If you could go back in time...

Take me back to 1822 and give me a dozen MS 1822 Half Eagles...before the fire.

 

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No need to go back in time...I'm collecting my dream coins right now!!

 

You'd have to take gold or silver because your paper money or modern coinage would be worthless, I doubt anybody would except a $20 bill that has an unknown design or future date.

 

your right. so buying gold in the past isn't going to work. Someone would have to buy a coin whose value is in it's rarity not intrinsic value or take back in time another commodity that would have been scarce and expensive back then.

 

I suppose you could bring plain gold bars back, have them assayed, then get high-grade coins of choice. I want the Victoria "Una and the Lion" 5 pound gold coin from 1839.

 

I'd let my passenger pick the when and I'd bring:

1970's = $5,000 silver cert's and buy the Virginia Hoard of Confed Currency
1935 to 1964 = Spend 10,000 1935 silver cert's on nice gold for the money
1800's = almanac for some betting to buy "worthless land"
1770's = Colonial Currency for Nice Large Cents and Chain's