If You Could Hoard Any Denomination/Date/Mint.....

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World67
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What would it be? The only rule is it must be within the realm of affordability for you, that you could really hoard it if you wanted. Since I collect seated quarters, I would probably pick 1838 or 1876-cc.

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  • privatecoin
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  • joeykoins
    joeykoins Posts: 18,845 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Yep, definitely, the Morgan CC's.
    No Brainer.
    :D

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  • TurtleCat
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    The closest I can come to “hoarding” anything is a Franklin mint issue of my hometown. I bet I already have more original intact (in packaging) samples than anyone else. Of US coins there’s no hope of having any meaningful hoard for the vast majority of people.

  • jacrispies
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    I would hoard 1814 O-105a Single Leafs. That particular variety is an R-4 so it is possible with patience and time to acquire a significant amount of coins. Problem free and eye appealing examples are even harder to come by, so hoarding choice single leafs would be even easier.

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  • Moldnut
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    1916 quarters, possibly the most beautiful coin design ever.

    Derek

    EAC 6024
  • johnny9434
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    The 08s and the 09s Indian head cents,fwiw

  • MrEureka
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    Cheerios Dollars.

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  • pursuitofliberty
    pursuitofliberty Posts: 7,926 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    I'd be like my hero @drddm and hoard 1814 O-108 E/A's. I'd even make one into a ring! ;)


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  • OAKSTAR
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    Something within reason and affordable. Actually found for face value. I'll go with W quarters.

    Disclaimer: I'm not a dealer, trader, grader, investor or professional numismatist. I'm just a hobbyist. (To protect me but mostly you! 🤣 )

  • yosclimber
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    @MapsOnFire said:
    Already did, decades ago. 1848 LARGE DATE half dimes. They cost anywhere from $2. to $15. each. Ended up with 45 coins. Ran out of steam when I couldn't find them often enough. Sold the worst 40 coins for $1000. Kept the best 5 coins for a decade and sold them for $4500.

    I was wondering why they were so hard to find back then.... :)
    2 questions:
    1. What % of the coins you looked at were labelled Large Date but were the normal date?
    2. Did you ever have one with the reverse die crack(s)?

  • RLSnapper
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    1840 Small/Large 18 Large Cent. I have one that has VF detail but died on the table when I player coin doctor on it. They go for way over price guide when straight graded. Sometimes you can pick up a raw one unattributed. This is going to be the last hole filled in one of my sets.....I probably will use the details one when I get frustrated after looking for a year or two.

  • may
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    Definitely 1861 O CSA halves. I love them!!

  • MapsOnFire
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    Some were mislabeled, certainly. I don't have a feeling for %. I'm sure there were several with the crack, judging by the fact that there are two of them on Ebay right now. But I don't remember mine - it was forty years ago.

  • rte592
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    Define hoard?
    I'd rather have one of everything.

  • tommy44
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    Don't know if it would qualify as hoarding or not but I would buy every 1958 Ghana 10 Shilling I found if the price was within reason. They were 92.5% silver and I liked the way the star on the reverse looked. I ended up with about 50 of them before I sold them all during the silver run up in 2011.

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  • alaura22
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    @Ownerofawheatiehorde said:
    Definitely 1861 O CSA halves. I love them!!

    FYI
    There's a bunch on GC closing this week

    Mike
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  • may
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    @alaura22 said:

    @Ownerofawheatiehorde said:
    Definitely 1861 O CSA halves. I love them!!

    FYI
    There's a bunch on GC closing this week

    The only problem is, I can’t afford them. :D

  • hfjacinto
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    $20 gold double eagles. Date/type don’t matter.

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  • SimonW
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    @Ownerofawheatiehorde said:

    @alaura22 said:

    @Ownerofawheatiehorde said:
    Definitely 1861 O CSA halves. I love them!!

    FYI
    There's a bunch on GC closing this week

    The only problem is, I can’t afford them. :D

    Wasn’t the criteria that you COULD afford them?

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  • alaura22
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    @Ownerofawheatiehorde said:

    @alaura22 said:

    @Ownerofawheatiehorde said:
    Definitely 1861 O CSA halves. I love them!!

    FYI
    There's a bunch on GC closing this week

    The only problem is, I can’t afford them. :D

    You never said that :/

    Mike
    My Indians
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  • alaura22
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    Maybe if you sell that "wheatie Horde" :)

    Mike
    My Indians
    Dansco Set

  • alaura22
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    @rte592 said:
    Define hoard?
    I'd rather have one of everything.

    Ditto

    Mike
    My Indians
    Dansco Set

  • Stooge
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    1905-O Micro-o Barber dime.


    Later, Paul.
  • Cladiator
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    I've always had a fascination with the idea of a tube of 1822 dimes. In reality though, I'd probably hoard 1906S double eagles.

  • Raybo
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    Gobrecht

  • mr1931S
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    1894-S....dime

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  • rec78
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    @Moldnut said:
    1916 quarters, possibly the most beautiful coin design ever.

    Scrooge McDuck tried that. It didn't work.

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  • rec78
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    I never thought much about hoarding coins, but I would hoard1955 DDO Lincoln cents or 1914-D Lincolns.
    I met a dealer at a Baltimore show that had a roll of lower grade 1901-S barber quarters-worth about $1000 each at the time. Today that roll is easily worth about 1/2 Million dollars!

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  • HillbillyCollector
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    Considering really nice ones are so hard to find, I would probably say 1879-O Double Eagles. You might say those are so expensive, it would be a totally impracticable issue. But I said nice, and that qualifier really whittles them down to a very, very small number. Check the CAC POPs and consider not all of those qualifies as particularly nice, to me!👍

  • 87redcivic
    87redcivic Posts: 153 ✭✭✭
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    1891 seated liberty dimes. Inexpensive, and it would make a cool looking pile of raw coins.

  • SaorAlba
    SaorAlba Posts: 7,593 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    1909-O Dimes, Quarters and Halves.

  • OnlyGoldIsMoney
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    1842 $2.50 and 1867 $2.50 - little noticed but surprisingly scarce $2.50's.

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  • alaura22
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    Any US with a bean :)

    Mike
    My Indians
    Dansco Set

  • bramn8r
    bramn8r Posts: 983 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    uncirculated 1983 rolls

  • NeophyteNumismatist
    NeophyteNumismatist Posts: 1,117 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    I would hoard 1804 Half Cents. There are 13 varieties and dies states galore! It's a collection unto itself.

    I am a newer collector (started April 2020), and I primarily focus on U.S. Half Cents and Type Coins. Early copper is my favorite.

  • Floridafacelifter
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    1878 Proof Morgans- patterns, 8TF, 7TF, 78/Rev 79, 78-S….

  • DisneyFan
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    @Stooge said:
    1905-O Micro-o Barber dime.

    What's argument for hoarding them? They are already an extremely expensive variety?

  • DisneyFan
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    @SaorAlba said:
    1909-O Dimes, Quarters and Halves.

    What's argument for hoarding them?

  • rte592
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    Probably Morgan and Peace dollars then buy a slot machine :)

  • OKbustchaser
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    1827 half dollars???

    Nah, No one would do that. ;)

    Just because I'm old doesn't mean I don't love to look at a pretty bust.
  • Stooge
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    @DisneyFan said:

    @Stooge said:
    1905-O Micro-o Barber dime.

    What's argument for hoarding them? They are already an extremely expensive variety?

    I just think its a neat little variety. Just like the 1945-S Micro-s Merc.


    Later, Paul.
  • semikeycollector
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    1886-s dimes! Try to find one.

  • mikee999
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    a collection of PO01 coins, any denomination.

  • fastfreddie
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    @semikeycollector said:
    1886-s dimes! Try to find one.

    1866-s ?

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