Which coin would you never sell.

markglicker · March 19, 2005 11:03AM

I received an 1887 Morgan from my grandmother when I was 7 or 8, it would grade perhaps VG. I was fascinated by the coin then, and will keep it for the rest of my life.

DennisH · March 19, 2005 11:05AM

Every coin I have is for sale at one price or another... I just don't know what some of those prices are.

tlhoy · March 19, 2005 11:06AM

Please show pictures.

numonebuyer · March 19, 2005 11:08AM

I would not sell any Morgan that was considered to be the very best in any year/mint mark.

clw54 · March 19, 2005 11:10AM

<< <i>Please show pictures.

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Yea, verily. Coins from grandmothers, or other relatives, are the best coins of all. Personally, I enjoy seeing them.

airplanenut · March 19, 2005 11:18AM

Some of my coins have extreme sentimental value... for example, my 1859 Indian Head Cent (XF), 1835 half cent (corroded F/VF), and 1917 T1 SLQ (XF)... they will never be sold, even though one is leaving the album as soon as I crack out its upgrade.

Here's the T1...

haletj · March 19, 2005 11:18AM

I would never sell this. The only way I would give it up is if it was in a trade for a 65rd 20-s,24-s,25-s or 26-s.

Russ · March 19, 2005 11:19AM

<< <i>Every coin I have is for sale at one price or another... >>

Ditto.

Russ, NCNE

Stuart · March 19, 2005 11:20AM

<< Every coin I have is for sale at one price or another... >>

I agree, but sometimes the challenge is determining at what price they are each for sale...

mirabela · March 19, 2005 11:31AM

Never? Heck, if we're hungry they're all going before a lot of other things. I'd sell every last coin before pawning my banjo, for instance.

I know what you mean, though. I've got my grandfather's pocket piece, for example -- an 1896-O Morgan in AG3, slick and deeply orange, blue, and brown -- and the 7 bucks or so some stranger would give for it won't pry it loose from me until the cupboards are truly bare.

aknow · March 19, 2005 11:37AM

I found an 18s mercury dime in a bank roll as a kid in about 1963. It's ms64 and I'll never sell it
as it reminds me of times when I was carefree.
Dr. Steve

FatMan · March 19, 2005 11:42AM

A 1902-O $1 currently in F/VF. Was a pocket piece but I lost it couple of times so it has been moved to a zipper pocket in my wallet. Currently nearly all black from the contact with the leather. This is the coin that started it all for me. I found it in my Grandfather's dresser drawer back in 1993 when we had to sell my Grandparent's house after my Grandmother's passing. It has always facinated me as to why it was so important to him. He had no other coins and it was in a tray with some rings and his watch. I really would like to know but never will. The find re-ignited my interest in coin collecting that I had as a kid.

CoinResource · March 19, 2005 11:44AM

1900 Morgan I got as a kid. Its in VF. Worth 8 bucks > but a lot more to me.... looks cool too. -craig

jdimmick · March 19, 2005 12:00PM

An 1841 seated dime. It resides in a collection of dug items from my old metal detector days. One of my earliest better coin finds.

mgoodm3 · March 19, 2005 12:04PM

The coins that my grandmother gave to me. Not worth much, except sentimentally.

TommyType · March 19, 2005 12:22PM

When I first read the title, my thought was "No...All of my coins are expendable for the right price."

Then I read the comments, and realized I have one of those sentimental coins too. I remember my Mom having a silver dollar stuck in her jewelry box back when I was young. Every once in awhile, if one of the kids happened to be standing nearby, she'd pick it out and show it to us. We were in awe! The thing was HUGE. The fact that she said Grandpa gave it to her made it even more special.

Anyway, 30 or so years later when I told her I was getting into coin collecting, she gave it to me. "You'll probably appreciate this more than me". I took it, graded it, cataloged it, and mostly forgot about it. Mom passed away a few years ago. Wouldn't sell the coin for anything.

And heck, for a boring old circulated 1921D it has a certain character to it. Living in the jewelry box for that long didn't hurt her a bit.

Mercury · March 19, 2005 12:25PM

A couple of Buffalo nickles and wheat cents given to me by my Grandfathers best friend. Then are worth nada, but they started me on my way.

joeyuk · March 19, 2005 12:50PM

JrGMan2004 · March 19, 2005 12:51PM

<< <i>Every coin I have is for sale at one price or another... I just don't know what some of those prices are. >>

Colorfulcoins · March 19, 2005 2:42PM

My GSA CC Dollars that I bid on and won in the 1972 Sale.....1878, 1880, 1881, 1882, 1883, 1884, and 1885. I've since added the 1879, 1890 and 1890.

originalisbest · March 24, 2005 3:02PM

A gem 1944-D quarter I got in 1988 from my first boss, a coin dealer. An easy date in gem, but this one is special to me - a reminder of the great time I had working there Saturdays during the year, and all through the high school summers. Definitely a better gig than some of my friends'!

I learned a lot from him, and about myself working there; the coin will always stay with me as a reminder. It was 5 years ago that he passed away.

ddbird · March 24, 2005 3:05PM

I have a dateless SLQ that was my first coin...given to me by my mother who got it from her father. Later, My grandfather (mothers father) gave me most of his collection that he hadnt already passed down to his kids. That SLQ got me started, and I still have the exact one!

LincolnCentMan · March 24, 2005 3:08PM

You know.... on this one, I get more enjoyment out of looking at it than the meager amount of $ it would bring:

Pop: 36918 with 35049 "finer"

David

KurtHorn · March 24, 2005 3:15PM

I only have one coin that I will never sell. I once bought a junk box in Midland, TX while I was out on the road. I paid $200 for the whole box. I sold off $180 worth of bulk silver and was left with a dozen Indians. 3 rolls of assorted VF/XF common date buffs, and a ton of Lincolns including early S mints, plus 1 oddity. A 1904 H Newfoundland 20 cent piece. I was intrigued at the low mintage (75,000). I became very intrigued when I found out that very few survive in high grade. I thought this one would grade an EF 45. I gave it to ANACS and they graded it a problem free AU 55. Current Charlton Catalog list in AU 50 is $1500 Canadian or $3500 in MS 60. I figure the coin (retail) to be about $2000 Canadian or a little over $1600 U.S.

It's my best coin story and the reason I'll never sell it.

mgoodm3 · March 24, 2005 3:18PM

the coins that my grandmother gave me.

FullStepJeffs · March 24, 2005 3:39PM

The coins I acquired from my father when I was about 7 to start my collection... I offered them back a few years later for a price... lol

One of them is an 1892 Barber half... I think off the top of my head.

Steve

2ndCharter · March 24, 2005 10:44PM

For Christmas in 1957 (when I was all of 8 years old), my grandfather gave me a Blue Book and a 1802 large cent (since attributed as a S-242) which is what got me started in the hobby. He died the next year so these were my last Christmas presents from him. The coin grades VG with a few corrosion spots. Still got that Blue Book and that large cent and always will.

Hedger · March 24, 2005 11:09PM

I am so fed up with dealers now that I am not selling or buying except from other collectors here.

MadMonk · March 24, 2005 11:12PM

I don't know that I have any that I would never sell. To me. they all have their price. Now, the ones I have that are in the same league as my Icon coin, they will be much more expensive.

SilverSliver · March 24, 2005 11:23PM

I have a hard time parting with anything in my collection, but for the right price. Who knows.

The one coin I will not sell is a 1941 Washington Quarter that barely makes "Good". My older sister gave it to me about 20 years ago when I first started getting into collecting. She passed on two and half years ago.

ChangeInHistory · March 24, 2005 11:25PM

A handful of coins my uncle left to me. Seeing his collection got me started. A few coins include an AU 5 piece gold set, and a beat up 1853-O half dime. Nothing special other than they were the coins that gave me this 'disease'!

Shamika · March 24, 2005 11:32PM

I have a 1926-P Lincoln cent that my grandparents gave me 31 years ago. It was one of a group of coins that my grandfather collected from circulation. The other coins are of a more recent date and show circulation, but the 1926 is mint state so I'll keep it forever.

Fairlaneman · March 25, 2005 12:20AM

Never at any price.

ursabear · March 25, 2005 12:27AM

The modern Eagles I've put back for my kids - in their birth years... they'll only go to them when they're mature, and I wouldn't sell them if gold and silver were 10X their current prices.

Which coin would you never sell.

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