I am going to stop collecting smaller coins I only want large size coins.

bidask

I have been thinking about this for a long time.

Big coins are more beautiful to behold.....you know, tilt in the
light and see all the luster, patina, and originality more clearly.

More fun to look at... !

I am going to be selling all my small coins!.

So what size coin should be my minimum size?

Maybe for now on only silver dollar size coins for me I am thinking.

Justacommeman

That's what I'm talking about

MJ

AnkurJ

I hope Realone doesn't see this thread....

jdimmick

That' is the one thing that has kept me from acquiring two coins I would like to own

a 72 business stike 3c silver and 1846 half dime. two damn small, but great pieces

although I do have a few nice dimes 04, 22, 74-cc and 16-d.

lordmarcovan

Gettin' older? Eyesight not what it used to be?

(I know all about that.)

Lakesammman

You gotta go for at least $50 size - - CA slugs, Wass $50's, half-unions, Modern gold like proof Buffs, etc.

CoinRaritiesOnline

Hey, did you ever notice that small coins never bring 10 mil.

SeattleSlammer

I don't necessarily disagree....but also think that you may be messing with us. At a very simplistic level I've always most enjoyed bigger coins.

SeattleSlammer

....although big pics of small coins ain't too bad either.

g048406

<< <i>Bidask must be joshing >>



I haven't seen a reference to the racketeering nickel guy in a long time.

Lakesammman

I can't believe that no one has said that "Size Matters".

I heard Kevin Lipton once call them "Cranium Coins" - cause they have really big heads.

lcoopie

halves

MacCrimmon

Minimum? Two bob, i.e. 30mm. So, you're safe with Gothic Florins and larger............unless, you want to try for a gem unc. date run of Young Head sovereigns which would be OK by me.............. IOW, I squint for gem sovs.

Baley

Probably 90% of my coin budget goes toward coins larger than a nickel and smaller than a silver dollar.

RYK

I generally agree. Despite my agreement, two of my most recent purchases have been Type I gold dollars.

To be fair, I need them for various sets, but I have continued to put off purchasing them until there was little left needed but these two. I am pretty sure that I can make it through the rest of my numismatic career without ever buying a gold dollar again.

Minimum size going forward: 20mm

(Sorry, quarter eagles )

Cocoinut

<< <i>So what size coin should be my minimum size? >>



Keep nothing smaller than an ATB puck. For the sake of expediency, I'll send you my address in a PM so you can send all your smaller material to me. Heck, I'm feeling generous; I'll even pay the postage!

Jim

RYK

Bidask,

"Go Big or Go Home!"

agentjim007

I have trouble seeing small coins and tend to choose larger coins for that reason.

DIMEMAN

>>>Hey, did you ever notice that small coins never bring 10 mil.<<<

There is a dime that is much rarer (only 1) than all these coins going for big money. The 1873-CC no arrows.

Icollecteverything

No Dismes or half dismes? No Flying Eagle or Indian Heads? No Trimes? Buffaloes? Flowing Hair dimes or half dimes? Send all those rejects to me!

ambro51

If you're dealing with slabs, loupes and digital images the size of the coin should not matter at all.

Elcontador

If it's smaller than a dime, I don't collect it.

lava

I think that view is shared by many, but isn't shared much. Thanks to a fellow board member for talking me out of collecting California gold -- too small. I'm glad I went big with CBHs.

Broadstruck

Size is the reason I have no CWT's and haven't worked on collecting Feuchtwanger Cents (18.5 mm diameter) by variety.

GRANDAM

Since size DOES seem to matter to you,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

I would suggest that you only collect 5 oz Silver State Quarter Pucks

JMHO, GrandAm

LochNESS

In the interest of full disclosure, I'll start by saying that most of my collection is halves or larger, and most of those are crown-sized (28-35mm). However, in US coins that eliminates some of the rarest and most beautiful coins. You must prioritize your guidelines and if size has risen to the top so be it. For me it's not the most important factor.

TwoSides2aCoin

<< <i>Hey, did you ever notice that small coins never bring 10 mil. >>


A brilliant view.

PerryHall

<< <i>You gotta go for at least $50 size - - CA slugs, Wass $50's, half-unions, Modern gold like proof Buffs, etc. >>



Too small. Get the 5 oz silver ATB coins.

PerryHall

<< <i>>>>Hey, did you ever notice that small coins never bring 10 mil.<<<

There is a dime that is much rarer (only 1) than all these coins going for big money. The 1873-CC no arrows. >>



The 1870-S half dime is also unique. How many 1794 silver dollars are there?

Cougar1978

I generally prefer half dollar sized or larger vs smaller pieces for the type.

However there are many other desireable types which are smaller like Standing Liberty Quarters or Indian Cents.

My girlfriend, who is an x stripper (now paralegal) likes slabbed modern commem dollar coins or ASE's. She was especially impressed with the Star Spangled Banner Coins.

BillJones

The irony if this "large coins only" strategy is that you will be leaving out a huge number of coins if you are a type collector. If you are going to ignore everything that is dime sized or smaller, you will probably leave out 30% or more of the types. Here is a list of exclusions:

Three cent pieces (both types)
Half dimes
Dimes
Gold dollars
Quarter eagles

TwoSides2aCoin

My nephew pushes me in this business more than I like being pushed. My renewal of the membership allows for 8 submissions to PCGS. That's a $240 value. My cost is about $300 per year.

The declared value of three of the small Barber dimes is $2600. The declared value of the five larger coins is $2250.

Size doesn't matter. Grade does. If ownership adds a point, I'm screwed.

AnkurJ

I have examples in my type set, but I'm not interested in doing full sets of them.

RYK

This is one of my favorite gold type sets:

Gold Type Set

I like that the small coins have been deemphasized in both number (2 out of ten are less than 20mm) and weighting.

Jcarney

Nah, include half dollars too. Still a beefy hunk of silver!

ambro51

Mowgli

<< <i>If it's smaller than a dime, I don't collect it. >>



Me too - my eyesight was the second thing to go.

steveben

yes, yes. get rid of all those tiny coins. they are too small. do you gave any gold dollars? i'd be happy to take them off your hands!

renomedphys

Funny, I reached the same conclusion last weekend with regard to small cents






edited to add:

Coinsponge

I say 75 mm. Some beautiful medals out there.

Staircoins

Careful, guys. You are going to hurt MrHalfDime's feelings!

On second thought, he might just prefer that you leave all those little beauties for him ...

liefgold

OK all you gold dollar haters, send me your tiny, worthless, pieces of gold! It takes a real colletor to go small.

coinsarefun

It's easy, they even have a new book

Coinsponge

<< <i>Careful, guys. You are going to hurt MrHalfDime's feelings!



Think about how the California fractional gold guys must feel.

dogwood

Of the 400 or so Barber coins I've ever owned, only two have been Dimes.

RYK

This is what I say: here are a couple of nice ones, can you imagine what they would run if they were any bigger?

Good point, and I have had the discussion with a favorite gold coin dealer that I have noticed that the smaller coronet gold denominations (quarter and half eagles) develop much more intense coloration and toning patterns than the larger ones.

At least I can live with the half eagle size...

Aegis3

Why not just go to Swedish plate money?

RYK

Go big or go home...

TwoSides2aCoin

Saw this at the Durham Museum. Part of the Byron Reed Collection. Large size coin.