Attend a Rock Concert or Purchase a $100 Coin?

ARCO · July 27, 2014 3:05AM

I grew up in Utah.

First coin .90 cent Barber Dime (circa 78-79 - Silver was no inflation hedge for me) pulled from a dealer's junk box - age 11-12.

First concert - The Osmonds at age 14! No lighters, no passing joints around, just stuck with my parents and 5,000 sober Mormons.

Tyler

joeykoins · July 27, 2014 4:04AM

Heart in 1975
first coin was the Large Cent 1847, found in 1995! Can't remember my first $100 purchase?

Treashunt · July 27, 2014 4:14AM

De coin, boss.

De coin

NumisOxide · July 27, 2014 4:46AM

2012 Korn @ The Paramount Huntington NY
About 2005 1873 NA seated half dollar ANACS AU50

bidask · July 27, 2014 6:02AM

One of my biggest clients were the concert promotors in St Louis from late 60's to 1998.

I bought tickets in the 1990's at ALL of their shows so there weren't many performers I did not see.

The earliest shows I recall seeing was in the 60's. Ike and Tina Turner and Four Seasons.

JJM · July 27, 2014 7:12AM

RUSH "Hold your Fire

Nice, Im coming up on my 50th RUSH show......first one
was 1977.......

1st $100+ coin 1892S $20 Lib

TwoSides2aCoin · July 27, 2014 7:22AM

Concerts , of course , trump coins because music has a nicer ring and larger "circle" which encompasses and doesn't seem to "bifurcate" so much, but the truth is

I would rather spend the hundy on the coin and buy my favorite artist's music online

Walkerfan · July 27, 2014 8:00AM

<< Concerts , of course , trump coins because music has a nicer ring and larger "circle" which encompasses and doesn't seem to "bifurcate" so much, but the truth is

I would rather spend the hundy on the coin and buy my favorite artist's music online

>>

coindeuce · July 27, 2014 8:48AM

Neil Young and Crazy Horse, around 1978.

Probably a Morgan Dollar, around 1995.

fastfreddie · July 27, 2014 10:47AM

Black Sabbath w/ Ronnie James Dio 1980 Joe Louis Arena Blue Oyster Cult opened. They called it Black and Blue Sunday!

1909-s Lincoln unc circa 1978?

renman95 · July 28, 2014 1:48AM

Captain and Tennille 1981
1981 SBA's (100 circulated)
...still mulling it over

joeykoins · July 28, 2014 2:47AM

<< Captain and Tennille 1981
1981 SBA's (100 circulated)
...still mulling it over >>

Are you pulling our legs?

I hope you know that both of those choices go hand in hand!

MGLICKER · July 28, 2014 4:44AM

<< Captain and Tennille 1981
1981 SBA's (100 circulated)
...still mulling it over >>

Was Kenny G sold out!

johnny9434 · July 28, 2014 5:12AM

Santana then 1909 s indian head cent.

MrHalfDime · July 28, 2014 5:23AM

I had no idea that coin collectors had such good taste in music. Just look at some of the concerts attended by forum members.

ArizonaJack · July 28, 2014 6:01AM

KISS at Cobo Hall in Detroit, they made the Kiss Alive album from that.
Probably a 14-d Lincoln a cpl years later

LeeBone · July 28, 2014 6:19AM

Add up my total estimated spent on coins = x

Add up my total estimated spent on concerts = y

y waaaay outweighs x

Concerts over coins for me.

Like my coins.

my music.

750+/- concerts attended, 500 to 600 remembered,

Flash · July 28, 2014 6:31AM

The Association in 1968. First $100 coin in 2000.

joeykoins · July 29, 2014 2:52AM

Obviously, most of us would have attended our first concert before collecting. but some are the opposite?

nwcoast · July 29, 2014 3:19AM

Blues close enough? If so, John Mayall with Sugarcane Harris... USA union band...
Or it may have been The Mothers of Invention (Frank Zappa)... 1969-70
Mahavishnu Orchestra in there somewhere too... I'm pretty sure Mayall first.
Not sure which was first..... Some amazing times!!!!!

gonzer · July 29, 2014 5:13AM

<< 750+/- concerts attended, 500 to 600 remembered, >>

If it wasn't for the ticket stubs I wouldn't even know in which decades I attended 99% of 'em!

AMRC · July 29, 2014 5:25AM

Paid hundreds of dollars to see Rod Steward front-row back in 1980. Never spent that much on a coin until well after.

MGLICKER · July 29, 2014 5:53AM

<< Paid hundreds of dollars to see Rod Steward front-row back in 1980. Never spent that much on a coin until well after. >>

That was a bucket load of cash in 1980 for a show. What was the rest of the story?

Boosibri · July 29, 2014 5:57AM

Bush: 1996
Coin: 2010, 1935 Hudson

FredWeinberg · July 29, 2014 6:33AM

Before I ever spent $100 on a single coin?

The Seeds
The Standels
Spanky & Our Gang
Iron Butterfly
Three Dog Night
The Grass Roots
The Grateful Dead
(saw all those, and more, I'm sure,
just on Sunset Blvd. in the '60's)

Jimi Hendrix & others at Devonshire Downs
in the San Fernando Valley (near my college)

And, I was in 'Stage Crew' in high school, and
for a Sports Night, we had the Buffalo Springfield
appear - popular in LA, and just before "For What
It's Worth" came out - I ran the light show from the
back of the auditorium, and during their break, I got
to have a beer with ALL of them, sitting down in the
Girls (!) Gym........THAT was an experience !

Eagleguy · July 29, 2014 10:36AM

Attending a concert tonight!

JH

MGLICKER · July 29, 2014 10:46AM

<< Iron Butterfly >>

JaLP · July 29, 2014 2:54PM

Van Halen in 1980 at LA Sports Arena.
First coin even close to $100 was a 1984 1/10 oz Au Panda.

Purfrock · July 31, 2014 5:13AM

Hootie and the Blowfish ~ 1995
1883CC PCGS MS64 Morgan Dollar ~ 2000

3keepSECRETif2rDEAD · July 31, 2014 6:03AM

Great show last night in San Diego…Alice Cooper and Mötley Crüe and boy were the real life mullets out in full force

Erik

SaorAlba · July 31, 2014 11:29PM

I spent a lot more money on coins than concerts. The first I saw was Lynyrd Skynyrd back in 1987. I keep all my old ticket stubs in a photo album. And what is peculiar are there are some shows like Aerosmith, Guns & Roses etc that I wouldn't even remember but for the ticket stub. Must have at the very least been rather inebriated at a lot of the shows. The best concerts were Metallica and Lita Ford.

DeepCoin · August 1, 2014 12:37AM

I am not sure if Simon & Garfunkel 1966 count as a rock act, so it would have to be the Doors & Canned Heat or Janis Joplin in Frankfurt 1970. I forget which I saw first, maybe the Doors.

Did not buy a $100 coin until I got back in the hobby in 2000. I could never afford $100 for a coin back when I was young, that was more than my share of the rent.

MGLICKER · August 1, 2014 1:50AM

<< so it would have to be the Doors & Canned Heat or Janis Joplin in Frankfurt 1970. >>

Doors and Janis! We have a winner!!!!

No prize, but that is the best 1-2 combo.

Canned heat was great as well.

fastfreddie · August 1, 2014 6:16AM

<< 

<< so it would have to be the Doors & Canned Heat or Janis Joplin in Frankfurt 1970. >>

Doors and Janis! We have a winner!!!!

No prize, but that is the best 1-2 combo.

Canned heat was great as well. >>

My personal preferance would be the KISS Alive taping concert.

fiveNdime · August 1, 2014 7:00AM

First concert ever: Plasmatics at the santa monica civic 1980.
i probably have been to over a thousand more before i bought a $100 coin. have most of the ticket stubs as well.
bought around 2005; 32D washington in AU/MS60 for $110

kiyote · August 1, 2014 9:50AM

Arrgh, I forgot about H.P. Lovecraft in the 1960s. A lot of people did. Great band. Way under rated.

DeepCoin · August 1, 2014 10:08AM

The best part of the Doors and Canned Heat concert was sitting on the stage when they came back after half an hour and did a set of blues. Their comment was there were no unions in Germany, so they wanted to play together and jam. About 1/5 of the sellout crowd was still there. It was amazing. My friend, a professional drummer wanted to talk to the Doors drummer and to my amazement, a bunch of the guys from both bands came back on stage. One of the great concert moments of my life. For the record, my own favorite concert was the Allman Bros Band in 1971 on the tour where they recorded Live at the Fillmore. Duane was the most amazing player i have ever heard.

ArizonaJack · August 1, 2014 10:37AM

Thanks fastfreddie

Alice Cooper, also a Detroiter, is touring around with Nita Strauss on guitar, the best female player in the solar system. To check her out get on YouTube and search for The Iron Maidens, her other band and they rock it bigtime !!!

SaorAlba · August 1, 2014 10:41AM

Many of the bands listed above are a bit before my time. But I do personally know a famous 1960s rocker and have seen him play many times. But that is about all I will say.

1040taxman · August 3, 2014 7:15AM

1040taxman · August 3, 2014 7:17AM

THE WHO in 1968
1921 D mercury dime in 1999.

scotty1419 · August 3, 2014 10:28AM

Man,

All of these epic stories are depressing to hear for someone who grew up as a teen in the late 90s/early 2000s!

Performers like most of those mentioned are few and far between these days...

JedPlanchet · August 3, 2014 11:57AM

<< 1975: Jethro Tull

1998: Unknown $100 Coin >>

My first concert was also Jethro Tull in 1975 - go figure! In Chicago.

First $100 coin - 1846 Braided Hair Large Cent in 2008

LochNESS · August 3, 2014 1:14PM

Rock concert came way earlier. I saw my first show at age 10, and didn't start buying "expensive" coins over $100 until college. Had plenty of filled, red Saflip boxes by high school though

GritsMan · August 3, 2014 1:15PM

Paul McCartney Tuesday Night, Missoula, Montana. Be there or be square!

Swampboy · August 3, 2014 2:12PM

<< Paul McCartney Tuesday Night, Missoula, Montana. Be there or be square! >>

OT but you will LOVE his Show!
That dude works his A $ $ off.

I already replied to this thread about my first concert but I have to say the most Memorable would be a Paul McCartney concert in Glendale, AZ followed closely by Santana and Country Joe performing at Woodstock.

p.s.
I just had my first $100 purchase out to look at today.
It was a 20th anniversary Silver Eagle set.

joeykoins · August 4, 2014 2:39AM

<< 

<< Captain and Tennille 1981
1981 SBA's (100 circulated)
...still mulling it over >>

Was Kenny G sold out! >>

Kenny G. is very good! I've seen him twice in concert. He puts on a great show. Anyone that goes to see him would agree. He's awesome and his band rocks too! Any Kenny G. fans?

fastfreddie · August 8, 2014 1:34PM

<< Thanks fastfreddie

Alice Cooper, also a Detroiter, is touring around with Nita Strauss on guitar, the best female player in the solar system. To check her out get on YouTube and search for The Iron Maidens, her other band and they rock it bigtime !!! >>

Wow, Love Nita Strauss! Holy Chit they rock!!

CoinJunkie · August 8, 2014 1:56PM

<< 

<< 1975: Jethro Tull >>

My first concert was also Jethro Tull in 1975 - go figure! In Chicago.
>>

I saw them in Tucson, AZ. I even still remember the opening act: Man (from Wales). They were pretty bad (Man, not Tull).

I have no idea what the second rock concert I attended was.

LotsoLuck · August 8, 2014 2:02PM

Hell yeah...100!

Attend a Rock Concert or Purchase a $100 Coin?

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