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Australia
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I am a World (all cultures and centuries) and ancients collector.
With $20 to spend, it would be normal for me to go to to the dealers higher priced junk bins, provided that there were enough coins with wide variation to look through.
Most of my best buys over the last 30 years or so have come into my collection by this approach to collecting. Such an approach opens up the whole of numismatics to finding bargains.
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 United States
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Well, uh, I find it hard to find old coins for under $20. I guess I would buy... About 40 datless Buffalo nickles and preform an experiment on toining. |
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Canada
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With 20$ to spend I'd go to my local bank and get 10 customer rolls of nickles to sort. Otherwise anything silver.
Edited by Fixguy
03/06/2015 6:54 pm
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United States
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I'd go to Bangkok, exchange $20 for 650 baht, head down to the coin vendors outside the Pavilion of Regalia, Royal Decorations & Coins at the Grand Palace, and buy some Rama IX silver.
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United States
675 Posts |
I'd probably look through the junk silver at my LCS and pull out a couple Walkers that I need....
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United States
116 Posts |
For $20 I would probably look for a decent common date Barber half.
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United States
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United States
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Pillar of the Community
United States
9792 Posts |
"Buy the Book Before You Buy the Coin" - Aaron R. Feldman - "And read it" - Me 2013! ANA Life Member #3288 in good standing since 1981, ANS, Early American Coppers Member (EAC), Colonial Coin Collectors Club member (C4), Conder Token Collector Club member (CTCC), Civil War Token Society (CWTS) member, Liberty Seated Collectors Club (LSCC) & Numismatic Bibliomania Society member (NBS), USMex, Member in good standing, 2˘ variety collector. See my want page: http://goccf.com/t/140440 |
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United States
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Went into the coin shop yesterday with a limited budget. Looking for junk silver or silver eagles mainly. Junk was $12.50 per $1 face value. Only had dimes and quarters. Pulled 33 fairly nice merc's, 2 not so nice Barber dimes, and filled out a tube with the remainder of 1920's and 1930's dimes. $62.50 for a roll of dimes no tax. I like when I get to pick my coins out. The quarters were all Washington's and I'd picked at it last time I bought silver. Silver Eagles were $20 each out the door. 2015 eagles. $20 for an eagle out the door isn't bad at all, but when faced with the decision I purchased the Mercury dimes at $1.25 each. |
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