You’re probably going to spend the next 10 years in jail..,

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MrEureka
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edited May 7, 2026 2:24PM in U.S. Coin Forum

What do you want sitting in your SDB or buried in your backyard for the next 10 years without any chance to sell it for the next decade?

Andy Lustig

Doggedly collecting coins of the Central American Republic.

Visit the Society of US Pattern Collectors at USPatterns.com.

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  • oldabeintx
    oldabeintx Posts: 3,214 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Most of my coin collection. I’ve been sitting on art and other collections for at least the last 20 years. Strange question for a collector.

  • Crypto
    Crypto Posts: 4,098 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    What is the witness Andy, Ill take obvious answers for 200$ next please

    11.5$ Southern Dollars, The little “Big Easy” set

  • Nic
    Nic Posts: 3,438 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    My kids baby teeth.

    My 1866 Philly Mint Set

  • cladking
    cladking Posts: 30,312 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    @MFeld said:

    @MrEureka said:
    What do you want sitting in your SDB or buried in your backyard for the next 10 years without any chance to sell it for the next decade?

    Why do we need to be in jail for 10 years? Can’t we be prohibited from selling during that time period, by means or a much more dignified option? 😉

    Mebbe the collection is stolen.

    tempus fugit extra philosophiam.
  • Morgan13
    Morgan13 Posts: 2,691 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited May 7, 2026 3:14PM
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    I am uneasy with the question but I will play.
    I don't have much to stash away so I wouldn't be worried about that.
    I would only hope my family could make it in this crazy world without me for 10 years.
    A 10 year sentence would make a person a felon.
    So at almost 70 I wouldn't be able to vote or be trusted operating a cash register.
    So that's my take on it.
    Most people won't discuss what they have tucked away. Safety reasons, etc........

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  • Mr_Spud
    Mr_Spud Posts: 7,271 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    I want whatever I stole that got me thrown in jail to be buried and waiting for me when I get out. Since I’m not normally a criminal, it would have had to be a once in a lifetime score to make it worth spending 10 years in prison for 😉

    Mr_Spud

  • pruebas
    pruebas Posts: 5,284 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Almost anything tangible. My current collection will do.

  • goodmoney4badmoney
    goodmoney4badmoney Posts: 1,328 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Everything!

  • JBK
    JBK Posts: 17,859 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Can I atleast claim that I was wrongly convicted?

    BTW, I don't think I'd trust a safe deposit box over a ten year absence. I'd be afraid that either the bank or my stuff would be gone.

  • jmlanzaf
    jmlanzaf Posts: 43,044 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Myself. They'll never look for me there.

    All comments reflect the opinion of the author, even when irrefutably accurate.

  • relicsncoins
    relicsncoins Posts: 8,301 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    All the money I stole from the bank that I am being sentenced to 10 years for.

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  • scubafuel
    scubafuel Posts: 2,080 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Man these posters “answers” are so disappointing.
    I’d put away:

    1. top grade Mexico hand on book 8 escudos (64 and up), expecting a double up.
    2. Colorful toned OGH cac type silver
    3. Top grade Egyptian and Saudi gold.
  • bob48
    bob48 Posts: 466 ✭✭✭
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    I 've had stuff in my SDB (in jail) for a life sentence. And there is no parole for them in the near future.

    Bob

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  • Bochiman
    Bochiman Posts: 25,790 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    The person(s) who turned me in

    I've been told I tolerate fools poorly...that may explain things if I have a problem with you. Current ebay items - Nothing at the moment

  • MFeld
    MFeld Posts: 17,131 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    @scubafuel said:
    Man these posters “answers” are so disappointing.
    I’d put away:

    1. top grade Mexico hand on book 8 escudos (64 and up), expecting a double up.
    2. Colorful toned OGH cac type silver
    3. Top grade Egyptian and Saudi gold.

    I hope you were including your answer among the “so disappointing” ones.😈

    Mark Feld* of Heritage Auctions*Unless otherwise noted, my posts here represent my personal opinions.

  • CommemDude
    CommemDude Posts: 2,444 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Bullion in the form of $20 slabbed Libs and Saints, to preserve wealth as inflation destroys our fiat currency

    Thinking of the rare coins I'd put away, I would say none as I am very concerned that the lack of interest by young people or gradeflation and loss of trust in subjective grading could damage our hobby and make it as popular as stamp collecting has become.

    Dr Mikey
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  • Acarroll
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    I hope i get a cell, and not a minimum security open dorm.

  • cladking
    cladking Posts: 30,312 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    @Acarroll said:
    I hope i get a cell, and not a minimum security open dorm.

    d

    tempus fugit extra philosophiam.
  • Old_Collector
    Old_Collector Posts: 1,210 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited May 8, 2026 5:55AM
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    My completed 1916 uncirculated mint set cent through St Gaudens.
    And I'll be in jail for the robbery to get the cash for the 16-D dime and SLQ that I need, and while I'm at it I better take enough for that 1922 no D SR cent to complete my Lincoln wheat set.
    Oh, and a dress so that I can get into the women's prison where I'll get beat up marginal less often. ;)

  • ChrisH821
    ChrisH821 Posts: 7,146 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Nothing, sell all of it and put the proceeds in a high interest savings account or something for the next 10 years.

    Collector, occasional seller

  • scubafuel
    scubafuel Posts: 2,080 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    @MFeld what coins would you pick to put away for the next decade if value appreciation was your goal?

    (You won’t be able to see them in the meantime so it doesn’t matter that much if you’re interested in the series)

  • jmlanzaf
    jmlanzaf Posts: 43,044 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    @ChrisH821 said:
    Nothing, sell all of it and put the proceeds in a high interest savings account or something for the next 10 years.

    Probably the best answer. Why do I want a coin collection that I can't see for 10 years? Can't spend it as the commissary.

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  • MFeld
    MFeld Posts: 17,131 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    @scubafuel said:
    @MFeld what coins would you pick to put away for the next decade if value appreciation was your goal?

    (You won’t be able to see them in the meantime so it doesn’t matter that much if you’re interested in the series)

    I realize that this isn’t an interesting answer. But I wouldn’t put anything away for the next decade, based on a goal of appreciation - especially when I couldn’t see and enjoy it in the interim.

    Mark Feld* of Heritage Auctions*Unless otherwise noted, my posts here represent my personal opinions.

  • jmlanzaf
    jmlanzaf Posts: 43,044 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited May 9, 2026 12:40AM
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    @MFeld said:

    @scubafuel said:
    @MFeld what coins would you pick to put away for the next decade if value appreciation was your goal?

    (You won’t be able to see them in the meantime so it doesn’t matter that much if you’re interested in the series)

    I realize that this isn’t an interesting answer. But I wouldn’t put anything away for the next decade, based on a goal of appreciation - especially when I couldn’t see and enjoy it in the interim.

    Actually, it's similar to my answer above, so it is fascinating! Lol.The real issue is what the OP wants the question to be. As asked, it could be one of two things.

    The way it was phrased, everyone is assuming he's asking about investment value of the coins over a 10 year window. I think that's what he meant, in which case jail is an unnecessary distraction. The question could simply have been: what coins do you think have the greatest chance of appreciating over the next 10 years?

    The other way he could have meant it, in which case jail is relevant, if it wasn't about the monetary value of the coins but was about the coins themselves. What coins would you want waiting for you when you get out? Although, jail is still unfortunate because I would hope you wouldn't be most excited to get to your SDB upon release. [Although you never know around here. ]

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  • Walkerfan
    Walkerfan Posts: 10,391 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    I would keep believing in my Early Walkers and Seated dollars. ;)

    Sometimes, it’s better to be LUCKY than good. 🍀 🍺👍

    My Full Walker Registry Set (1916-1947):

    https://www.ngccoin.com/registry/competitive-sets/16292/

  • JohnnyCache
    JohnnyCache Posts: 1,920 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Given the results of todays auction at Sedwicks I'll take all the 1776 dated gold escudos I can get.
     
    LOT 1179
    MEXICO, Mexico City, gold bust 4 escudos, Charles III, 1776 FM, PCGS AU53, finest and only example i
    Image 1 : MEXICO, Mexico City, gold bust 4 escudos, Charles III, 1776 FM, PCGS AU53, finest and only example iImage 2 : MEXICO, Mexico City, gold bust 4 escudos, Charles III, 1776 FM, PCGS AU53, finest and only example
    SOLD
    20,000.00USD

    • buyer's premium (4,000.00)
      Total $24,0000

    Lot 1194
    MEXICO, Mexico City, gold bust 1 escudo, Charles III, 1776 FM, inward-facing mintmark and assayer, P
    Image 1 : MEXICO, Mexico City, gold bust 1 escudo, Charles III, 1776 FM, inward-facing mintmark and assayer. PCGS AU55, "top pop," ex-August. Cal-1394; KM-118.2; Fr-36. Light yellow color with ample luster, bold full rims, minor marks and natural flan-warp, popular date for U.S. collectors, currently tied with one other for finest in the PCGS census, with only two finer at NGC. Pedigreed to the Richard August Collection (Stack's Bowers auction of August 2025, lot 41316).
    SOLD
    13,000.00USD

    • buyer's premium (2,600.00)
      Total $15,600
  • scubafuel
    scubafuel Posts: 2,080 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited May 9, 2026 8:47AM
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    That 1776 escudo sold for $2400 at Stacks last year.

    Less than the buyer's premium at this sale!

  • rte592
    rte592 Posts: 2,234 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    The smart don't get caught or are government connected... maybe you're doing it wrong?

  • hedgefundtradingdesk
    hedgefundtradingdesk Posts: 100 ✭✭✭
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    Wouldn't fit in the SDB but definitely could be buried:

  • MICHAELDIXON
    MICHAELDIXON Posts: 6,756 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    At my age, in 10 years, I wouldn't be alive to dig the coin up!

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  • MrEureka
    MrEureka Posts: 24,777 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    @scubafuel said:
    That 1776 escudo sold for $2400 at Stacks last year.

    Less than the buyer's premium at this sale!

    So if that’s what can happen in one year, imagine how much money you could make serving a 10 year sentence!

    Andy Lustig

    Doggedly collecting coins of the Central American Republic.

    Visit the Society of US Pattern Collectors at USPatterns.com.
  • pruebas
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    Important medals!

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  • PeakRarities
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    Ummmm….pioneer and early gold. (Shocker coming from me, right? 😅)

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  • logger7
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    I remember there was an "adventures of superman" episode when I was a lot younger where an older guy was waiting out the statute of limitations so he could enjoy his loot finally. The punch line was the atomic clock being changed so he came out early.

    If you want to impress others impressive large coins, silver and gold in the condition census for the grade would be a neat consolation prize to losing years of one's life in the slammer.

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