The box of 20 What do you think should go in the box?

Type2 · April 22, 2013 5:49PM

I like most of you have alot of coins. I have a space problum. So i wanted to do a box of 20 but i dont think it can be done for me i like to many coins in my collection. This is my real problum i guess. What do i keep Errors, Keys, High grade keys or just high grades, Gold, Highest priced coins, What do you do? Thanks in advance.

lava · April 22, 2013 6:07PM

I hate the "box of 20," except for little girls, and even then only until they turn 18.

lordmarcovan · April 22, 2013 6:12PM

<< I like most of you have alot of coins. I have a space problum. So i wanted to do a box of 20 but i dont think it can be done for me i like to many coins in my collection. This is my real problum i guess. What do i keep Errors, Keys, High grade keys or just high grades, Gold, Highest priced coins, What do you do? Thanks in advance.

>>

That is a question only you can answer.

If it's that difficult for you, then maybe the Box of 20 concept is not for you.

I'm trying it, with my "ADAM" (Ancient, Dark Age, and Medieval) collection. Basically anything that predates 1601 that I happen to like. I just got the box full with 20 slabs (without borrowing any from my separate Roman "12 Caesars" box now). So now that it is full, the upgrading can begin. A lot of the coins are pretty generic and nothing special- just old. But I have some more goodies to get slabbed, so the quality should gradually improve over time.

And I guess that is the idea behind the Box of 20. Quality over quantity.

Beyond that, it can be played a zillion different ways. Pick a theme you like, or no theme at all - just stuff that appeals to you in some way or another.

Type2 · April 22, 2013 6:23PM

<< 

<< I like most of you have alot of coins. I have a space problum. So i wanted to do a box of 20 but i dont think it can be done for me i like to many coins in my collection. This is my real problum i guess. What do i keep Errors, Keys, High grade keys or just high grades, Gold, Highest priced coins, What do you do? Thanks in advance.

>>

That is a question only you can answer.

If it's that difficult for you, then maybe the Box of 20 concept is not for you.

I'm trying it, with my "ADAM" (Ancient, Dark Age, and Medieval) collection. Basically anything that predates 1601 that I happen to like. I just got the box full with 20 slabs (without borrowing any from my separate Roman "12 Caesars" box now). So now that it is full, the upgrading can begin. A lot of the coins are pretty generic and nothing special- just old. But I have some more goodies to get slabbed, so the quality should gradually improve over time.

And I guess that is the idea behind the Box of 20. Quality over quantity.

Beyond that, it can be played a zillion different ways. Pick a theme you like, or no theme at all - just stuff that appeals to you in some way or another. >>

Thanks lordmarcovan Thats sounds like some good advice maybe I'll just do a big brown box of maney that will do me better.

ricko · April 22, 2013 9:48PM

The box of 20 would never work for me either.... I like coins of all kinds. Have done series, have individual coins just because I like them... gold, silver, copper - they all have appeal. Cheers, RickO

Jcarney · April 22, 2013 10:40PM

I don't think there's a law against multiple boxes of 20, each with a different theme. That's the nice thing about collecting; the only rules are self-imposed.

greghansen · April 22, 2013 10:45PM

I am trying to follow a 'modified' box of 20 rule. I have 20 different type pieces and their collective value is about 75% of my total coin holdings. That leaves me 25% of my total coin holdings value to collect circ. sets or other stuff that I find periodically interesting. The trick is to not let the 'crap' become too big a percentage of your total collection. At least that is how I am approaching it.

TwoSides2aCoin · April 22, 2013 10:46PM

1) Box of 20 you like
2) Box of 20 you like better
3) Box of 20 you like best
4) Box of 20 you love
5) Box of 20 everyone else likes.

That makes 100 and if they don't like it, get a bigger box.

coinnut · April 22, 2013 10:46PM

<< The box of 20 would never work for me either.... I like coins of all kinds. Have done series, have individual coins just because I like them... gold, silver, copper - they all have appeal.

jdimmick · April 22, 2013 10:47PM

I am still working on a box of 20. But I am very specific as to what coins I want to include. Very tough to find , and very tough to digest the cost. Only about half way there. Box would be approx. about 700k-750k once completed.

AnkurJ · April 22, 2013 10:47PM

What should go in the box? Which ever coins make you most happy.

If I was to currently narrow my collection down to 20, which would be VERY difficult, here is what would be included:

Box of 20

jdimmick · April 22, 2013 10:51PM

ankur,

You have some really exceptional pieces in there, !!!

AnkurJ · April 23, 2013 3:34AM

<< ankur,

You have some really exceptional pieces in there, !!! >>

Thanks!
And yet nowhere near the amount you listed!

BAJJERFAN · April 23, 2013 3:42AM

<< I am still working on a box of 20. But I am very specific as to what coins I want to include. Very tough to find , and very tough to digest the cost. Only about half way there. Box would be approx. about 700k-750k once completed. >>

You can get a lot of Bens into a blue box.

renman95 · April 23, 2013 3:48AM

<< 

<< ankur,

You have some really exceptional pieces in there, !!! >>

Thanks!
And yet nowhere near the amount you listed!

>>

You comrades rock!

Jeez, I feel like a piker.

jdimmick · April 23, 2013 6:09AM

Ankur,

The main reason for that is because I buy better date coins, cant always get the nicest as its out of my league cost wise.

BryceM · April 23, 2013 6:24AM

Jis do what I do.

Take 20 of your favorites and call that your "box of 20". If there are seven or eight other boxes of 20 next to that one it doesn't matter!

goodmoney4badmoney · April 23, 2013 6:24AM

I have a box of 20, and only one box. I collect errors so I basically put all my absolute favorites in it. It was tough narrowing everything down since I used to have over 1000 coins but I'm glad to have done it.

LindeDad · April 23, 2013 7:07AM

I just noticed I have twenty coins that don't match my sets. Things like non-spouses and UHR just don't need sets I think...

coinbuf · April 23, 2013 7:17AM

Like a couple of others I dont like the box of 20, I am at heart a series collector, plus I like way too many different coins to even think of attempting this. Mabey multiple boxes of 100.

ambro51 · April 23, 2013 10:54AM

Dessicant

magikbilly · April 23, 2013 11:28AM

<< Dessicant >>

Sacrificial anode too.

Eric

Just occurred to me - a full run of P mint Frankies, one example S and D mint of the best dates and a Pr 1950 and 1963 - that would make a neat 20, no?

ambro51 · April 23, 2013 12:06PM

<< Sacrificial anode too. >>

. Like the blocks of Zinc I had bolted to the frame rails of my '63 Avanti

Jcarney · April 23, 2013 12:19PM

<< 

<< Sacrificial anode too. >>

. Like the blocks of Zinc I had bolted to the frame rails of my '63 Avanti >>

Used to bolt 'em to the outdrive on my SeaRay. It was pretty cool how they got eaten up.

AuroraBorealis · April 23, 2013 12:24PM

Do Boxes of 20... AAA, AA, A, B, C, D, E, and so on and so forth...

Actually one way to put things into some sort of an order of preference is to pick your very favorite then put other coins directly next to it as a comparison and just keep doing that as you get further away from your favorite... Then it`s up to you how far/many away from your favorite you get.... 20 or what ever...

AB

mrearlygold · April 23, 2013 1:21PM

I know someone with a box of twenty earlies, all cac'd. Another with proof gold but multiple boxes.

I guess it could be called a nice bit of retirement box of twenty and then some

MrEureka · April 23, 2013 1:50PM

How many safe deposit box keys will fit in a "Box of 20"?

AnkurJ · April 23, 2013 1:53PM

While we are at it, there should also be some paperwork indicating what you paid for the said 20 coins, and an explanation to potential heirs on how they should be sold if need be. That way they won't end up on Pawn Stars where Rick will call his expert and offer you 10% of the actual value.

Justlooking · April 23, 2013 4:55PM

I say only coins that send a shiver down your spine when you think about them. That's my barometer.

GRANDAM · April 24, 2013 1:19AM

Change your plan from a "Box of 20" to "20 boxes of 20"

and then to "20 double boxes of 20" and so on, and so on , and so on,,,,,

JMHO, GrandAm

lordmarcovan · April 24, 2013 1:45AM

<< 

<< 

<< ankur,

You have some really exceptional pieces in there, !!! >>

Thanks!
And yet nowhere near the amount you listed!

>>

You comrades rock!

Jeez, I feel like a piker. >>

Don't feel bad, renman95- I do, too.

I just got my box full, and only just now added my first gold coin for it. (As of this post I haven't updated that collection page to show it.) I have a lot of generic-quality "junk" in there just filling space. But the box is full, and the upgrading can now begin.

Oh yeah- edit to add- you have a box of nothing but double eagles and you feel like a piker? Puh-lease. Even incomplete, I'll bet your box is heavier than anyone else's, with all that gold! In fact, I think you suck.

The box of 20 What do you think should go in the box?

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