Half Penny Jon Posted May 3, 2004 Posted May 3, 2004 Hello everyone,I think we need a what if...... thread just to see what sort of coins peope would buy if we became millionaires.Personally, I would complete the bronze series as best I can and if possible, I would buy every proof set since 1826. Quote
Master Jmd Posted May 3, 2004 Posted May 3, 2004 get all pennies from 1797 - 1967 including 1933, 1952 and 1954. and i would probably try to complete the oliver cromwell coinage... Quote
Emperor Oli Posted May 3, 2004 Posted May 3, 2004 I'd complete my whole farthing collection in the best possible condition and of course I'd buy the 1933 Double Eagle! Quote
Half Penny Jon Posted May 3, 2004 Author Posted May 3, 2004 Wow, now that is ambitious. You would be the envy of every numismatist with that coin. Quote
Edward Posted May 3, 2004 Posted May 3, 2004 Oli, you would have to buy that double eagle from me.Apart from that, I would put together a really excellent type set of British coins. I had offered to me a very very lovely Henry VIII angel a couple weeks ago, somewhere around GVF, and this just the latest example of what I've had to pass up. Life is tough. Quote
william Posted May 3, 2004 Posted May 3, 2004 I would by all Victorian coins in UNC, even the proofs and extremely rares of course! Quote
Edward Posted May 3, 2004 Posted May 3, 2004 I should add that my children have very different tastes in coins than I do.My son Michael, 14, is putting together (1) a very good type set of US coins and (2) mintmark types. He bought a 1996 US mint set because it has a seldom W mintmark dime (for West Point).Christopher, 13, collects Dutch (his mother is Dutch), coins with holes (yes, that is an articulated specialty) and has started getting serious about currency, which is as foreign to me as cheesemaking.Katherine, 11, has "Katherine's Coin Zoo", for reasons you can surmise, and particularly favors proof silver. I guess proof silver is the diamond of the coin world.And of course I help them all with their collecting, though not everything; so if I were a millionaire they'd no doubt see a bump up in their collections. Quote
TomGoodheart Posted May 3, 2004 Posted May 3, 2004 Hmm... I'm not sure a million would help me much. It's less the cost of the coins I collect that's the problem than the availability. There are a couple of guys I know who have pretty much the only known examples of some of the Charles I shillings and I'm not sure they would part with them!I'd probably just use the money to retire so I can spend (even more) time looking for examples I don't have. I think my wife may have different ideas however! Quote
Edward Posted May 4, 2004 Posted May 4, 2004 Everything has its price. The question is, how much money would you need to have in the bank to feel able to part with a sufficient some to pry those suckers loose? Quote
Half Penny Jon Posted May 4, 2004 Author Posted May 4, 2004 Oli, you would have to buy that double eagle from me.Apart from that, I would put together a really excellent type set of British coins. I had offered to me a very very lovely Henry VIII angel a couple weeks ago, somewhere around GVF, and this just the latest example of what I've had to pass up. Life is tough. Do you have that coin or were you just insisting that you would buy it? Quote
Emperor Oli Posted May 4, 2004 Posted May 4, 2004 The double eagle point was sarcasm and he said he didn't buy the Henry VIII one Quote
Half Penny Jon Posted May 4, 2004 Author Posted May 4, 2004 Ok, thank you for clearing that up. Btw, do you know who bought the double eagle last year? Quote
Emperor Oli Posted May 4, 2004 Posted May 4, 2004 After fierce googling, I cannot find who bought it - probably a private buyer. Quote
Half Penny Jon Posted May 4, 2004 Author Posted May 4, 2004 Probably, he probably wanted to remain anon for security reasons! Quote
Edward Posted May 4, 2004 Posted May 4, 2004 That Double Eagle story is amazing, isn't it? It's really worth a novel. Quote
william Posted May 5, 2004 Posted May 5, 2004 That Double Eagle story is amazing, isn't it? It's really worth a novel. Do you know where I can find the story of this coin? Quote
Edward Posted May 5, 2004 Posted May 5, 2004 William, I don't offhand, it was told in some detail in the NY Times last year, and I must have the clipping, but that won't help. I would just try Google and see what you come up with. Quote
william Posted May 5, 2004 Posted May 5, 2004 I found a story of it here, very interesting: http://www.coinresource.com/pr_mint/Double...leEagle1933.htmI also found some nice pics of it: Beautiful coin... Quote
Edward Posted May 5, 2004 Posted May 5, 2004 William, thanks for digging this up, and thanks for the pics. I wonder if we can find anything written after the auction. Quote
TomGoodheart Posted May 5, 2004 Posted May 5, 2004 Everything has its price. The question is, how much money would you need to have in the bank to feel able to part with a sufficient some to pry those suckers loose? Everything has its price. The question is, how much money would you need to have in the bank to feel able to part with a sufficient some to pry those suckers loose.Do you mean the guys with the rare coins or my wife and child? Quote
Master Jmd Posted May 6, 2004 Posted May 6, 2004 if i was a billionaire i would buy the coin section of the british museum, and see what money i had left for better coins... Quote
Master Jmd Posted May 6, 2004 Posted May 6, 2004 That would get you the 1954 penny MJMD! exactly... Quote
william Posted May 6, 2004 Posted May 6, 2004 What about the Royal Mint museum, that would be worth robbing! Quote
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