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Valued Member
United States
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I generally buy what I find available. I guess if you are buying online or you live in a large city, then everything is available, but if not, then just collect as you come across something nice.
Are you still collecting slabbed coins for your 7070? Do you have a minimum grade for the gold?
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I agree with Gyrene, save for the big coins, but if a really good deal comes along then buy the good deal.
I started my gold page last December. I still need four more coins, $10 Indian, $5 Indian and the two one dollar coins. I keep saving for the $10 Indian .. but other coins keep coming along. Now if a really good deal came along on a 1932 $10 Indian .. then I would pull money from other sources to get it.
I almost bought a $5 Indian today .. but there was a Grant and Illinois half dollar, both kept staring at me .. saying take me home .. take me home .. so I did.
That puts me back a few weeks of getting the $10 Indian ..
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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i voted "other" as in too expensive for me
Retired USAF 1983-2003
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Valued Member
United States
305 Posts |
 With lower denominations first |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
5855 Posts |
Get the higher denominations now before the cost of gold makes them too expensive.
Of course, after I did that the price of gold dropped a couple of hundred dollars...
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Personally, I'm waiting nearly indefinitely. I polan on doing it, absolutely. But with the economy so far behind Gold prices, it's not economic of my time (value of hours worked = $) to buy gold righ tnow. Either the economy needs to recover, Gold come down, or I strike it rich.
I have one $2.5 to not have a blank page, and thats where I'm sitting for now.
If I were to do it right now, I would try to start with $10 and $20 peices. Get the biggest ones out of the way. Like starting with the Key of a series and working back from that.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Plus with the large denominations, isn't there less of a mark up value?
The only hesitation I would have with gold is, if the price gets below $1,000 per ounce, then the value of the gold coins will come down quite a bit, since most sell near bullion price, right now.
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Valued Member
United States
294 Posts |
Thanks for answering my question, regarding "7070;" much appreciated!
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Rest in Peace
United States
10625 Posts |
 to CCF Aron Green. |
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Rest in Peace
United States
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My next move would be to purchase the indian half eagle. Not only because I am partial to half eagles and the indian is my favorite gold coin; but also since you already have the liberty, you could complete the "half eagle" portion of the type set. Still semi-affordable and you get a decent chunk of gold for your buck. I think the best balance of grade vs. value is right around the AU-58 area for the gold type set. JIMHO.
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Valued Member
United States
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Save for the bigger ones first. I did my page about 5 years ago. I couldn't do it now ..so who knows where gold will be in the 17 months it will take you to finish your page.
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Pillar of the Community
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I was going to strive for an MS-60+ gold page, but...I may aim a little lower to include AU55+.
Eye appeal is going to be the deciding factor.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Nothing wrong with nice AU55+ coins. You can get them closer to bullion value and they still have a nice look to them.
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Valued Member
United States
291 Posts |
I'd go MS for a slabbed set, but AU for an Album.
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