If you could have, say 500K to start ANY series there is....

saintguru · April 30, 2007 8:25AM

Well....WHAT WOULD IT BE???

How would you do it?

Would you try to complete the set with any grades? Buy only a certain grade or higher and go for quality over quantity?

Darkmane · April 30, 2007 8:28AM

I'll cheat and say early dollars. Then move on to early halves. Then early quarters.

You get the point

Bochiman · April 30, 2007 8:33AM

Presidential dollars in MS65. I would then have $499,990 left over to play with

Rarity · April 30, 2007 8:35AM

I will buy S, P, D rare dates $10 Indian gold Eagle (1907 NM, 1908 D WM, 1913 S all in MS65)

eyoung429 · April 30, 2007 8:39AM

I would do a complete VAM collection in MS64. All years.

MrBluster · April 30, 2007 8:40AM

I would have fun completing a Barber Halve set.

DesertRat · April 30, 2007 8:45AM

A full set of GW errors in MS67?

You're right, I might need more money

Barndog · April 30, 2007 8:48AM

maybe then I would be able to get the PCGS MS-65 1837 Capped Bust Half Dime I have been wanting?

techeff · April 30, 2007 8:58AM

SBA's.

JZrarities · April 30, 2007 9:26AM

A Type Set. (if you can fudge and call that a 'series')

Early Coppers, Dollars and Gold...sigh.

roadrunner · April 30, 2007 9:39AM

Seated of course. The best specimens I could find. Not worried about completing any series.

roadrunner

Cladiator · April 30, 2007 9:40AM

A date set of early half dimes. Target grade would be eye appealing AU. With 500K I think it would actually be possible. Only exceptions I'd need to make would be dropping the target grade a bit on the 1792 and 1802 (Maybe down to a nice crusty VF).

1792
1794
1795
1796
1797
1800
1801
1802
1803
1805

fc · April 30, 2007 9:41AM

if i had that much money collecting coins would no longer be fun.
just another rich guy/gal going out buying everything they see
and putting it into the pile of all the rest of their fabulously nice stuff.

seems to easy then.

jpo1965 · April 30, 2007 9:42AM

us patterns just one coin the 1874 bickford eagle ummmmmm

busco69 · April 30, 2007 9:45AM

I think I would try seated quarters.Allthough a full set would be very tough to say the least.

aballein · April 30, 2007 9:52AM

shiny lincolns

Doogy · April 30, 2007 9:54AM

the finest known British Crown collection, from 1800-1915

Russ · April 30, 2007 9:56AM

Marty would never win another eBay auction for sealed boxes of proof and SMS sets.

Russ, NCNE

richardshipp · April 30, 2007 9:58AM

Well you could buy $ 0.01 face value of a certain Liberty Nickel.

Colquhoun · April 30, 2007 9:58AM

Trimes and 3 cent nickels

wonderfully interesting and undervalued.

Russ · April 30, 2007 10:01AM

<< <i>Well you could buy $ 0.01 face value of a certain Liberty Nickel. >>

Actually, that would be .005 of face value.

Russ, NCNE

SanctionII · April 30, 2007 10:02AM

If I was ever lucky enough to come into $500K I would not put it into coins (well maybe a little bit would go into coins). The bulk of the cash would be used for paying for various long term expense (college tuition for the little Sanctions) and for a contribution to my portfolio.

Coin money is by definition "discretionary" funds used for enjoyment of the hobby and not for "investment" purposes.

However, make my windfall $50 million and I might just drop a half million on coins. I would be tempted to buy every PCGS and NGC 1950 Proof CAM or DCAM Frankie I could get my grubby little hands on.

tradedollarnut · April 30, 2007 10:03AM

You could do a very nice MS64-65 trade dollar set for about that amount.... if you can find the coins!

LindeDad · April 30, 2007 10:08AM

I might be able to finish this the way I would really like it to be.

United States Half Dollars Date Set, Circulation Strikes (1794-Present)

SanctionII · April 30, 2007 10:09AM

In addition to 1950 CAM/DCAM Frankies, I would be tempted to try to buy every DCAM Accented Hair 1964 Proof Kennedy, every non AH 1964 DCAM Proof Kennedy graded 67 or higher, and every 1965, 66 and 67 DCAM SMS Kennedy.

I do not know if my half million would be enough to buy all of the Frankies and Kennedies mentioned above.

saintguru · April 30, 2007 10:09AM

I'd like to do a set of Early Halves but I think I'd need anpther $1.5 million.

TwoSides2aCoin · April 30, 2007 10:16AM

MS-64 in this series would be a happy place for me.

RYK · April 30, 2007 10:17AM

Complete Dahlonega series in choice AU.

Aegis3 · April 30, 2007 10:18AM

As many Higley coppers as I could get.

speety · April 30, 2007 11:07AM

I'd buy the XF 1870-s seated dollar and an xf/au 1851. Then my seated dollar collection would be mostly complete except for a 52, 70-cc, 72-cc and a couple of the 'common' dates.

MORGANHUNTER2 · April 30, 2007 11:10AM

500K huh, provided my wife would let me get my gonads out of her purse- I would go after a complete set of Morgans in 64/65.

Yes completely graded by only the best.

SmallEagle · April 30, 2007 11:34AM

I'd buy a mint state 1792 Half Disme to get my 18th century type set off on a good footing.

DoubleEagle59 · April 30, 2007 11:50AM

Sorry....I love coins but if I had half a mil lying around I'd sink it all into gold bullion and sleep like a baby at night!!

clw54 · April 30, 2007 12:42PM

Half eagles maybe

If you could have, say 500K to start ANY series there is....

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