Box of 20 Help

NoPole · January 29, 2012 8:32AM

Okay so i'm thinking of starting a box of 20 but i'm having a hard time come up with ideas for the last few coins. Here is what I'm thinking of putting in my box of 20. All PCGS. I'm thinking under $10K for any coin. Let me know your thoughts.

Number Name Own Already?
1 RARE New Jersey Copper
2 High Grade Fetwanger or RARE
3 MS67 Cal Frac XXX
4 Chain Cent
5 MS67 Saint Gauden
6 Proof Gold
7 Pine Tree 1600's
8 Matte Proof Lincoln (Toned) XXX
9 Territorial Gold morman/Cal/private?
10 Proof Half or Large Cent
11 MS68 Morgan
12 MS67 Lincoln Commem XXX
13 MS67 Large Cent
14 1942 Cent Pattern
15 1877 Indian in MS
16 1955 DD Lincoln
17 Top 100 error coin
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SeattleSlammer · January 29, 2012 8:40AM

I'm not made of money so i'm thinking under $10K for any coin.

It's all relative. Many would consider your ability to spend up to 10k per coin X20 to mean that you may indeed be made of money.

Welcome to the forum! We'd all love to see some pics as the box comes together.

SeattleSlammer · January 29, 2012 8:43AM

Perhaps throw in a nice Trade $.

NoPole · January 29, 2012 8:43AM

$10K over the 30 years i'm going to be building this this is not as much as it sounds.....

derryb · January 29, 2012 9:09AM

1999 W $10 AGE struck with proof dies

Rampage · January 29, 2012 9:38AM

Here are a few specific coins to consider:

1) 1916 SLQ in the $10,000 range of the grading scale.
2) Early flowing hair bust coinage (e.g. half dime, half dollar, dollar, or one of each).
3) A nice Dahlonega or Charlotte gold coin.

DNADave · January 29, 2012 9:42AM

I think you need a nice 21 Peace Dollar in there. One year High Relief type.

RYK · January 29, 2012 9:47AM

I see very few sub-$10k coins on your list.

I would add a Dahlonega $5 in 63.

golfer72 · January 29, 2012 9:56AM

1916 Double Die Buffalo

golden · January 29, 2012 10:13AM

<< I see very few sub-$10k coins on your list.

I would add a Dahlonega $5 in 63. >>

messydesk · January 29, 2012 10:18AM

High Grade Pillar Dollar from the 1730s.
Matte Proof Buffalo nickel
MS Fugio

ColonialCoinUnion · January 29, 2012 10:35AM

<< I see very few sub-$10k coins on your list. >>

I see quite a few, IF the grade expectation isn't too high.

JA

TomB · January 29, 2012 10:35AM

Is your list made up of coins that you like? I can't tell, but at first glance it kind of has the feel of a list put together by picking expensive issues blindly out of a hat. Please realize I mean no offense regarding the contents of your list; I guess I am just not recognizing an underlying theme aside from expense.

NoPole · January 29, 2012 10:45AM

<< Is your list made up of coins that you like? I can't tell, but at first glance it kind of has the feel of a list put together by picking expensive issues blindly out of a hat. Please realize I mean no offense regarding the contents of your list; I guess I am just not recognizing an underlying theme aside from expense. >>

The theme is coin I like but a full range of coins try to hit major areas of coin i find interesting I'm trying to see what other people might suggest to finish my list.

bidask · January 29, 2012 11:00AM

couple of foreign crowns that traded in the colonies including at minimum a pillar dollar...maybe a silver rider....

TomB · January 29, 2012 11:06AM

<< 

<< Is your list made up of coins that you like? I can't tell, but at first glance it kind of has the feel of a list put together by picking expensive issues blindly out of a hat. Please realize I mean no offense regarding the contents of your list; I guess I am just not recognizing an underlying theme aside from expense. >>

The theme is coin I like but a full range of coins try to hit major areas of coin i find interesting I'm trying to see what other people might suggest to finish my list. >>

Thank you. I understand much better now. Given that request, I would suggest a high grade Seated half, a high grade Barber half and a matte and/or satin proof Buffalo nickel.

ambro51 · January 29, 2012 11:14AM

I like your list and would add a killer modern might be nice... What's that key date ASE? One of those top pop.

GrumpyEd · January 29, 2012 11:14AM

Assuming that completing the box of 20 is years away I would keep a couple slots open. Someday you'll be at a show at see a coin that makes you say WOW. It might be something you never would have planned for.

Justlooking · January 29, 2012 12:04PM

That's going to be one impressive box! The Mormon gold coins are fascinating, and I'd definitely have to have a Lincoln commemorative. I believe I'd throw in a high-grade 1909 S VDB just to say I had one.

MidLifeCrisis · January 29, 2012 12:25PM

<< Assuming that completing the box of 20 is years away I would keep a couple slots open. Someday you'll be at a show at see a coin that makes you say WOW. It might be something you never would have planned for. >>

Not only would I keep a couple of slots open, I would expect my current choices to change over time, if I were you.

steveben · January 29, 2012 12:44PM

18. 1917 type 1 SLQ
19. a $10 indian (1913-s comes to mind)
20. a twenty cent piece

there you go. you're done!

RedTiger · January 29, 2012 12:56PM

After reading the thread, I don't get it. The op has a list of 15 or so coins. Plans on spending $200k and 30 years on the project and some how needs to have a complete list today? Why? Some coins are likely to go way up in value, and some may go way down in value during the next ten years. Wouldn't that mean a different list, an evolving list, ten years from now? I tend to advocate process over specifics. How about starting with a core list of five to be bought during the next five years, and work on that for now. Then pick another five coins at that time. That kind of process seems like a much more realistic and smart way to proceed on what may be a 30 year long project.

It is one thing if a person is working on a particular set, such as a series date and mintmark set, or a die-variety set, or even a type set. It is another for these made up lists of 20 coins. Anything is fine as long as a person decides it is fine.

RYK · January 29, 2012 1:07PM

In my own experience, when you do not define your collection as a traditional set (ie. Whitman book of Merc dimes, capitol holder set of Indian quarter eagles, registry set of Saints, 1794 cents by die variety, etc.), the collecting goals do tend to evolve over time. While it is great to get input from other people, making decisions now for the next 30 years is not practical. I also think that there should be some unifying theme, one that you can articulate in a sentence or two, but it is not critical.

There are quite a few coins on the list that will cost more than $10k, especially if you want a pleasing one. The least expensive Mormon gold coin I have seen, for example, is in the $15k range.

Coinosaurus · January 29, 2012 1:12PM

<< While it is great to get input from other people, making decisions now for the next 30 years is not practical. >>

Wise words from a wise collector.

BryceM · January 29, 2012 1:30PM

Yeah, I don't get it. It would be easier to suggest something if your goals were more clear. Are you looking at stuff you like, or items that you think will be a good investment? At the moment I have roughly 4 or 5 hobbies fighitng for attention. I have one single hobby that I've held on to for more than 25 years and it isn't coin collecting (yet). Personally I don't have too much interest in most of what is on your list. As long as you like it, it doesn't matter, but I can't see much rhyme or reason to it.

How 'bout you start with one or two favorites and see what happens?

Sonorandesertrat · January 29, 2012 1:48PM

One coin per year, or less? How will you plan to maintain your interest in coins if you do this? Most collectors who don't make regular additions to their collections become ex-collectors.

messydesk · January 29, 2012 1:53PM

I think the OP is simply giving us an exercise to see how we'd round out the box of 20 proposed. If this is really a 30 year project, then it would be interesting to see how the initial proposed BoXX evolves, and if coins once bought become swapped out a decade later for something else that is more in favor with this specific collector.

NoPole · January 29, 2012 1:59PM

You guys are taking this to serously. I'm just looking for fun suggestions. I'm sure the list will change over time but its great to have a blueprint in pencil

Trime · January 29, 2012 5:50PM

If your wish list suits your collecting tastes then it is your list and right for you. We can't all want the same 20 coins as our prime collectables.There is nothing magical about 20 coins and no doubt your contents will change as will your wish list over 10 years.

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