Opinion On Possible Coins To Purchase--Top Choices Of Forum Experts

1841 gold eagle—given to my grandmother on her birth
-1880s australia sovereign-inverted A for the most rare
—1754 spain 1/2 escudo for earliest date
—1893 worlds columbian expo with secret opium compartment—cool coin
—1962 panama 1/2 balboa—neat looking coin
—1946 swiss 2 francs—a beauty
—1799 liberty dollar—
—st Gaudens for the sheer beauty of the coin

Buy all the 1913 Liberty Head Nickels you can.
If you just want to buy coins that are sort of valuable yet not out of reason, money wise, just look for coins like the 1916D Mercury dime. Or the famous 1909S VDB Lincoln Cent. Try for coins that are rather popular. Another would be the 1955 doubled die Lincoln Cent.

U.S. patterns are rare and exotic. They are not widely available and very expensive, but still very interesting and some very beautiful.

Jcarl
1913 nickel—just barely out of my price range!!

That's a very interesting list you posted!

My conclusions:
- You're attracted to gold and silver
- So far, your coins are all "modern" (variously reckoned as post-1500 or post-1600), and U.S. or European
- You pick based on eye appeal and/or unusual features/stories.

A couple of ideas (also aligned with Finn235's suggestion):
- You have a U.S. gold coin from your grandmother's birthyear (and at 1841, either you meant your great-grandmother, or you were born to parents who were pretty well along in age). Why not extend that theme with a special coin from your mom or dad's birth year (or both) and your own? Maybe gold, maybe a high grade silver coin. I have partial U.S. year sets for the year my grandfather arrived in the U.S. (1907) and my mom and dad's birthyear (1923). As luck would have it, all the U.S. types changed over between those years.

- Extend your collection backward in time from the 1700s with a nice European thaler from the 1600s. There are a lot of CCF members who collect these and can give you advice. Or, you can stretch your budget by looking for a fraction of a thaler, which usually cost less, but can still have great eye appeal. If you continue backwards with a "one from each century" collection, you have lots of opportunities for cool coins with historical figures: like a Henry VIII or Phillip IV silver for the 1500s ($200-300 would get you either in a nice grade), a Ferdinand and Isabella coin for the 1400s, an historical gold florin or Venetian ducat for the 1300s (maybe $400 to 500), then maybe medieval Islamic gold?

Ah, that makes more sense! Still, since this is one of the OPs favorite coins, I hope the birthyear concept will be considered. I remember having fun acquiring high grade Barber silvers and one gold for 1907 (pre-2005, back when gold was cheap). The 1923 set was tougher as the half in high grade is semi-key (I settled on a F-VF), and for gold there is only the $20.

Was looking through an auction list, and thought of this discussion Imag8r.

Just in case the "one from each century" idea struck a chord, here is medieval Venetian gold where the bidding is currently at a reasonable price. No telling where it will go, but at least it's in dollars rather than euros.
https://www.cNGCoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=367830

Thanks everyone for suggestions—i have also talked with couple dealers and get impression alot people stick with one or two areas of coins like foreign or US or even more detailed than that—i kind of like to have a little of everything I guess