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Canada
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If you had to liquidate your whole collection, is there one piece that you'd keep for as long as you can?
I have a 36' dot quarter that for some reason is my favourite. It's not my most valuable or even best conditioned coin but it would be the one I hold on to I think.
Is there a piece in your collection that would be the last to go?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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My Dad gave me a 1926 U.S. Peace dollar with a small X scratched on both sides. He was the one who scratched the X's with a pocket knife when he was a young man. It was the year he was born. It's probable VF condition, and has little value apart from the silver, except to me. I think after all the others are gone, I'll still hang onto this one. |
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Canada
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I don't think I'd keep any. If the past is any indication, once I break a collection, I get rid of it all. :)
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Rest in Peace
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12/10/2017 5:11 pm
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 Canada
665 Posts |
If I had to keep only one... Easy answer. Most of what I collect these days is set oriented so like Trimble I would probably move the entire set if the need arose, however there is one coin I would keep.
One of my earlier memories as a kid (age 5 or 6) was with my grandfather who showed me a bright and shiny 1963 unc Sovereign. He told me it was bought on the year of my birth, just after I was born and that it would come to me in time. Sure enough it was my first coin at age 8. I have had this coin since then and it is still in unc condition. There is no doubt that this coin got me started in this hobby/compulsion. In keeping with tradition, I have done the same with my daughter... she has a nice Canadian circ set building up but she will get the unc Sovereign from her birth year when I move on...
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Valued Member
Canada
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This is a hard question to answer, especially considering the size of my collection has varied quite a bit over the years. If I had to pick only 1 coin, it would be the 1967 Canadian $20 gold coin I got from my parents for graduating high school. They bought it from the same dealer I first went to regularly after starting collecting as a pre-teen in grade school.
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Canada
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OOOhhh , that is a difficult one.  I guess my first key date, 1947dot nickel. Took me years to get it and wanted it from day one. @flanders8008-my 36 dot quarter would be #2 . |
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Canada
324 Posts |
I have a gold sovereign that my great grandmother brought over from Ireland when she immigrated to Canada. Its not my most valuable coin by monetary standards but its something I would never sell for any amount of money!
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United States
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I'd keep my 1798 Large Cent that was handed down to me from my grandfather. It's G-4 at best but to me it's priceless.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I have a slightly worn 1914 quarter eagle wrapped in tissue inside a small, faded envelope, with the words "To My Sweet Baby Bruce" handwritten on the outside. It was from a great-grandmother on the occasion of my birth - she passed not long after.
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 United States
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If you had to liquidate your whole collection, is there one piece that you'd keep for as long as you can? I will never liquidate my collection.  But I will play along. I would keep the Ikes, of course. Those first two would be the last two. |
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Australia
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You keep your favorite.
It may well be the start of a new collection, when you are in a position to start collecting again.
My experience was a little different.
I put the whole of my collection up for sale. I needed the money.
About 90% of the collection sold.
I sold the remaining 10% in a job lot to a dealer, who had contacts with Spinks in London.
I used the money from the 10% to get a Roman gold Aureus of Vespasian (AD 69-79). THAT became the favorite of a new collection, which I started about three years later.
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12/12/2017 12:12 am
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Taiwan
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I've never thought about parting with my collection, but if I must do, maybe I'll keep 3 coins. Well its kinda cheating  but they're inseparable (can't choose one either). Nothing of value, even kinda overpaid back then, but those three are purchased with my girlfriend at a local antique market (Pasar Beringharjo) during a trip to Yogyakarta province, Indonesia.   The memories extend far beyond numismatics. |
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United States
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Like some others, I'm not going to pick just one. I'd keep the old, torn Whitman folder full of mostly dateless Indian Head nickels my grandfather gave to me about 40 years ago. They are worn and don't match the dates in the folder. He pulled them from circulation after the first Jeffs started showing up and he decided to give them to me because I was the only grandchild who showed any interest in collecting. Priceless...
"Nummi rari mira sunt, si sumptus ferre potes." - Christophorus filius Scotiae
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United States
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I used the money from the 10% to get a Roman gold Aureus of Vespasian (AD 69-79). THAT became the favorite of a new collection, which I started about three years later. Great testimony sel ... and I feel for you, while appreciating all of you CCF contributions. For me ... they would all go with no coins held back. Take a look at my other hobby ... http://www.jk-dk.art |
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United States
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If I had to liquidate all but one , It would be a 1905-O Barber half dollar that my uncle gave me before I became a newbie . That coin started a rollercoaster ride for me that has lasted about 54 years so far . I tried getting off that ride a few times but it kept drawing me back , NO regrets !  |
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