If Money Were No Object... A Numismatic Dream

I always wanted a 1964-D Jefferson nickel in VG-8 !
All kidding aside I would like a 1942/1 Mercury dime in MS-67 FSB .

I spent years assembling a U.S. Proof Type Set:

Proof Type Set

I'm very happy with the way it turned out overall, but I had to make several compromises. For one thing, there were certain types that were just prohibitively expensive to find in proof, such as the Half Cent, the Large Cent, the Flying Eagle cent and the Peace dollar. For another thing, I had to balance affordability with eye appeal, often settling for a lesser grade with better eye appeal instead of getting one that had both eye appeal and a high grade (there are numerous PF61 or PF62 examples in my collection).

So, yeah -- if money were no object, I would upgrade most of the coins in my set to higher grade examples with better eye appeal and also try add more types to round out the set. I don't see that every happening, of course, but that's OK. As I said earlier, I really am happy with how the set turned out.

If money is no object... why not own smithsonian coin museum for starters?

If money were no object...

I would build a second PCGS Ike set (which would be the third Ike set) and aim for the top of the registry.

Then I would do the same for the 7070.

If have not run out of funds yet, I would work my way through my Dansco collection, building a second set in PCGS.

Of course, the first thing I should do it fill the last six holes in my Dansco albums.

I have actually had a Pan Pac $50 pair sitting in the palms of my hands (both) at a major public auction view day.

I have examined rarer and more valuable coins, but they are museum pieces, almost from the day they were struck. Have never been available to obtain, irrespective of money being no object.

Is there a limit to how much here?
(Values are in New Zealand dollars worth 59 US cents)

First of all I would buy a Waitangi Crown (Very rare figure $4k for a VF one and $10k for a Proof UNC one ).

Next I would upgrade my entire NZ collection to AU for coins over $1000 and UNC/BU for those under it.

Next I would grind away at the UK buying all the Halfcrowns I could in the best possible condition, trying to get a complete run from 1544 to 1970.

Next I would do all the same for British coins from Fractional farthings to Crowns at least from 1662 onwards.

I am not that interested in Medieval and older or Gold coins (Gold coins are nightmare to store and insure)

Finally I would do the same for Australia, Canada and Fiji.

Dependent on money I had I would spend.

Clear Funds (Amount to spend on coins)

$10k ($1k half my credit card debt - whoopty doo!)

$100k ($30k - Have debts like Student loan and Mortgage to clear first)

$250k ($100k - the rest would make solvent and them some)

$1 million ($300k - Would like some work done on body, new car, better home and a world trip post Corona)

$5 million ($2 mil - once I have all the essentials , the rest is mine to invest)

$50 million ($5 - 10 mil, rest would go in investments and I would be doing philantrophic stuff in the ghettos)

$100 million or more - (10 - 20% of whatever total was, although surely by $10 million on coins, I would have every single coin I needed and a mansion to store them in, with 24/7 guard security!)

Yes