Do you have more silver, copper or gold in your collections?

coinsarefun · October 30, 2014 3:22PM

It just dawned on me tonight that I have more copper in my collections than silver.......very odd for me as I am a big fan of the silver dollar size

I probably have about 75-80% copper now.........what about the rest of you?

123cents · October 30, 2014 3:25PM

About 85% silver.

lordmarcovan · October 30, 2014 3:31PM

As of the last update, my Box of 20 (really my only active collection at the moment) contains:

5 copper, gilt copper, brass, or copper-nickel coins,

9 silver coins, and

6 gold coins.

lasvegasteddy · October 30, 2014 3:32PM

the big coins are silver
the mid sized coins are clad
the lil ones are copper

i missed the old days of my 90% carson city gold was all i had...

for the most part...collections morph...twist and turn...then develop into something amazing

i'd bet your copper is amazing there steff

BaronVonBaugh · October 30, 2014 4:22PM

copper followed by nickel

Nickels have a lot of copper in them.

TopographicOceans · October 30, 2014 4:42PM

Currently I have gold, followed by silver and then copper.

I think I have singlehandedly driven gold below $1200 oz.

derryb · October 30, 2014 9:28PM

Silver and with the recent drop in spot I'm about to increase that number drastically.

lkeigwin · October 30, 2014 9:44PM

Copper, by coin count. 1793-1958 cents, all MM's and Redbook varieties.

Maybe silver by weight due to bust halves.

Only some type gold.
Lance.

DorkGirl · October 30, 2014 10:02PM

I like silver....

illini420 · October 30, 2014 10:03PM

sometimes I think my collection is mostly plastic

TwoSides2aCoin · October 30, 2014 10:11PM

Steel. Tons of it.
ooops, wrong trade.

Copper by weight
Nickel by proxy
Silver by God
Gold by plastic.
Aluminum by request.

That's not a haiku

Boosibri · October 30, 2014 10:21PM

95% gold in quantity
98% gold in value

Steve27 · October 30, 2014 10:41PM

I have a little gold, a little platinum, a little copper/bronze, and a lot of silver.

messydesk · October 30, 2014 10:47PM

Silver in terms of quantity, weight, and value.

TwoSides2aCoin · October 30, 2014 10:51PM

You left out zinc

I feel so excluded with my manganese, too.

LindeDad · October 30, 2014 10:54PM

Gold by value.
Silver by weight.
Copper very little. Cents and nickels in birth year set.

tizofthe · October 30, 2014 11:26PM

In the early 2000's.

started with - silver notes (bills) - had 50 to 100 value at about 100.00
that lead to the interest in silver and gold. Thats when I got the bug.
Stqaarted buying gold when it was about 302.00 oz - had more $5 and $10 Indains than silver which outweighted in value gold 95% and silver 10%
sold most when gold was around 500.00 oz. (still kicking myself everyday) then swithced to silver of all kinds

I now at 95% silver and 5%- gold in value

Hopefully now that the prices are about what they were when I started (silver that is) that will change dramatically!

AMRC · October 30, 2014 11:33PM

By weight, Count or Value. Gold in Value, Silver in weight.

OKbustchaser · October 30, 2014 11:50PM

Probably 95 percent silver, 4 percent clad, 1 percent copper.

No gold. Not now--not in the past--not in the future. I hate the stuff. It's UGLY!!!

BillJones · October 31, 2014 12:04AM

I have never made such a count in my collection. I think that most of my coins are made of silver although the number of gold pieces has gone up significantly in recent years.

Of course copper and other base metals are well represented because of my 19th century political token collection. Technically those pieces are not coins since they don't have an official face value.

DeepCoin · October 31, 2014 12:18AM

My collection has more silver than anything, mostly due to a long proof set run. However, as I move towards a more balanced collection dominated by a type set, it will mirror the composition of the type set, including gold. Much there depends on the budget and area being focused on at the time. More gold is being put off for a while as I feel that the coins I need (AU 58 for an every man set) will be much cheaper if gold drops to $1,000.

Bottom line, I have gone from collecting silver in either proof sets or date sets (former Merc and Wash collections) to a more distributed model including copper, nickel, silver and gold based upon the coinage minted.

silverpop · October 31, 2014 12:26AM

17 silver coins

0 gold coins

5 copper coins

TwoSides2aCoin · October 31, 2014 12:40AM

Yes, I have more in my collection.

Sonorandesertrat · October 31, 2014 12:45AM

Mostly (early) coppers.

DennisH · October 31, 2014 12:57AM

Silver by a mile.

asheland · October 31, 2014 1:01AM

Mostly silver

ricko · October 31, 2014 1:10AM

Silver, gold........ Cheers, RickO

shorecoll · October 31, 2014 1:16AM

Too tough to figure, maybe 50/50 copper/silver. No gold. I've owned gold issues in the past, but psychologically they are always easier to sell if needed...I must be an anti-gold bug.

ms70 · October 31, 2014 1:37AM

No gold, all silver. And if you go by weight, VERY little silver.

Do you have more silver, copper or gold in your collections?

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