So if a time machine was invented...

GoldenEyeNumismatics · January 15, 2007 3:19AM

and you could only have one trip in time, what era would you go to.

I'd be in San Francisco in 1850. I'd pick up some nice territorials

ziggy29 · January 15, 2007 3:21AM

Maybe some of these places?

Russ · January 15, 2007 3:22AM

I would go back to 1967 and buy up all the 1965 through 1967 DCAM SMS coins I could find.

Russ, NCNE

ricko · January 15, 2007 3:22AM

I would select the period during the drafting of the Bill of Rights - and using my acquired knowledge, remove any dubious verbage concerning the concrete intent of those rights. (Oh yeah.. probably pick up a few coins too.) Cheers, RickO

flaminio · January 15, 2007 3:23AM

<< Maybe some of these places? >>

Or some of these places?

GoldenEyeNumismatics · January 15, 2007 3:23AM

<< I would go back to 1967 and buy up all the 1965 through 1967 DCAM SMS coins I could find.

Russ, NCNE >>

Thats a pretty boring adventure

GoldenEyeNumismatics · January 15, 2007 3:23AM

awww nuts, I thought this was a pretty original thread

ChuckC · January 15, 2007 3:27AM

Back to the first day of ordering of the 2006 SAE sets. just kiddin!

I've always wanted to take a trip to Denver in 1916

Russ · January 15, 2007 3:27AM

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Thats a pretty boring adventure >>

There's nothing boring about obscene profit.

Russ, NCNE

flaminio · January 15, 2007 3:32AM

Assuming the trip had to be used for numismatic pursuits, I'd travel to 1915 San Francisco and go to the Pan-Pac Expo, grabbing as many of those $50 slugs as I can.

Followup question: Since I doubt the fair would take my Mastercard, what's the cheapest way to get a sufficient quantity of period currency for this endeavor?

JoeLewis · January 15, 2007 3:38AM

1793. I'd pick up as many large cents as possible straight from the mint (via a bank I guess.)

The question is, what would I use to "buy" those large cents?

I guess I would have to find a job and work for them. But then again, would I really want to work in 1793?

sweetwilliet · January 15, 2007 3:41AM

1793. I'd pick up as many large cents as possible straight from the mint (via a bank I guess.)

The question is, what would I use to "buy" those large cents?

I guess I would have to find a job and work for them. But then again, would I really want to work in 1793?

Just take a few Sacagaweas or SBAs with you, I'm sure they'd work fine.

Tonedbuff · January 15, 2007 3:43AM

Heck, not hard to make money this way!
Just go back to the early 60's before it was announced that the dollar was coming off of the silver standard. Go to any large bank branch and order as many bags of silver dollars (and others if you want) as possible. Some folks went home with bags of UNC morgans and peace dollars at face...
It kills me to think my parents could have picked up a bag or two for me...

pharmer · January 15, 2007 3:48AM

Ancient Rome. "Dudes! Why you buryin your coins? You barely got an urn to wee in as it is!"

"Good futureman, so that Americans can come here in 2-3 thousand years and dig them up and sell them for $29.95 a dozen on eBay. K?"

PhillyJoe · January 15, 2007 3:52AM

For my first trip, I'd go to 1876 and scoop up a lot of Centennial coins, medals & memorabilia.

For my second trip, 1997, change my mind about passing on QualComm at $6/share and hold on for the run up to $800/share (even with splits, I believe) two years later.

Joe

Tonedbuff · January 15, 2007 4:03AM

Here is the tough question:
If you went back in time, what would you use to acquire these coins? How would you 'pay' for them????

Russ is about the only one who could reasonably answer that one... just bring a bunch of common half dollars from the same year he is going back to to pay for the good stuff!
But, colonial times, or even the 1800s?? What would you use to trade or pay?

Me, well, I'd bring a flashlight and convince them it was powerful future technology worth a fortune and trade it for its weight in gold coins...

TheNumish · January 15, 2007 4:12AM

You could just bring some pillar dollars with you.

lathmach · January 15, 2007 4:22AM

I'd go back to January of 1968.

Ray

WTCG · January 15, 2007 4:54AM

<< and you could only have one trip in time, what era would you go to.

I'd be in San Francisco in 1850. I'd pick up some nice territorials >>

Travelling back in time to 1850 San Francisco would be incredibly neat, but somebody who looks like me would be restricted from leaving a specially designated sixteen block area beginning on the corner of Stockton and Sutter Streets. That wouldn't be fun.

Hugegut · January 15, 2007 5:10AM

I'd go back to the 1780's and load up on colonials. Then for fun I'd jump ahead to the 1920's with my metal detector and hit some sites! Everywhere you'd try would be virgin, unsearched territory

hughesm1 · January 15, 2007 6:27AM

<< Here is the tough question: If you went back in time, what would you use to acquire these coins? How would you 'pay' for them???? >>

I'd take every CBH I owned, go to the mint in SF in 1884 and exchange them for newly minted silver dollars.

Tonedbuff · January 15, 2007 6:32AM

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<< Here is the tough question: If you went back in time, what would you use to acquire these coins? How would you 'pay' for them???? >>

I'd take every CBH I owned, go to the mint in SF in 1884 and exchange them for newly minted silver dollars. >>

There you go.
Tremendous opportunity for 'conditional' upgrades to your hearts content. I'd like to trade a bunch of G-VG morgans for nice shiny MS65+ ones of the same date.

Elcontador · January 15, 2007 6:37AM

I'd go back to 1901. Have several options here. Could go to the San Francisco mint and get two rolls of new quarters. Or, go to New Orleans mint and get two rolls of new halves.

I'd pay for them with a circulated 1901 S double eagle that's in the vault.

So if a time machine was invented...

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