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Valued Member
 United States
306 Posts |
Just curious to see everyone's opinion. If you could only collect one coin for under $1000, what coin would you choose? For myself, I would opt for a 1909S VDB Lincoln Cent. |
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Valued Member
United States
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I would pick either a blazing white lusterous Standing Liberty quarter or Walking Liberty half common dates. Other than $20 St. Gaudens I believe these are some of the beauties of U. S. Coins. I like all the coins but some like the "V" nickel, although nice, just lacks the pizzaz looks of the others. Just my oldtimer opinion.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1116 Posts |
i agree with you I would get the 1909-s vdb
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Moderator
 United States
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I need the 1909-S VDB and four others to complete my LHC collection. If I can only get one coin, I guess it would make no sense to buy this one and then leave four holes!  |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
14454 Posts |
ahh come on, it would definitely be the only Legal 1933 St Gaudens for me. Allot of people have a 1909-S VDB but only 1 person has the only legal 1933 St Gaudens
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Pillar of the Community
United States
5953 Posts |
At this stage none of the coins I need are under $1000.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1179 Posts |
Hate to say it but a 09s VDB. I really want to complete my lincolns and this would be the most expensive of course!
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Valued Member
United States
295 Posts |
I would get the nicest early date Coronet large cent I could find. I really like the Classic head large cents but for the grades that I like it would be over a grand.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
595 Posts |
I'd take any AU double eagle.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Pillar of the Community
United States
764 Posts |
1804 dollar
if I could get that for under $1k, i'd jump on it!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2269 Posts |
I would like to eventually own a 1922 no D Lincoln Cent. I figure I could get a pretty decent one for under $1,000.00. |
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
1040 Posts |
Just out of curiosity, what is a 1909-S VDB worth through the range of grades?
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
10284 Posts |
1909 S VDB retail is about
Good VG Fine VF20 VF35 XF40
650.00 800.00 1,000.00 1,175.00 1,275.00 1,325.00
AU50 MS60 MS61 MS62 MS63 MS64 MS65
1,450.00 1,625.00 1,700.00 1,800.00 1,850.00 3,000.00 5,000.00
I would take the best 20.00 gold piece I could get for 1000 bucks if I could only have one coin.
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11/18/2008 10:50 pm
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Australia
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If you could only collect one coin for under $1000, what coin would you choose? What a curious question. I'd choose another hobby. Variety is key for my enjoyment of collecting; I'm normally much happier spending $1000 on 1000 different coins from the dealer's $1 scratchtray than on buying just one coin with it. If I were restricted to owning just one coin, I'd be very miserable, no matter how good an "investment" it might be. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis
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Posted 11/18/2008 10:38 am
