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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
2217 Posts |
Old British ones..check out ebay.com for choice milled Pennies, Shillings, etc... |
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Valued Member
United States
255 Posts |
Buy the key dates. Generally buying the keys early and filling in the rest pays for th rest over time. If that makes any sense....
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Valued Member
Canada
82 Posts |
i think you should buy a couple old quarter ounce gold coins and spend the rest on silver coins being sold for their silver value.
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Valued Member
United States
58 Posts |
A nice 20 dollar St Gaudens or a 1894 P Morgan if you don't have one.
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Valued Member
United States
206 Posts |
I like coffeegod's idea.
I really enjoy hunting for certain coins that I need. Although, it's rare I have even half that much extra cash.
I wouldn't mind that 1889 cc Morgan at all..
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New Member
United States
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What is so special about the 1909-s vdb cent (newbee)
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Pillar of the Community
United States
6385 Posts |
Hi Coin101, The 1909-S VDB cent is generally considered the key date in the Lincoln Cent series. Lincolns are always popular, with most collectors starting out collecting them by date. Every Lincoln collector will eventually need the S-VDB and there are a LOT of Lincoln collectors. Also, with the Lincoln Cent being re-designed for 2009 (the 100-year anniversary of the coin) the popularity of the series is likely to increase even more. That could push prices even higher in the near future. Key Date + Popular Series = Valuable Coin! |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Personally, while coins have been a good investment lately, I would NOT look at coins as an investment. Buy them for your own enjoyment, and if they go up in value it's just an added bonus.
That being said, the key dates of popular series will always be popular. The 1909 s-vdb, 1916-d merc, 1893-s and 1889-cc morgans, you get the idea.
Exactly what I was thinking.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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i vote for the 1909-s vdb also
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Rest in Peace
United States
2668 Posts |
Choose something that will fit in your shotgun shells.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
666 Posts |
If I had $1500 to plop down...
from a this goes into my personal collection standpoint,
I'd buy the best 95-O dime I could for my collection...
from an speculative investment standpoint
or I'd buy as many 82P no mintmark dimes as possible (somewhere between 4 and 7) as I've heard in a couple of different places that Whitman is considering adding that variety to their albums.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
5318 Posts |
The 1909-S vdb is a popular coin, and I generally don't think you can go wrong there. When I bought mine, I did a little research and noticed the MSRD grades had been especially pushed up in recent years. So I wonder about volatility in some price points, and would suggest a good "collector grade" (maybe VF-XF) vs. "investment grade".
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Pillar of the Community
United States
860 Posts |
The 1909 SVDB is a nice choice if one is patient and get a nice one for the grade. There are a lot of RB ones that are 90% red still, but the browning pattern is headed towards Ugly. I wouldn't sell the DDO short, the real 55/55, 72/72, and I think the 95/95 will be a winner 10 yrs from now. But, tell a non coin person about your nice 1909 SVDB, and they will probably be bored. Show them a 3 legged Buffalo and they will want a look! Although few have seen them, many know of them. Also the error is large enough to see even in a slab, and they can look nice all the way to lower grades. I vote for a slabbed 1937 D 3 legged Buffalo nickel :) Jim |
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Valued Member
United States
79 Posts |
I once read a book on investing in coins and the one thing I learned from it that stuck like glue was this...
A rare coin will always be rare and a common coin will always be common.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
860 Posts |
I wonder how the high (euro / low dollar) scenario is affecting the rare coin market. One would suspect that collectors that are euro based might be in the market more. The keys and semi-keys seem to have really had boosts in price and several coin publications are saying to buy them ( as they often do). But that is probably a different thread.
Jim
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Posted 03/24/2008 1:26 pm
