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  1. GoldFinger1969 liked kountryken's post in the thread If you sold your WHOLE collection . . ..

    I couldn't have said it better! I still enjoy my hobby. The same for me. I do have a few individual coins that would bring a few...

    Mar 17, 2026 at 3:02 PM

  2. GoldFinger1969 liked ksmooter61's post in the thread If you sold your WHOLE collection . . ..

    No. My collection has little "value" but means a lot to me, so selling would be pointless.

    Mar 17, 2026 at 1:38 PM

  3. GoldFinger1969 replied to the thread If you sold your WHOLE collection . . ..

    My collection is about 140 coins, too. I thought it was larger -- closer to 200 or so -- but give or take a few coins, it's 140, tops.

    Mar 17, 2026 at 1:18 PM

  4. GoldFinger1969 liked geekpryde's post in the thread If you sold your WHOLE collection . . ..

    Simple Answer: Absolutely not. Longer Answer: Are you asking how I would value each coin, or 100% of how someone else would value my...

    Mar 17, 2026 at 1:15 PM

  5. GoldFinger1969 liked Collecting Nut's post in the thread If you sold your WHOLE collection . . ..

    If I wanted to sell my collection I would have done so by now. It’s a hobby and I enjoy doing it. :)

    Mar 17, 2026 at 1:15 PM

  6. GoldFinger1969 replied to the thread If you sold your WHOLE collection . . ..

    I would probably put alot of the $$$ into fewer higher-quality coins. I might even stretch for an MCMVII High Relief Saint. :D

    Mar 17, 2026 at 12:20 PM

  7. GoldFinger1969 liked jolumoga's post in the thread 1944 Gold Coin Treasury Memorandum (& other cool stuff).

    Oh, I agree, the repeal of the Gold Reserve Act by President Gerald Ford in 1974 is the current law and what is now binding. But I think...

    Mar 17, 2026 at 10:56 AM

  8. GoldFinger1969 replied to the thread 1944 Gold Coin Treasury Memorandum (& other cool stuff).

    Gold was the means -- or was BELIEVED to be the means -- by which you increase the money supply. If people hoarded gold...the money...

    Mar 17, 2026 at 10:55 AM

  9. GoldFinger1969 liked jolumoga's post in the thread 1944 Gold Coin Treasury Memorandum (& other cool stuff).

    Yes, I see the government picked on the Quarter Eagle fans! As always, the government can get clumsy, and yes, there were ginormous...

    Mar 17, 2026 at 10:13 AM

  10. GoldFinger1969 replied to the thread 1944 Gold Coin Treasury Memorandum (& other cool stuff).

    Yes, there you had the equivalent of the numismatic exemption at play....family heirlooms and sentimental gifts. I don't recall...

    Mar 17, 2026 at 10:13 AM

  11. GoldFinger1969 liked jolumoga's post in the thread 1944 Gold Coin Treasury Memorandum (& other cool stuff).

    Upon skimming the memo (need more time to review it - OK, just finished it), it offers an interpretation of the Gold Reserve Act of...

    Mar 17, 2026 at 10:12 AM

  12. GoldFinger1969 replied to the thread 1944 Gold Coin Treasury Memorandum (& other cool stuff).

    Different time, different era. We were ON a gold standard then....whereas today we are not. :p Gold holdings by most Americans were...

    Mar 17, 2026 at 10:11 AM

  13. GoldFinger1969 liked jolumoga's post in the thread 1944 Gold Coin Treasury Memorandum (& other cool stuff).

    Admittedly, I have yet to read the memo at the top of the thread - I will have to analyze it. But I was able to dig up - this is for...

    Mar 17, 2026 at 10:09 AM

  14. GoldFinger1969 liked jolumoga's post in the thread 1944 Gold Coin Treasury Memorandum (& other cool stuff).

    I'm busy doing some personal errands, but preliminarily I am not too convinced by a Treasury Department memo from many decades ago,...

    Mar 17, 2026 at 10:08 AM

  15. GoldFinger1969 replied to the thread 1944 Gold Coin Treasury Memorandum (& other cool stuff).

    This Treasury Memorandum is only of interest in the context of the gold prohibitions by FDR a decade earlier. For now.....gold's...

    Mar 17, 2026 at 9:45 AM
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