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Valued Member
United States
167 Posts |
The most I've spent so far is 326.00 for the 9 piece 1999 silver proof set, however I know I'll break that record especially when going after 1996 Prestige proof set.
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Valued Member
United States
218 Posts |
For me the most was $129.00 for a high G to low F 1921-D Walker to complete my set.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
1152 Posts |
The most I have ever spent was $205.00 Canadian for a 1871 P.E.I. specimen penny (like the one in ndgoflo's avatar) graded SP-60. It is worth around $1000.00 so was well worth it, and luckily I dont have to sell it any time soon.
Andrew
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Formerly nancyc
Australia
5385 Posts |
$200 for a 1934/35 Melbourne Centenary florin - about 10 yrs ago.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1083 Posts |
$375 for a Seated Liberty dollar. Guess that is pretty paltry compared tp other here. I have individual coins that are worth three times that amount, but they were inherited. |
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Rest in Peace
United States
3730 Posts |
I paid $504 for the 2006 Proof Gold Buffalo.
Paid $350 for a St. Gaudens Double Eagle.
My most expensive purchase when I was young was a BU 1900 $5 Gold Piece. Cost me under $30. Gold was $35 an ounce back then.
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05/26/2007 11:52 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
2217 Posts |
So far it's the Nelson Mandela Millennium Icons coin of 250 Somalian Shillings, largely silver, proof.. I managed to get it for £12.00 so I think this is still less than $25?
However, I have bought LOTS of coins, all of them relatively cheap and usually "in bulk" to save on post of coins. I am yet to move up to the 'big league' and start buying some of the larger 'investment coins'....but just give it time :)
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06/28/2007 08:05 am
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
5953 Posts |
I have been trading silver and some gold for a number of years in order to buy four coins. Two coins have bee been purchased for less than $1000 but the two left may have been under $1000 when I started saving but both are now in the multiples of thousands.
If I am really lucky I will be picking up a 1916D Merc in VF in August this will represent the most I have spent on a single coin and it will stay that way until I get enough funds to get my last MS 65 2 Cent coin the 1872
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3234 Posts |
Let's just say, that PCGS PF62Cameo 1870 Seated dollar wasn't cheap. The good news is that coin don't like like a "2" either! |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2540 Posts |
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Valued Member
United States
204 Posts |
I have yet to break the $100 barrier for one coin. I guess that's one reason I'll remain a collector and not an investor  ! I hope to talk my better half into letting me get a Saint (mid grade common date) as an investment, but it's going to be awhile before that happens. |
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  United States
23522 Posts |
I'm going to Baltimore Saturday, and unless I'm lucky my record will likely fall.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
819 Posts |
The most money I have spent on a single coin is US$90 for a James I Gunmoney halfcrown, May 1690.
The most money I have ever spent on a single purchase is $900. The coin shoppe offered me a notebook full of delicious pieces, book-price estimate $2600, so I figured about a third of that was worth it. Thank heavens for layaway. There's some Peruvian Reales coins, some of the old Ethiopian coins, and (my favourite) five pages of old Aussie predecimal silver.
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United States
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United States
40 Posts |
When I graduated college and started working a few years back, I went a little crazy with my newfound income and bought an 1849-C AU-53 gold dollar for $1200. I haven't spent even half that much on a coin since then.
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