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MUST spend it on a coin collection. Does this qualify as a coin collection  ? swcoin.ecrater.com
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United States
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I hope you own an armored truck onejinx, $500,000 of halves/quarters/dimes would weigh 10 tons no problem.
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United States
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Quote:Not very many 1916 S.L. Quarters are for sale at any given time (there's only 9 of them on ebay as I write this), so it could take years to buy $500K worth of them! In that case, patience would be a necessary virtue!  Which gives me an idea... "Don't go spending that $500,000 all in one place!" "I wont. But I might spend it on one item; over and over again!" In other words, buy the 1916-S (or some other key date) with some of the $500,000. Sell it, deposit that money, buy it back, sell it, repeat as necessary. Launder that $500,000! Might take some time, but onejinx could pay off his house and other bills!  |
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I'm with Auld Farte, I would go for a complete, uncirculated 18th and 19th Type set, including Gold if the money would stretch. Oh man would that be a cool set? (Good thing dreaming doesn't cost anything eh?)
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I hope you own an armored truck onejinx, $500,000 of halves/quarters/dimes would weigh 10 tons no problem. He could be the king of coin roll hunting for a while... I'd like to see the looks on their faces at any bank if someone tried to deposit $500K worth of (circulating) coins!  Sixty 500-ct. Green boxes of A.S.E.'s would weigh just a little bit over an (avoirdupois) ton, and would be no problem to transport with a full-size SUV, pickup or trailer.  500 slabbed 1-oz. American Gold Eagles (or pre-'34 gold coins) could fit into the trunk of a regular car. And you could take those to any large bullion dealer and get a cashier's check or funds transfer ( especially right now with the physical gold/silver bullion coin shortages!). Edited by DNA
10/24/2008 10:40 am
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Hmm.
Seems that some of you plan on cheating.
This is the opportunity of a lifetime!
Just think of what you can add to your collection, and save for a true rainy day.
(or retirement.)
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Personally, I would not cheat. How could I disrespect my deceased aunt Sophie that way? |
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I would donate a large portion of the money to the "Eaglefoot Coin Buying Foundation" charity.... |
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United States
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Modern American Eagle bullion coins might be considered 'cheating' if the will was intended that you buy collector coins,  , then again some of those are indisputably collector's coins (ASE's = 2006 Reverse Proof, 2008-W with '07 reverse, 1995-W Proof, etc.). $500K of pre-1934 U.S. Gold Coins would not at all be a 'cheat' on a will's intention that you buy 'collector coins' It would be the easiest and fastest way to spend the money and get true collector's coins. You or I could walk into a large coin show with $500K and buy those coins in a couple of hours! |
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A set of draped bust small eagle half dollars.
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I'd probably go for a type set MS-64 including gold. I think that that would be about 500,000 but could be wrong.
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Rest in Peace
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First off I would keep my plan a secret until I had all the coins, don't want any of you driving up the price on me (LOL) You say that in jest, but it's true. Back in the 60s-70s, some guys were researching something about 1944d and 1945d cents and needed a million or so. You'd think that was nothing out of those huge mintages, but buying prices got up to $5+ a roll before they got enough. |
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biggfredd:
Nice tale, I never heard that one.
I wonder what happened to that hoard.
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I would buy a gem 1930 Aussie penny and.....actually, I wouldn't have any money left after that |
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Posted 10/23/2008 08:50 am
