Anyone still own a coin they purchased at least a decade ago?
braddick
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It seems there is so much trading back and forth and flipping coins for profit it is getting rare to see a collector who holds coins for many years.
I'm making this one a bit more difficult by even suggesting we show off coins we have owned for at least ten years.
Any takers in this experiment?
peacockcoins
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Possibly most of my collection...
In honor of the memory of Cpl. Michael E. Thompson
Purchased 12/06/08, Ha auction, AU58* NGC
I have coins that I purchased in 1975-1977, and own a couple of hundred silver dollars my Dad bought between 1973-1975. Time Duration is no challenge in coin collecting.
Heck, I still have the first three coins that I ever bought - back in the winter of 1967.
I have a number of coins that I bought in the 70s, 80s, 90s and 2000s.
This has been in my collection for 30+ years:
1783/3 Hungary Taler PCGS VF45 $40.
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Trueview, and I think I sent it in right after purchase in 2007
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CoinsAreFun Toned Silver Eagle Proof Album
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Gallery Mint Museum, Ron Landis& Joe Rust, The beginnings of the Golden Dollar
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More CoinsAreFun Pictorials NGC
I have kept a lot of coins that long, but sold some I wish I had kept.
1795 1/2 P W Grate, Lg Button, RE, BN , bought in 2009
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CoinsAreFun Toned Silver Eagle Proof Album
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Gallery Mint Museum, Ron Landis& Joe Rust, The beginnings of the Golden Dollar
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More CoinsAreFun Pictorials NGC
Better than half of my collection has been in my hands at least ten years. One of my favs bought in the late 90's.
My Collection of Old Holders
Never a slave to one plastic brand will I ever be.
Bought 2008 from CRO - still have it:
I have coins I've had for 40+ years (not many), quite a few I've had for 20+. I think I have 40 bust halves VF/XF with an average cost of $50.
About 35% of my coins were purchased at least 10 years ago.
I've still got coins I acquired 50 years ago!
Posted here before but these are my first coin purchases, 1960. bought at 25¢ a pack.
bob
This one holds special significance for me. In October of 2009; I decided that I was going to get really serious about putting together a certified, MS, set of Walkers. This one was the FIRST coin that I had bought after making that decision. Back then; I hadn't purchased a coin,, since around 2006 or so, when I bought about 7 or 8 registry coins (5 of which I still own). I thought that this one had an exemplary strike. It was my FIRST purchase from DLRC. I had won it in one of their auctions. It has, essentially, doubled in value since then.
Sometimes, it’s better to be LUCKY than good. 🍀 🍺👍
My Full Walker Registry Set (1916-1947):
https://www.ngccoin.com/registry/competitive-sets/16292/
Real nice coins!
Thanks for renewing my faith in collecting! Seriously, what with the flipping of the recent silver eagle and the buying/selling/buying/selling on eBay (and other formats) it is truly refreshing to see coins here owned by passionate collectors for ten (and twenty/thirty/forty/fifty!) years.
Cool.
peacockcoins
I still have the first coin my grandfather gave me. I'll bet we all wish we could go back several decades and buy all those "inexpensive-at-the-time" coins we passed up for whatever the reason.
The ones I remember most are a gem 1907 HR $20; an Alexander gold stater; and a 1905 BU Denver Mint token because it had some hairlines.
Some of my favorites that I have had more than ten years.
I'm sure it must be hairlines, yet that 1886 looks so much better than MS62!
peacockcoins
654 slabs are over 10 years old out of 752 total. Most held over 20 years.
“In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock." - Thomas Jefferson
My digital cameo album 1950-64 Cameos - take a look!
I still have the 1882 CC GSA Morgan that my father gave me in the mid 1970s.....I'll never sell it.....it's very sentimental.
I knew a jeweler who dabbled in coins and he had TWO GSAs around 1994....an 1880 CC and an 1881 CC. He only wanted $300 for the pair! LOL!! I bought the 1881 CC, which I never had graded but is at least a 65. I still have it. I was too cheap to buy the other---the 1880 CC.....kept meaning to go back and get it but just never did. Oh well, one can't have EVERYTHING. (SIGH)
Sometimes, it’s better to be LUCKY than good. 🍀 🍺👍
My Full Walker Registry Set (1916-1947):
https://www.ngccoin.com/registry/competitive-sets/16292/
Hey!
Looked what just popped up a moment ago!
peacockcoins
Clerical insert errors, a mint state coin can't have a CAM or DCAM designation and the S before the $ symbol before the 1. Someone offered me a hefty sum years ago, turned it down. I have noticed some slabs have the S before the dollar symbol and some don't.
I don’t have pictures handy but I’ve got several coins I purchased a decade or more ago. 1893 dollar, 1863 IHC, and a few GSA dollars.
Still have the first 2 PCGS graded coins I bought, sometime in 1994. (so 25 years and counting)
Would you like to see a couple thousand Lincoln varieties well over a couple decades old or some
completed Dansco's from the 70's ? Maybe some original OBW's from the 60's, 70's or 80's or maybe some
slabs from the 80's ?
@braddick Congratulations!! I'd say 'welcome to the club' but with over 17,000 posts and being here, since 2001; I'd say that you're already a Charter member!!
Sometimes, it’s better to be LUCKY than good. 🍀 🍺👍
My Full Walker Registry Set (1916-1947):
https://www.ngccoin.com/registry/competitive-sets/16292/
Purchased these in the aughts when I was more into Commems, and recently had them regraded and TrueView'd.
My grandfather gave me a $10.00 gold coin in the 1960 s
Still have it !!!
Absolutely.... Some I personally collected over 50 years ago before I was in my teens. Some have been in the family well over 75 years.
Super group.
I still own all of these from my first purchase from Dan / @dcarr in 2006. I love skiing and was happy to pick up the skier quarter in silver. I also love visiting Maine and was happy to pick up Dan's original winning, realisitic design in silver, before the Mint changed it to a fantasy design. I didn't pick up a silver Sacagawea at the time but have one now
I've had most of my coins for 10+ years with some 20+ and 30+.
I've had my set of proof Buffs, including this one, for 10+ years-
Most definitely. All of my error coinage assembled from the late 60's onward. Acquired via auction,purchases, as gifts, or from circulation. Never sold a one.
I've had most of my doubled dies for going on 30 years.
Two or three......I'm sure of.....maybe one or two more. Is this a joke? If it is...... I like it! MERRY CHRISTMAS!
I bought this 1939 Washington PR67 from Teletrade in September 1996 (it now has a CAC).
My collecting “Pride & Joy” is my PCGS Registry Dansco 7070 Set:
https://www.pcgs.com/setregistry/type-sets/design-type-sets/complete-dansco-7070-modified-type-set-1796-date/publishedset/213996
That's cool that you still have them.
Heck if they were worth anything I probably would have sold long ago!
These three come to mind. The ‘48-C has been around over 20 years.
That would be well over half of my collection. Have a lot from the 80's & 90's. Here is a Dime I bought in 1985.
That is the perfect look I slobber over in early-mid date Walkers.
Great coin.
This is the first chopmarked Trade Dollar I ever purchased, 20 years ago.
Complete Set of Chopmarked Trade Dollars
Carson City Silver Dollars Complete 1870-1893http://www.pcgs.com/setregistry/showcase.aspx?sc=2722"
Most of my more valuable slabbed coins I've owned for at least 10 years.
I've owned a chunk of coins for around 30 years, and kept them all in their original rattlers. Here's a representative one...
U.S. Type Set
I would bet I have 99.9% of all my coins from 10 yrs ago.
My Original Song Written to my late wife-"Plus other original music by me"
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8A11CC8CC6093D80
https://n1m.com/bobbysmith1
Probably 90% of my collection is from 10-20 years ago. Cheers.
100% Positive BST transactions
I still have all of my coins.
I bought this coin from G.R. Tiso in 1996.