Profit wise...what would have been the best coin (s) to buy the year that you were born?
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Only coins minted that year.
Assuming your parents let you get your grubby little hands on the gift money. 
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The 1972 double die cent.
A 1942 Proof Walking Liberty Half Dollar....Cheers, RickO
1964-D Peace Dollar
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Probably 1996 ASEs.
No idea....probably a proof set.
1967 canadian gold ?
1956 Type 1 PF70 DCAM half dollar in an OGP proof set purchased in 1956 from the mint for $2,10.
1949-S Frankie half MS67+ FBL ... If they had had those then!
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Nothing. It is and will always be pocket change. 😥 Now if I was born 150-200 years ago I could select some decent coins.
1969 had just basic pocket change and a 40% half. Apparently though, for 1969, it would be a full-step Jefferson Nickel. Only one PCGS-graded 1969-D (last auctioned at SB $30,550 in 2016) and no graded 1969-S examples known.
Kruggerands probably.
1959 Vatican City 100 Lire Gold, John XXIII. Scarce and turned out to be a one year type, only official gold coin of that pontificate.
1967 Krugerrand?
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DD cent. Guess the year.
Did they make a Krugerrand in 1976? If so, probably that.
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1804 dollar
Other than gold, Nothing is valuable from my birth year except pr70dcam type 2s
and top pop coins.
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Cool topic. For U.S. coins, sadly probably some top pop modern coin (unless mint errors count). Otherwise, probably the SP66 of this coin: https://www.pcgs.com/valueview/4eme-re-publique-1944-1959/1973-p20-fr-gad-868-essai/3455?sn=650259&h=pop. Mintage of 20, 12 of which were destroyed.
I'd pick a 1945 Saudi Arabia gold Disc; however it depends on the condition of the coin. I could probably buy a small bag of these discs if I picked a 1945-D 50c PCGS MS-70 with a CAC bean!
1966 would not leave much.
Guess cherry picking a full step Jefferson nickel?
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Fun topic: 1958 was the last year of the wheat cent
A 1958 1C Doubled Die Obverse PCGS MS64 Red sold at SB Baltimore 3/18 for $336,000....that's a pretty nice return!!
Yes! And also one in MS-70 condition.
Rolls and rolls of Philly mint cents -
1948
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For US it would be a 2003 gold eagle.
the 1960 franklins proof or unc.
Full-step Jefferson or Kennedy half business strikes (1966) that would be pop top today.
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I think it would be a higher graded, double sided DCAM versus the one I own:
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Anything that's gold dated 1954 !!!
None of them. I have lost money on almost every 1949 dated coin I have ever bought. That goes for both the assembled mint set I put together many years ago and a mint issued double mint set I bought just before they crashed.
1948 was mostly a numismatic vacuum so probably a 1893-S Morgan.
I think these were only a dollar, with little interest, when discovered.
I suppose this, if there was any way my parents could have found one!
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Probably a high MS grade Washington quarter or a Franklin FBL
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1793 chain cent.
1932 D Washington Quarter BU
I'm with you, bro. That was my year, also.
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My Full Walker Registry Set (1916-1947):
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1952 Jefferson nickel
If U.S., a 1954 cent in blazing full red spot-free MS68 or better. I think at auction today, that would beat out anything with claims to full steps, full torch or fbls.
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1968-No/S Proof Roosevelt Dime. Would love to own one.
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1946 Walking Liberty Half Dollar........an uncirculated roll........looking for the DDR reverse version. But I never knew there was a DDR version until this thread. About $3,500 in MS66.
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Roger, you've held up well for being 226 years old.
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1970-D Kennedy Half...the original "NIFC"!
1959-D wheat back cent
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1957 Not familiar with prices so here goes.
Full Step Nickels, Full Torch Dimes, Full Bell Halves
Foreign gold with 1957.