Very Interesting Question To Ponder

If you were forced to sell your entire collection, except for one coin, which one would you keep and why. This question came up at the educational part of our last coin club meeting and we were still discussing it when we had to break up. It really takes a lot of thought. You're most expensive coin might not be your favorite. Did your father or grandfather give you a coin you really treasure ? It's a hard question to answer. Mine is my 1936 Gettysburg commemmorative half dollar. I love the look of the coin. I taught history in school for 33 years, I live 35 miles from Gettysburg and I looked for years until I found the one I wanted. OK now it's your turn.

 

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Easy for me 1992 Close AM cent. I spent 2 years and some 500K plus cents finding it, I am mentioned in several different numismatic papers concerning it and a magor TPG graded it for free so they could be the first.

 

I guess it would be the morgan that was part of my dads collection, 1895-s in f-12.

 

1930 Iceland 10 Kronur because it is the first coin I researched before I bought and I love the design. I would sell the coins from my grandpa and other inherited coins to my neices and nephew for $1 so they could stay in the family.

 

I think I would probably go insane if forced with that kind of question.

I hope and pray it never happens.

 

Great answer! I had not thought of that.

 

The one in my avatar took me a while to get, so I would like to keep it.

I also have a 1921 Peace $ my dad gave me, that I would also like to keep.

All the rest I still like looking at, and would hate to let them go.

Sophie's choice. Take all the coins and let me start over.

Can I get what I paid for 'em?

 

I would hate to have to sell my collection but the coin I would keep is a coin that epitomizes my coin collection. It is not even close to my most expensive coin, it is not the highest graded, it is not the rarest, and it is not the coin with the most eye appeal. What it has is a level of beauty mixed with unique originality that give it a personality that is all its own. The coin is a Battle Creek Morgan Dollar NGC MS64* that I have dubbed "the pink eye dollar". An absolutely outstanding toned coin. Here is the photo.



I really wish everyone else would post photos of the coin they would keep.

 

I would have to say mine is the 1982 doubled die (my avatar). Aside from the fact of having discovered it, this is the only coin in my collection that I would never be able to replace at any cost as there are only 2 known specimens.

Richard

 

I guess it is my 1877 penny since I started with collection of cents. I will agree with an earlier post though, it would be a bad day in the Hamster household when I would need to select the baby to keep. Has anyone seen the movie "Sophie's Choice"?

 

I always say the Type 1 Buffalo is the most beautiful coin design. My PR67 is right up there as one of my favorites so I guess if I had to make a choice, it would be this one:

 

I would say my centerpiece 1795 FH dollar hidden star

 

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Even though I'm not much of a silver lover, I could never part with my
1873 S no arrows Liberty Seated half dollar. The rest are replacable...

 

People who know me, would know what coin I'd keep...

I started out with gold indians in December of 08. On Christmas I purchases a 1912 AU55 for around $240. (I bought when gold was doing pretty well, and the market for AU gold indians was pretty high up there.) Later on, in the summer of 09' I purchased a 1911 AU58 for around $260. (Once again, bought when the market was hot)
After seeing what MS62's went for, I realized that I could get one MS62, if I sold these two AU gold Indians, which I did. (I sold when the market was declining!) So I lost a bit of money on them, but I made enough money in addition to what I already had, to buy this magnificent coin. It has great luster, and a very interesting color, more of a brown-gold than a bright vibrant yellow, which you see in most MS61+ grades.
If I had to keep one coin, it would be this one.

 

Does anyone see anything wrong with any of these posts?

 

NO, what do you mean?

 

I don't get your question, what do you see wrong in any of the posts ? Unless you think the posters don't really own the coins shown.

 

Yes, I posted a coin that is unknown in any collection just to see if anyone would catch on to it. Nobody noticed.
I didn't do it in a bad way, I just simply wanted to see if the coin I posted would be questioned. I was almost 100% certain someone would say,
I don't think so.

 

All that shows is that:

1) no one reads what you write, or
2) no one cares about seated coins, or
3) both.