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Have you ever considered cornering the market in a coin?

I am strongly considering it, just for the fun of it. Of course, I will not tell you what it is until I have most of them.

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Didn't wanna get me no trade
Never want to be like papa
Working for the boss every night and day
--"Happy", by the Rolling Stones (1972)
Russ, NCNE
It was a one time, and short, conversation so I don't know how that worked out for him. Maybe he still owns most of them?
collections: Maryland related coins & exonumia, 7070 Type set, and Video Arcade Tokens.
The Low Budget Y2K Registry Set
Didn't wanna get me no trade
Never want to be like papa
Working for the boss every night and day
--"Happy", by the Rolling Stones (1972)
Badger
Link to 1950 - 1964 Proof Registry Set
1938 - 1964 Proof Jeffersons w/ Varieties
Sorry, you are not my type.
The Whisker Cheek Collection - Top 50 Peace VAM Registry
Landmark Buffalo Collection
Looking at the '05 redbook there are several coins you could do it with. Check out the 1880 through 1890 seated half dollars. Mintages in the 5k to 10k range, with prices at averaging maybe $500 each. $2.5 million would take 'em all, if you could do it quickly and quietly enough.
--Severian the Lame
Joe
Dennis
PS please don't tell this I got this from Uncle Scrooge
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None of your beeswax.
Here's a warning parable for coin collectors...
-g
I'd give you the world, just because...
Speak to me of loved ones, favorite places and things, loves lost and gained, tears shed for joy and sorrow, of when I see the sparkle in your eye ...
and the blackness when the dream dies, of lovers, fools, adventurers and kings while I sip my wine and contemplate the Chi.
I thought about hoarding D/S Buffalo Nickels.
Great transactions with oih82w8, JasonGaming, Moose1913.
Apropos of the coin posse/aka caca: "The longer he spoke of his honor, the tighter I held to my purse."
on nice attractive '69 quarters. Attempting it was very instructional. The amount of
work and the logistics and tactics of this were all tremendous. Obviously it was a mis-
erable failure except for the lessons learned and the people met.
The only coins of which I have a significant percentage of the number available are
a couple of varieties which were released in this area. Neither is well known but one
should be popular someday.
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Experience the World through Numismatics...it's more than you can imagine.
I've got 3 after 6 months of looking.
Steve
Semper ubi sub ubi
Anyone need ballest
W.C. Fields
NEVER! If you were dog it would be like chasing your tail. The more coins you take off the market the higher that price goes. The more coins you put back on the market the lower the price goes. PLUS you are putting a lot of your eggs in one basket.
Diversity is the cornerstone of good collection and, more often than not, a better, less risky investment.
Tom
Coin's for sale/trade.
Tom Pilitowski
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My specialty doesn't afford me the opportunity to corner any one of them - far too many minted to even consider it.
The Lincoln cent store:
http://www.lincolncent.com
My numismatic art work:
http://www.cdaughtrey.com
USAF veteran, 1986-1996 :: support our troops - the American way.
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1854-O Huge O 25c. PCGS population of twelve coins. I bet in five years, if someone wanted to, they could get half of them.
Would something similar to this work?
Tyler
Beats me, but it sure seems like a lot of work. I would rather start with a coin with a PCGS population of under 20 and try to buy half of them.
<< <i>I'm hoarding all the 1964 Peace dollars
You're in China too?
-g
I'd give you the world, just because...
Speak to me of loved ones, favorite places and things, loves lost and gained, tears shed for joy and sorrow, of when I see the sparkle in your eye ...
and the blackness when the dream dies, of lovers, fools, adventurers and kings while I sip my wine and contemplate the Chi.
<< <i>What if you picked something with like a population of 50 or so certified coins. Then you buy about 5 of them. Then you crack them out and resubmit them each about 10 times and don't turn in the tags. Now everybody thinks the population is going up and the prices go down. Then you advertise to pay the 25% less than the original price (i.e. the price before you resubmitted the coins) and buy them up. Then you turn in the tags and the pop goes back down.
Would something similar to this work? >>
Evil!
I like it!
-g
I'd give you the world, just because...
Speak to me of loved ones, favorite places and things, loves lost and gained, tears shed for joy and sorrow, of when I see the sparkle in your eye ...
and the blackness when the dream dies, of lovers, fools, adventurers and kings while I sip my wine and contemplate the Chi.
<< <i>At one point, had 100% of the known population of a certain bust half die variety. Then, a few months later, 50%. Now down to 33 1/3%, oh, where will it end?
Now, why don't you just tell us exactly which Bust Half die variety you have accumulated? I am suspicious you had the only six copies, sold three leaving you with 50% of six, and then sold another one leaving you with two of the original six whic would be 33 1/3% of your original six. In any case it sounds like I need one of your coins.
I do have the "market cornered" on this variety of 1944 DDO lincoln cent.
Funny I feel no different than I did before I realized this fact.
Sumdunce