What Is Your Final Plan For Your Collection?

When I first started collecting it was my 5 year old's college fund hard at work, but since she has shown a real interest in coins and would love to just leave the coins to her for her to pass down to her kids and so forth

As for what I'd like ... well put it this way: There's a dealer I know who is a collector first and dealer second. And when he sells to me he says at least he knows it "goes to a good home".

Now that's pretty moving stuff, really. Point is (knowing just how attached one can become)... at life's end (or sooner), we'd also like to think that these same coins can continue being as much loved.

Yep, we're talking coins here, folks. You know, them flat, round things. But we all know it's so much more, and can't that easily be explained.

So bottom line here is; will leave for offspring to decide eventual outcome. If they keep them, that's cool. If perchance they sell them to some dealer that's okay. On the other hand, should they either give or sell to some-one who really appreciates this beautiful hobby then that's the ultimate, so then I can at least die smiling.

Let's see. All my black-box coins will go to my brother, but I won't tell him they are not real. With luck the security cameras will get a good picture of him when he tries to spend them. All my PCGS PR70's, I'll just drill a small hole through the case and the coin... Just kidding. I guess mine will go to my estate, be sold and the proceeds given to charity.

My kids get it all. They
can do with it as they please,
along with 300000+ old baseball
cards I've had for way to long.

I stopped collecting baseball
cards when the players went on
strike 15 or so years ago. Just
got to danged expensive.

I wish I could take my models collection
with me. Always liked putting those
thing together and painting them. They
have their room with the baseball cards.
The coins are housed in a different room.

Lets see its always been a dream in the family to have a family "treasure" it looks like it's up to me to fufill the dream and pass the "treasure" to each generenation until etheir someone is very stupid and sells it all or we all die in a massive heat wave

I have no children of my own; however, I've 2 sisters with kids and grandkids, but the only interest any of them have shown in my meager collection has been - how much are they worth - so, I suppose if I leave them to family, they'll soon be back in circulation.
Living in a very small town of 2,000, I've toyed with the idea of donating them to the local library with the stipulation that they will not be sold, and that they will be set up as a display, including coin facts, for public viewing. I think it would be a great educational tool for school children, as well as adults, to learn some history about U.S. coins. and, along with the history of U.S. coins, they would be learning a little history of our country as well. Of course, as I said, I've only toyed with the idea so far. I'm only 58, and I don't plan on checking out any time soon.

I plan on selling it all off as a part of my retirement. I won't be much but it should help a bit.