I would have been more cautious, and probably focused more on early gold. Impulsiveness is part of my nature, though, so I won't fool myself into thinking that knowing then what I know now would have guided my active decisions, so much as my avoidances.
@DCW said:
I would have focused on exonumia. Civil war tokens, HTT's, political medals, etc. So much history and subject matter to research, much more variety than by collecting the same coin design by date/mm year after year. There is also a lot less competition. You can own a token that has a survival estimate of only a few examples for many, many times less than a US coin with similar population. That is intriguing.
This is a very stupid question now that I think about it Keets,
what intrigues me is what I see whenever I look through some of the old catalogues, price sheets or coin related publications from the 1960's and earlier. with a little sacrifice and on a meager income it would be possible to be very wealthy today. sure, we could each have collected items we enjoy today that were readily available on the cheap in our youth, but with a little diligence it would have been easy to buy high grade scarcity/rarity.
certainly the notion is fanciful, but I indulge it anyway. it is sort of the ultimate what if..........................
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I would have been more cautious, and probably focused more on early gold. Impulsiveness is part of my nature, though, so I won't fool myself into thinking that knowing then what I know now would have guided my active decisions, so much as my avoidances.
Here's a warning parable for coin collectors...
Good to know!
This is a very stupid question now that I think about it Keets,
what intrigues me is what I see whenever I look through some of the old catalogues, price sheets or coin related publications from the 1960's and earlier. with a little sacrifice and on a meager income it would be possible to be very wealthy today. sure, we could each have collected items we enjoy today that were readily available on the cheap in our youth, but with a little diligence it would have been easy to buy high grade scarcity/rarity.
certainly the notion is fanciful, but I indulge it anyway. it is sort of the ultimate what if..........................