What will be your first coin purchase(s) of 2025?
Min
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Mine will be an ounce of gold ( coin, round or bar)
at or below spot 
Wish me luck.
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We will see when I get to FUN.
Need a 2009 HR for my 21st century type set. It’s up next.
Looking to trade for a flowing hair dollar at FUN, but may get side tracked.
Mine is undetermined as I have largely been taking a break from collecting for the last six months.
Hopefully DD will call me with a big surprise at FUN next week!😉
Man such a tough question for me.
Pretty sure it'll be a CBH. And it'll possibly happen at FUN. Probably a nice coin of a DM I don't have in AU55 or 58 (or maybe even AU53). With some skin, and some color and some character. There will be a lot to pick from, I'm sure ... between the auctions and all of the other stuff happening.
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Todd - BHNC #242
I previously committed to buy a 1923-S PCGS MS64 CAC Walker @ the show from a dealer I’ve done some good prior biz with. That will be my first purchase, but pics will have to follow @ a later date.
“The thrill of the hunt never gets old”
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Let me know how my bid in tonights heritage auction will do. james
I don't know, but I hope it's good!
Coin Photographer.
2025 will be the year of the 8TF VAM for me.
At least on attractive and scarce 14 something to match my AU 14.8
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I have no idea. It will obviously be one that I can’t resist.
Lafayette Grading Set
I would tell you but then you might bid against me
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Have already won (auc) 3 CACG (won them about 97 Pct of bid) for inventory. Now retail stock.
Hopefully a date will show up I need for my Peru 1 real collection. I don't need many anymore so fingers crossed. My set is 77% complete (21 coins in the series and many varieties).
NFL: Buffalo Bills & Green Bay Packers
$3 gold
On the hunt
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My first coin of 2025 will be a German Empire 10 Mark gold coin. A Prussian 10 Mark from the periode between 1871 and 1873 to be precise, I don't really care for the exact year or mintmark.
At the end of the year I always count the spendable coins I found metal detecting plus the money from can and bottle recycling. I've already used some of the money to buy a bargain French coin a few weeks ago, but it seems like there is enough money left if the gold price does not go crazy in early 2025.
It has become a tradition for me to invest this kind of "free money" to built a small stack of gold and silver coins. My stacking goals for 2025 are:
A date/mint/denomination from my primary series, timing of availability TBD.
I'm eyeballing a gold piece that is currently about 1.5x spot... Strike 1 😲
Yet I'm still considering it 🤔
More so than the price point that is strike 2, someone added a loupe to wear as jewelry😒
Yet I'm still considering it 🤔
Strike 3 it's far from a MS state, worn some at best could hope for AU details label ex jewelry,
3 STRIKES and yet I'm still considering it.
It would be First Gold of the year and who wouldn't like that? 🤔 I'm not the only person bidding.
So what does that tell me?
People are spending too much money 🤑
On another note:
Has anyone had success with removing gold solder from a coin without damaging the coin?
So you're one of the other bidders on that piece 😆 how far are you prepared to go
A nice seated half, carson city would be an excellant start 👍
Like this?
I have my eyes on a certain 1878-S "Long Nock" Morgan VAM that presents the most (and probably last) realistic opportunity for making an upgrade to my set, so I will be a serious bidder.
@Min Your 1878 G$3 looks counterfeit. This series has been heavily counterfeited. If you aren't an expert authenticator, you should buy them slabbed by one of the major grading services.
Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
"Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
"Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said."----Voltaire
Hopefully a PCGS/CAC 67 or 67+ 1938 Texas 50¢ commem with some really nice toning to finish off the Texas set. It may take some waiting, but I expect one will come up this year.
In the meantime, things that I don't even know that I need yet but will be impulse buys when the time comes. I will need a nice birthday present in a little over 5 weeks so I need to start thinking hard about it after the fog clears in the morning tomorrow.
Looking to add a 1916 SLQ and a 1916-D Mercury dime both in 64 and/or 65 FH and FSB. Good luck to me.
Whichever rarer variety Connecticut copper or 1640 French counterstamped douzain I spot first!
Probably a CACG coin I won at auction close to bid or if lucky slightly behind bid. Or something nice non CAC (Pcgs / NGC) winged back of bid.
Then new recruit to retail inventory.
Same. My break started more recently but I'm not sure when I'll start up again, or even what I'll pursue. Hell, i might sell everything and give it up for good, i don't know yet.
1883-S MS63 rattler picking up at FUN
Denomination?
Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
"Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
"Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said."----Voltaire
$1
Morgan
Hard to say -- there are eleven things on my core watch/want list, plus a few bullion-related items. Most of what I'm after is fairly spendy, at least for me -- gold types outside the 7070 scope, some 19th & early 20th century proofs, etc. -- so it'll probably be a year like last year where I do a whole lot more looking than buying, but anything I do get is going to be good.
Hey, you should buy a Witterbrick Players box for $7,500. Top coin is a 1916 ms65 FH slq. 😉
I'll know in a few weeks.
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I found my next two this morning; 1878 7/8TF Strong and a 27-S Peace. I'm currently in the pacing stage of my decision.
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Yeah, not for me. The dark blotchy toning isn't for me. Kind of an ugly coin. I'm more in the blast white range or with a little attractive toning, but thanks for the suggestion.
Got a rough looking cent on the way.
Probably nothing but hoping for nice cherry for $18
To quote Max Schmeling..."I zee zumding"
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Keeping my eyes open for something good. We’ll see what the universe brings me.
Sometimes, it’s better to be LUCKY than good. 🍀 🍺👍
My Full Walker Registry Set (1916-1947):
https://www.ngccoin.com/registry/competitive-sets/16292/
I agreed to purchase this on the 31st but paid for it this morning so not sure which year it should count towards.
MS68FB
No idea what will catch my eye next.
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4 already, blazing start to the year! 2 US gold, 1 world gold,and 1 pioneer. I wouldn’t mention them if they were strictly resale but they look damn good in pics. If you count a deal made yesterday and paid today, then 5 actually . All will be revealed soon enough, but I don’t like posting before possession.
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Yes.
"Bongo hurtles along the rain soaked highway of life on underinflated bald retread tires."
~Wayne
Chain Cent. This will be the year. Which I've been saying for about 5 years, and every one that comes up I get blown away in the bidding, but this year.
More realistically, I've got a nice little set of Hard Times tokens, need the Feuchtwanger and 'Am I Not a Woman' varietes, those are a bit more obtainable.
Could be an error coin,Peace dollar, or something totally unexpected.
Depends on my self-discipline next week. I need to focus on selling for now. But will keep my eyes wide open and loupe handy.
As I answered on a different site.
I need 2 Seated Quarters to finish my 1840's Philly XF set.
I need 2 types to finish my Top One Hundred variety set; Seated Dimes.
I will need 7 coins to finish my 1837-1891 any denominations date set. (hoping for some Proof Indian cents) as part.
I am considering expanding the parameters of my Seated Dime collection. Much like the late 1990's-early2000's with Seated Halves, right know i seem to have very little compettion with Seated Dimes. James
Picked up an 1840-0 H10c V-1 on the 31st. Half dimes all the time in '25
I have my eye on some Mexico 8 Reales portraits………
Successful buys on BST board from NotSure, Nankraut, Yorkshireman, Astrorat, Ikeigwin(2x), Bob13, Outhaul, coinbuf, dpvilla, jayPem, Sean1990, TwoKopeiki, bidask, Downtown1974, drddm, nederveit2
Pretty sure this one (will be / was). I saw Liz Coggan's newsletter saying she had some baby busties to bring to FUN and since I wasn't gonna be at FUN, I emailed her. She kindly called me up and tempted me with a few treasures. This one struck home. It's an 1834 LM-4, very common, and I have an MS copy of it in my set. But for the common marriages, I like to find something distinguishing so my coin doesn't get lost in the crowd: originality, pedigree, beauty, the right plastic, CAC sticker, die state. And this one's die state is as late as I've seen on LM-4, in a desirable grade of AU58 and ticks other boxes as well.
Anyway, the check's in the mail, and the package is on its way, so barring my postman getting stuck in snow drifts it oughta be here in a few days.
New website: Groovycoins.com Capped Bust Half Dime registry set: Bikergeek CBHD LM Set
Have my eye on a 55-DDO in a rattler .........