigue me and at some point I will add a nice example to my "early America collection" but like the Fugio, a single type piece works for me.
Most fun? For me, hunting the gold. Fugios and Massachusetts by die variety would be daunting and somewhat tedious I think.
XF or better without winning the lottery? You got me. I don't know enough about the "tough" coins in each option to answer that one.
Which represents the most value for the money spent? For me, my instinct would be the gold but without knowing the answer to the previous question it's hard for me to assess that. However, I would offer that the Fugio and Massachusetts issues, while important to me, are not necessarily on every collector's want list (though I think they ought to be). But, federal U.S. gold never goes out of fashion and there is still terrific historical importance there in addition to rarity and intrinsic value.
Provocative question. 3 great choices......I like your taste!
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<< <i>Given only the three choices I would have to choose
Collection 3: Type set of gold coins that circulated in early America (up to 1800).
I think that would be more interesting to me and besides.......can't go wrong with gold
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Wouldn't touch gold at the present time ... it's going sky-high.
Given the choices, I'd pick the gold coin option.
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Collection #2 The Massachusetts silver set would interest me although I'd be more included to limit it to one of each denomination and type, which I've partially done.
Collection #1, the Fugio cent varieties, do not interest me at all. Having done something like that with half cents, I enjoyed it for a while in then hit a brick wall. It was not so much a matter of money; it was a matter of availability. The varieties I did not have simply were not offered, in part because some die state collectors insist on having multiple examples of the same die pair. Besides that, the tiny differences between dies can get tedious after a while.
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<< <i>Which can be completed in XF or better without winning the lottery? >>
The first one couldn't be done regardless of how many lotteries you win.
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<< <i>I would be partial to the Fugios.
Wouldn't touch gold at the present time ... it's going sky-high. >>
The price of gold has little relevance on Pre 1800 issues. The gold would be my choice.
<< <i>Collection 3: Type set of gold coins that circulated in early America (up to 1800). >>
I was actually thinking more about foreign gold that circulated in early America...but I included up to 1800 because I like the turban head early US gold.
See http://www.doubledimes.com for a free online reference for US twenty-cent pieces
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gold, trees, fugios in that order
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Hands down. More variety, more interesting, more... gold.
But of course the other two would be neat, also.
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<< <i>Hmmmmm. None of the above. What about Vermont Coppers??? >>
Collection #4 - Highest graded Morgan VAMs
As far as which would represent the most value - I have no clue! Theoretically if you don't overspend on what you acquire, each set would have identical value on a dollar spent basis. As to where they'll go in the future, the crystal ball remains cloudy.
<< <i>Collection #4 - Highest graded Morgan VAMs >>
<< <i>Higley coppers by variety
Yeah, if I could build a collection like that, I might start collecting again!
<< <i>Collection 1: Fugios by die variety.
Collection 2: Massachusetts Pine Tree Shillings by die variety.
Collection 3: Type set of gold coins that circulated in early America (up to 1800).
Which would be the most fun?
Which can be completed in XF or better without winning the lottery?
Which represents the most value for the money spent? >>
Absent a lottery jackpot I don't expect to be faced with such a choice.
That said, I'd take #3 if it were Federal gold. If #3 is foreign gold, I'd go with #2. My favorite would be a collection of the various Continental Dollars, but that was not an option. It's fun to dream....
<< <i>Higley coppers by variety
i wonder what the total amount of that would be as far as coins is?