If you were 16??

TOMCATTOM · April 28, 2005 10:21AM

If you were 16 again, knowing what you now know, what would you have done different?? I was 16 in 1965. From a Red book dated 1964 I see where 1795 bust dollars were selling for $750 to $850 in uncirculated. now sell for $37,000 to $42,000. Maybe buy that 1907 extra high relief lettered edge $20 St Gaudens for $18,250 what it sold for in 1961. It sold in 2003 goldberg auction for $1,150.000. or perhaps several 1889 C.C. Morgans, uncirculated for $175.00 each. If only...............

p8nt · April 28, 2005 10:24AM

If I were 16 again.. Oh wait. I am 16

Betta285 · April 28, 2005 10:26AM

i'll be 16 for another 355 days

jim

RobJ · April 28, 2005 10:28AM

Sorry to hear you have a whole year left at 16 Ben.....I'll be 17 in a few weeks

And right now my 49 merc is #1, coins#2, and girls #3

RobJ · April 28, 2005 10:29AM

Oh!...HAPPY BIRTHDAY BEN

kieferscoins · April 28, 2005 10:33AM

A little less coins and more time chasing girls

Cameron Kiefer

hedgehog847 · April 28, 2005 10:34AM

If I were 16 again....I would date a HE77 of a lot more!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Goodness, the stuff I missed out on!!!!!

wayneme · April 28, 2005 10:36AM

if you had bought land back then what wouold it be worth or stocks hind sight is 20/20
my question is what should you buy now

anoldgoat · April 28, 2005 10:38AM

If I were 16 again

Cindy was her name

p8nt · April 28, 2005 10:42AM

Cameron, they put up a picture of the Olsen twins at my high school yesterday

Of course, they were reading..

BillJones · April 28, 2005 10:45AM

I'd sooner be 25 or 30 again. High school was not a good time for me.

I'd never want to live that period over again. The last couple of years of college plus the years of my youth when I had good jobs, were MUCH better.

LanLord · April 28, 2005 10:46AM

I would have given more thought to that streaking incident.

Never let my hair grow down to my arse.

saved more money.

Said no to drugs and alcohol.

I'm sure there's more, but those would certainly make me a different and better person.

wayneme · April 28, 2005 10:46AM

TOM
don't take my words wrong i know the feeling [ i'm about your age as a vet ] the bottomline is do it
but only do what you can afford if you can't keep it it ani't worth a thing

kieferscoins · April 28, 2005 10:49AM

<< <i>Cameron, they put up a picture of the Olsen twins at my high school yesterday

Of course, they were reading..

>>

Sounds like you go to a great school

Cameron Kiefer

MrEureka · April 28, 2005 10:50AM

To answer a slightly different question, if I were 16 today, knowing what I now know, I'd find something to collect that is obscure, cool, rare, cheap and for which there is little competition. A few examples: major cuds, Franklin Mint coins (not medals) and (although a good example, a bad idea) sample slabs. Anything else I bought would be for the purpose of resale.

kieferscoins · April 28, 2005 10:52AM

Sample slabs are my pick also! Also rarer slaab types that are harder to find today (I was 16 in 1998).

Cameron Kiefer

JimC · April 28, 2005 10:54AM

If I was 16 again knowing what I know now, they would be saying Jim Chandler instead of Bill Gates.HAHAHAHA

jim
move over gates

D · April 28, 2005 11:09AM

I manage to date and get coins, although, I'm 17, so maybe my recent 1916-D Merc purchase doesn't count

.

-Daniel

RKKay · April 28, 2005 11:15AM

<< <i>A little less coins and more time chasing girls

Cameron Kiefer >>

Amen, brother.

7summits · April 28, 2005 11:34AM

What, and have to do all that work all over again????????

Scavenger · April 28, 2005 11:51AM

Without hesitation I would say buy land, If you have to borrow the money from family members do it. Buy all the land that you can, and in thirty years- you will be very, very wealthy.

nwcs · April 28, 2005 11:54AM

Well, I was 16 in 1989. I'd have told myself not to buy a darn thing and wait for 2 years and then start buying coins.

Baley · April 28, 2005 11:59AM

Microsoft, Dell, EMC, Amgen, Genentech, Biogen, etc...............

MrEureka · April 28, 2005 1:28PM

Buy all the land that you can, and in thirty years- you will be very, very wealthy.

You're advocating an investment in dirt?

xbob · April 28, 2005 2:13PM

I still remember dating my sweet 16, her name was Melissa. I took her to the movies, holding hands, arm around her during the film, goodnight kisses on the porch. I still remember the movie title..... "Robots".

Right.... like many others, I would have done more dating and have more confidence getting dates.

When they became available - Maybe buy Yahoo, Microsoft, AOL, and Ebay stock. Then sell before the crash. As for coins....Also when available, I would have bought as many of those 1995 Gold Eagle sets as possible with the Silver Eagle W Mintmark proof in them. They shot up in value quickly. Maybe a truckful of 1999 Silver proof sets too. Not that silly '33 double eagle in 2002 -- that was a mistake.

Oh wait, I was 16 in 1983. I guess I would just be too immersed in video games to give a toot about anything else.

OKbustchaser · April 29, 2005 6:55AM

Are you kidding? I barely lived though it the first time; I sure wouldn't want to again.

Jim

scher · April 29, 2005 7:11AM

Im with Cameron...chase the girls...
Bruce Scher

razorface1027 · April 29, 2005 7:15AM

If you were 16??

I would've enlisted in the military to become a pilot while collecting coins.

Tom

Dennis88 · April 29, 2005 7:15AM

Please ask me that in at the end of August, 'cause I'm 17 then

Dennis

ddbird · April 29, 2005 7:16AM

Ill be 17 May 8th

I manage coins, girls, school, job, and a succesful portfolio...although these past few weeks have been brutal~

TOMCATTOM · April 29, 2005 7:35AM

I've been married for 33 years and still do not know how to manage my girl. If you have found the secret your a better man than I am. Suggestion: don't get all excited and tied up by girls. They want to possess you and show you off, like a nicely toned Morgan. Live happy and free at least till your 25, then settle down.

ddbird · April 29, 2005 7:43AM

This is true....

Merc · April 29, 2005 8:35AM

No regrets. I did what I could.

I think I did well in coins then. This was during the last big coin boom in 1989 when a common date MS65 Morgan was $500 then up to 800. I didn't have money for coins like that. I bought mostly coins for $5 or less at these little coin auctions at a large downtown dept store. I bought nice VG Barber halves for $2.50 and other interesting circulated coins.

lathmach · April 29, 2005 8:43AM

If I were 16 again I'd do a lot more hunting, fishing and chasing women.

Ray

carl · April 29, 2005 8:53AM

AHHH to be 16 again and know what I know now. Naturally buy land where there are shopping malls now. Buy cars then, fine a place for them and put them away for now. A 57 Chevy convertible wouldn't be built for a fews more years though. Buy stocks naturally but when I was 16 there was no Microsoft and lots of others so not sure what I would have bought. With coins, what a mistake. When I was 16 there was a famous game called lagging coins, liners or a few other names. The idea was to flip a coin, usually a penny, on a nice concrete sidewalk to see who was the closest to a line two squares away. We banged up lots and lots of Indian Cents and early Lincolns that way but they were common then. If I was 16 again I would stop each kid and check the cents and replace if a low mintage one with a common one. In 43 the steel cents were everywhere and I did accumulate about 25 rolls of them then. My dad used to give me a Silver Dollar almost every other day or so and naturally I spent them at an amusement park here but the girls that helped me spend them were worth it at the time. The amusement park and the girls are all gone now so now wish I still had the Silver Dollars. Most were Morgans as I remember. Naturally I would buy the Red Book, first edition, when it finally comes out but not for a while yet. Then I wouldn't be looking for editions 1 through 7 now. With no such thing as a computer I wouldn't be able to join this forum yet so none of you would read this.

09sVDB · April 29, 2005 9:51AM

not bought from Littleton!

If you were 16??

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