How many coins do you own that are worth more than your car?

Pokermandude

My poor beater of a car had a rough day today. It got me thinking about how much more I invest in and how I take MUCH better care of my coins than my car. I'm interested to see how many collectors here are the same way.

For those of you with multiple vehicles, consider "your car" the one you use most functionally for getting from point A to B.

DUIGUY

Driving this for many years enabled me to pursue numorus coins out of my reach. Frame rusted through and had to retire her.

Pokermandude

<< <i>Driving this for many years enabled me to pursue numorus coins out of my reach. Frame rusted through and had to retire her. >>



Good point.

Mine it getting to that point as well. Changing a front flat tire the other day, the frame bent slightly. I was afraid the weight of the car on the jack would break right through it!

blu62vette

Which car? I have none worth more than my username.

Lakesammman

Most of them - I have a 74 bug with 125K miles, a 96 Lexus with 160K miles with a rip in the seat so big that it makes a toilet seat look small, a Mercedes CLK with 130K miles that my daughter drives and has put new dents on top of the old dents, an ACURA MDX with 130K miles that my wife drives - my daughter takes after her, a 1989 F250 super cab that I use twice a year to haul junk with ......

AnkurJ

Which car?

2ndCharter

Since I'm way past the stage where I would want a hot car to "pick up chicks", I'm quite content to rattle around in my '97 Ford Ranger pickup (my wife drives the "good" late model car) - it's well maintained and I hope it will last quite a few more years which means more money for the hobby.

tightbudget

No car here, so all of them

goodmoney4badmoney

None

keyman64

Each car I have owned, I have owned for 9+ years. My current vehicle is only 6.5 years old so for now, to answer your question, 0....but if I keep it until it is 10+ years old then there might be a chance of a change to the answer.

TwoSides2aCoin

Not enough to fill up the gas tank, the way everyone else looks at them.

MidLifeCrisis

I don't have a car.

My wife, however, has a nice one...safe, reliable, fun to drive, and cost me more than I care to tie up in any one coin.

TwoSides2aCoin

Which guy is the numismatist ?

Mission16

<< <i>Since I'm way past the stage where I would want a hot car to "pick up chicks", I'm quite content to rattle around in my '97 Ford Ranger pickup (my wife drives the "good" late model car) - it's well maintained and I hope it will last quite a few more years which means more money for the hobby. >>



Hey! I have a 1997 Ranger! Best little truck I've owned.

rkp

<< <i>Which car? >>



The Maser of course, Ankur

magikbilly

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Which guy is the numismatist ? >>



I dunno, but judging from his glasses and the rear view window the guy on the left seems to like the car!

Eric

Edit - Zero cars here! Not coins

bob48

<< <i>

<< <i>Since I'm way past the stage where I would want a hot car to "pick up chicks", I'm quite content to rattle around in my '97 Ford Ranger pickup (my wife drives the "good" late model car) - it's well maintained and I hope it will last quite a few more years which means more money for the hobby. >>



Hey! I have a 1997 Ranger! Best little truck I've owned. >>



1984 Ranger been driving it for 12 years now (bought 2001), Most of my coins are worth more then that truck, pd $1500 for it and alot of repairs over the years probably couldn't get $200 for it as a trade in but I would put it in the body shop and get it all fixed up if it was ever hit. If I put new car money into that, it would be a show truck.
and I would NOT trade it for my wifes car (2006), now a shiney new coin might do it! naw!

TireKicker

Definitely one of the more interesting and telling polls that I have seen here.

DeepCoin

I do not own any $40,000 coins, but I do drive a Mercedes E350 coupe.

silverpop

none

nags

My three collecting areas are cars, guitars, and coins. I'm a big fan of classic mustangs. I think that I have one coin that is worth more than my daily vehicle.

AMRC

I have one coin that is worth more than 3 of my 4 vehicles. I have a few coins that are worth about what some of my cars are worth.

bestmr

I recently got a new car so none. Before that, my answer would have been 3 or 4.

TwoSides2aCoin

I don't have a wife or new kitchen. She decided she wanted another.


Farewell Susan B Anthony.

joeykoins

Let me see?Hold on,let me think, Oh yeah,NONE! I don't even have a coin thats worth more than my first car,back in 1975,it was worth $1000.I'm just a small time,humble collector,happy what I have now. Maybe,someday?

etexmike

I had to go with zero on the coins and my car really isn't all that nice.


Mike

lkrarecoins

all of my coins together can maybe get me one of those snazzy turbo-charged Yugos

LanceNewmanOCC

<< <i>all of my coins together can maybe get me one of those snazzy turbo-charged Yugos >>



maybe you could modify the yugo to perform like this
.

s4ny

No single coin is worth more than either of my cars.

joeykoins

<< <i>
I don't have a wife or new kitchen. She decided she wanted another.


Farewell Susan B Anthony. >>

Hey,Nice car dude!

Baley

I have 5 or 6 coins worth more than my 14 year old car

messydesk

Just looked up the value of the cars on Edmunds. I have one or two that are worth a little more than my 2002 Audi A4, and a few more worth more than my 1999 Pontiac Montana. My horn in my avatar tops them all, though.

TwoSides2aCoin

Joey, there's a little bit of a disclaimer on the Ferrari. A lawyer friend came to visit me with a gent named Jonathan. Upon their departure I saw his car, so I ran out and asked if I could take a photo of it. In an English accent I hear, " Tell ya what, hop on in, I'll take the photo, and you can tell your girlfriend life is great since she dumped you".

MICHAELDIXON

I do not have a car worth a coin, nor do I have a coin that's worth a car! Sad state!

nwcoast

Until a couple of years ago, and for a few less recent years I had a decent handful of coins that were worth more than my car..
Years with no air conditioning, being the eyesore of the neighborhood, along with the frustration of trying to merge onto the freeways with people running me off the road.....

Years of that and I'm finally driving a comfortable, moderately fast and pretty decent car- for me that is..
Nothing fancy, but practical, and like my other cars, I'll drive it into the ground!

Most of those years with the beaters had zero as well!

So, at this point of time- zero
In a few years though... It'll be a bunch again as I drive my current ride into the ground


Edited for typo and clarification...

guitarwes

no one coin, but my entire collection is probaby worth what my daily driver is worth, '99 Chevy Silverado with 210K miles.
(which isn't saying much about my collection OR my daily driver).

Got a coin worth more than my first and second car, '86 Ford Escort and '87 Ford Crown Victoria (land yacht).

MFH

I have owned my current car for 11 years at the end of this month. It's a 2002 BMW 325- I Cabriolet.
I love the car, it still looks great - only has 91,000 miles on it, most of which were highway miles going
back and forth from Naples, Fla to Cape Cod, Mass.

At the moment I think I have a couple of coins worth more than my car. The two Barber Die Caps.
Next year, I think most of my SLQ's will be worth more than the car.

fiveNdime

i sold some (obtained @ face) 90% silver ~$35 to buy and restore another Datsun 510 (1971).
they're now each worth more than any single coin i own.

mbogoman

Quite a few. My wife's car is a 99 Lexus with 150K miles. I drive a 97 Toyota Tacoma 4x4 with 105K on it. So neither of them has much value, but they're d&mn cheap to insure!!!

jdimmick

I don't drive expensive cars, one cant afford one like pictured, if I could I would. Second, I rather put the money into a coin.

My Toyota Camry is a new 2013, and was about 31k, been driving them since 2004. I have four coins that are worth more than my car.

erickso1

Had a 2 door Acura RSX that I bought used, paid off and then had a kid. So out went the used RSX and in came the used 4 runner for the car seat. So zero coins for me.

OldEastside

Heck I have Hot Wheels that are worth more than my car

Steve

droopyd

All my coins together are probably worth about as much as the lesser expensive of my two vehicles.

CoinRaritiesOnline

My son trashed the car 2 days ago, so I won't be able to give a definitive answer until we get the repair bill.

RYK

Edmunds says that my 2011 Prius is worth more than I expected, but it does not change my vote.

BillJones

My wife and I each drive a Cadillac, but those cars depreciate pretty fast so I may have low balled my answer.

magikbilly

<< <i>My son trashed the car 2 days ago, so I won't be able to give a definitive answer until we get the repair bill. >>



I hope he is OK.

Eric

johnny9434

none. cold beer and hot woman, the rest of the money i waste on coin and bills

CoinRaritiesOnline

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<< <i>My son trashed the car 2 days ago, so I won't be able to give a definitive answer until we get the repair bill. >>



I hope he is OK.

Eric >>



He's fine, thanks. The car, on the other hand, may be toast.

jdimmick

Bill,

My father in law worked for a Cadillac dealership for 35 years, and he said the exact same thing. Also, repair costs on Cadillac's are really high, because of all the special tools exclusively for Cadillac that have to be used in routine maintainence. and repair.

telephoto1

If I look strictly at my personal collection, depends on whether we're talking about the Trailblazer SS (yes) or the Vette (no).