If your entire numismatic budget was $1000 a year, what would you collect?

MrEureka · April 7, 2003 10:35AM

If your entire numismatic budget was $1000 a year, what would you collect?

I'd probably collect Mexican hacienda tokens.

But if I was forced to collect US instead, I think I'd collect 1866 shield nickels by die variety and die state. Yes, I'm serious.

kieferscoins · April 7, 2003 10:38AM

Old slabs. You can pick may up in dealer junk slab boxes for $10-30.

Cameron Kiefer

Russ · April 7, 2003 10:39AM

Accented Hair Kennedy halves.

Russ, NCNE

jonesy · April 7, 2003 10:40AM

Circulated Buffalo nickels!!!!
Glenn

DCAMFranklin · April 7, 2003 10:48AM

How about some of these?

LINK

This seller has a whole group of PCGS & NGC CAMEO Liberty Nickels available with a $5.00 start and NO Reserve. Man, that is a great looking coin!

dbldie55 · April 7, 2003 10:56AM

More than I do now.

STEWARTBLAYNUMIS · April 7, 2003 10:58AM

Lincoln cents....Lincoln cents and more Lincoln cents

nwcs · April 7, 2003 10:59AM

Until this past year, mine would never even reach $1000. Now I think I'm tooling it way back down. So what would I collect? Raw mercs and lincolns and jeffs (already got roosevelts) as they are cheap. And if you keep them unslabbed, even cheaper.

FrattLaw · April 7, 2003 11:17AM

Toned Raw Roosies -- they are cheap and relatively easy to find. I've got one set finished and in upgrade mode as add to my second set. Found several this weekend and I think I paid $5 for 4 coins. No idea if they are FT and I don't really care.

Or if you don't like sets, I would collect various toned coins. I always manage to find really interesting raw toned coins for cheap prices at shows. I got a 1984 D Kennedy with the wildest rainbow rim toning on a CN for a $1.25 this weekend as well. I doubt if its AT, but who knows. We'll see what ANACS says.

Michael

Android · April 7, 2003 11:17AM

Probably full torch Roosevelt dimes.

Andy

airplanenut · April 7, 2003 11:21AM

<< <i>More than I do now.

>>

Great minds think alike

hookooekoo · April 7, 2003 11:24AM

What do you mean "IF"?

Edit:
I'm working on a "buget" U.S. Type set. Average coin currently valued at about $25.

topstuf · April 7, 2003 11:25AM

Welfare....

Actually, probably about one Fine bust dollar per year.

Coinosaurus · April 7, 2003 11:31AM

I started in 1991 collecting seated quarters on $1000/year & I'm still at it 12 years later. Fortunately my budget is somewhat larger these days

Even at $1000/year there would still be stuff to go after in this series - seated coinage is not quite 100% classified by die varieties, but it will get there at some point & a lot of sleepers will come out.

RYK · April 7, 2003 11:36AM

Bust halves

PhillyJoe · April 7, 2003 11:51AM

I collect the same as you-know-who. Currently, my $1,000 a year budget means I can't buy another Accented Hair until 2012.

BTW, Russ: Bite me !

Joe

Bustman · April 7, 2003 12:04PM

au bust halves!

ursabear · April 7, 2003 12:10PM

Dollar coins in high MS, working my way back from 2002.

MS68 · April 7, 2003 12:13PM

Better job offers.

Russ · April 7, 2003 12:16PM

<< <i>BTW, Russ: Bite me ! >>

Hey Joe,

Did you catch my population report?

Russ, NCNE

Nic · April 7, 2003 12:27PM

Thanks for the laugh David. K

relayer · April 7, 2003 12:44PM

If my budget was $1000 a year, I could collect nicer coins

EVillageProwler · April 7, 2003 1:07PM

Nice, original circ Capped Bust coinage. I'd start with quarters by Browning/Breen die marriages and dimes by JR die marriages. As I approach the end with one of them, I'd start on others: halves (by Overton), then half dimes (by L-M). I figure after about 20 years, I can start on low grade (VF and lower) Seated dollars in nice, original condition.

With only $1K/yr, I'd never be able to afford the key dates, but I may be able to cherry a rare variety!

EVP

JamminJ · April 7, 2003 1:45PM

Hey there,

I think I'd go with proof Jefferson nickels. A few tougher coins in the early years but plenty of common ones so that my collecting would not consist of 364 days of saving and 1 day of new coins. Alos offers a reonable time to complete.

-JamminJ

ARCO · April 7, 2003 2:05PM

Barber halves in VG10 and Fine...just like I do now.

Tyler

jcping · April 7, 2003 2:43PM

XF to AU Standing Liberty Quarters

satootoko · April 7, 2003 3:15PM

I'd use half to buy uncirculated bank rolls of US pennies

, and the other half to buy uncirculated bank rolls of ¥1s.

Imagine all the bright copper plating and bright aluminum I'd have in a decade or so.

MacCrimmon · April 7, 2003 3:33PM

Swiss half francs (1850-date) in gem unc.....nice set in 4-5 years.

oreville · April 7, 2003 6:09PM

Hmmm...half in old books and auction catalogues so I can continue buying them including old Red books, etc.

The other half for $500....hmmmm....

Any patterns for $500?????

Any patterns for $500?????

Any patterns for $500?????

You get the pattern.

In reality, I would probably would go back to my childhood collecting ways of buying the finest BU rolls i could find mixed in with nice circulated coins in junk boxes at shows and dealers some old slabs and even nice pre civil war coins that are holed and cheap. That was the way I used to collect and I had a blast. In fact, I recently bought three rolls of Good to Very Fine Liberty Head nickels at $13.50 a roll and I am going to have a blast with them after April 15th!!!

Baley · April 7, 2003 6:18PM

I'd probably put together circulated 19th century type sets, focusing on bust and seated coins in very good through very fine.

islemangu · April 7, 2003 8:09PM

anacs slabbed circulated buffalo nickels

Higashiyama · April 7, 2003 8:21PM

Very carefully selected classic commems. You could acquire 3 - 4 per year and complete most of the set in a decade. Hawaiian, Missouri, etc would be a bit of a challenge with this budget.

1956Quarter · April 7, 2003 9:10PM

RAW MS_65 FRANKLINS!!!!!

Ljr1964 · April 7, 2003 10:19PM

That Beauty is now $565.00 with 6 days 15 hours to go. At that rate, you might own a nickel a year. It's nice though.

Trime · April 7, 2003 10:48PM

AU LSHD, 3CS or 3CN

Steve27 · April 7, 2003 11:07PM

I'd collect about $1000 worth of coins.

goose3 · April 7, 2003 11:25PM

I'd buy a few 2-300.00 key date coins which is kinda what I do now except for an occasional outburst like in the link below my mustang.

Conder101 · April 8, 2003 12:45AM

I'd probably keep on buying what I am right now. Slab varieties and Conder tokens. $1000 goes a long way when your buying 200 year old UNC (sometimes red) large cent sized coppers that are often under $60 each. AU and XF pieces are even a lot cheaper and still really nice. If I buy XF's I can pick up 5 to 7 pieces a month and stay under $1000 a year.

tjkillian · April 8, 2003 1:53AM

Uncirculated indian cents. Only a one year would I need to save up for: 1877.

Tom

coachleonard · April 8, 2003 2:01AM

I want a 1793 chain cent and i want it now! Of course, even at $1000 it would have to be a REALLY worn one.

dorkkarl · April 8, 2003 2:06AM

vintage coin books & auction catalogs

K S

baccaruda · April 8, 2003 2:13AM

$1,000. i wish.

Jeffersons, you could build 3 nice MS sets with that money.

DoubleDime · April 8, 2003 3:12AM

I think I would finish my Barber Quarter set and pick up a couple of Canadian Commemorative Silver Dollars I need. Then I would continue working on my one per country collection.

halfnut · April 8, 2003 3:39AM

I would collect what I collect right now MS66 Kennedys - I collect them in 66 because i'm a budget that's less then 1000.00. a year.

baccaruda · April 8, 2003 3:45AM

DoubleDime -

I'm doing that "1 from each country" thing too (i think you gave me the idea) albeit very slowly. I have maybe 5-6 right now.

Vatican City, Peru, South Africa, Portugal, England, and Canada i think so far.

now there's a great idea for the $1,000 per year budget - foreign coins are CHEAP (for the most part).

If your entire numismatic budget was $1000 a year, what would you collect?

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