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1. If you could go back to 1920 with 10,000 bucks, what would you buy?

   

   Discussion by TheLiberator · January 21, 2006 2:31AM · Home› U.S. Coin Forum

   I am only talking in terms of coins here. No real estate etc. Let's assume youcould then travel back into today witht he coins at today's market levels. So....what will it be?!

2. Re: If you could go back to 1920 with 10,000 bucks, what would you buy?

   

   Comment by BaronVonBaugh · January 22, 2006 1:03AM · Home› U.S. Coin Forum

   If I could do time travel. I would want to go back and get to know the first mint director. Arrange with him to get the first fifty coins struck everytime the dies are changed from every mint. Just keep doing it with every mint director. Go back once a year with gold bricks to pay for all the coins plus an extra for the…

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   Comment by Outhaul · January 21, 2006 8:06AM · Home› U.S. Coin Forum

   In this order: The 1913 Lib nickels Dahlonega gold Territorial gold all the Saints I could after that

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   Comment by D · January 21, 2006 8:01AM · Home› U.S. Coin Forum

   1913 Liberty V Nickels, 1804 Dollars, 1884/1885 Trade Dollars, Chain Cents. Just one of each of these in BU condition today(Except the chain cent) would bring a much better return than investing in 20$ gold coins at the time. Not only would you not possibly damage the market on key date coins, but you'd have a much smaller…

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   Comment by JDelage · January 21, 2006 7:10AM · Home› U.S. Coin Forum

   << <i>This time travel is tricky stuff. >> The understatement of the centuries...

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   Comment by Russ · January 21, 2006 7:05AM · Home› U.S. Coin Forum

   << <i>I suppose one could find modern made products that were unavailable in 1920 and would fetch much more than $400. >> That's what I was thinking, but then you have all kinds of worries about upsetting timelines, paradox's, etc. This time travel is tricky stuff. Russ, NCNE

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   Comment by Russ · January 21, 2006 6:31AM · Home› U.S. Coin Forum

   Max, You're going to need to enable your PMs so I can respond. Russ, NCNE

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   Comment by thebestMAX · January 21, 2006 6:15AM · Home› U.S. Coin Forum

   << <i>So, where do we get this $10,000? . >> Like I said in my Novel.

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   Comment by thebestMAX · January 21, 2006 6:12AM · Home› U.S. Coin Forum

   << <i> once wrote a SciFi story about a time traveler who did exactly this. He could only invest money he earned then and hide his purchases to be found today. It was never published . . >> Heh, J, did you read this? How would you have solved that problem?

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    Comment by thebestMAX · January 21, 2006 5:48AM · Home› U.S. Coin Forum

    Yeah, Russ, but you know me. I am an ultra Conservative.