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So I know a guy who recently told me that his dad bought a $50,000 coin. He didn't know any details other then that. It got me wondering, if I had 50 g's to spend on coins I would probably complete my Morgans, and my Buffs, and be well into a third or forth set of one thing or another. BUT. If you had $50 grand on one coin, and only one coin, what would it be? If you already have spent $50k on one coin.  My answer is I would buy whatever 1790's Bust Dollar I could get in MS. |
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1793 US Half Cent This runs around 50,000 in the AU58 to MS61 range. If I had my arm twisted behind my back, and somebody gave me 50,000 to spend on one coin and had to pick one out, I think it would be the 1873 Half Cent. I always wanted one myself. It might be my favorite US coin, it is a 1 year type, low mintage, and the prices have been dropping lately. Real case scenario, I'll never own one, I don't think in any grade, unless I was forced to buy it under those circumstances with somebody elses money. 
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A Chain cent of any variety.
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may be a little short...   IN NECESSARIIS UNITAS - IN DUBIIS LIBERTAS - IN OMNIBUS CARITAS THE MAN IN THE ARENA, Theodore Roosevelt at the Sorbonne Paris on April 23, 1910: " It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself in a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat." My coin website: https://fairfaxcoins.com |
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As far as modern cents, one would think of the 1955 DDO. I want one but, how many could I get for $50k? (A: more than one) My answer is a 1969-S 1C DDO in MS. Edit: I'd also happily take one of these:  In Memory of Crazyb0 12-26-1951 to 7-27-2020
In Memory of Tootallious 3-31-1964 to 4-15-2020
In Memory of T-BOP 10-12-1949 to 1-19-2024
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05/23/2017 9:19 pm
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I will make an offer of $50,000 for this coin. List for $53,000, best offer.   |
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Give me an original Fat Head Half Eagle any day.
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Quote:may be a little short...  Never had $50,000 at all (in fact, my entire collection costs at least ten times less than that, and the US Classic part of my collection probably comes out to $200 or less). But if I had to spend that much on one coin, I'd rather have it be a really large gold. So this, if it fits in $50,000, or maybe a Californian $50 slug (again, if it fits in $50,000). Or just ignore the US classics entirely and get a bullion kilogram from somewhere (should just fit in the money). (If I had $50,000 to spend on an unlimited amount of coins, I probably won't buy much US classic at all. If I was limited to that category... probably also mostly gold, to be honest - something reasonably common from Charlotte and Dahlonega, and as much of the 7070 type set - including the gold page - as I can get for the remaining money.) |
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Knowing my coin collecting 'achievements', I would probably buy five thousand coins at $10 each... and then complain their value isn't going up  |
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"Two minutes ago I would have sold my chances for a tired dime." Fred Astaire
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Nice choice Coconutjoe~!! I would add $20 of my money to up the offer. |
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1943 Copper Cent or 1974 Aluminum Cent or 1894S Liberty Head Dime or 1959 Wheat back Cent or a new car.
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Since the limit is one coin it would come down to either a: -- 1793 Liberty Cap, Head Facing Left Half Cent probably low AU OR -- 1796 Draped Bust quarter, Small Eagle Reverse probably XF I need them both for my type set. |
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Posted 05/22/2017 11:40 pm
