If you hit the lottery big

Stella

 

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I'd assemble a complete USA 1921 year set in MS-65 > the double eagle would be the topper
In 2021, the set will turn 100 and might become a good selling opportunity - I'd pocket the proceeds and search for some really valuable coinage

 

With $10 mil to spend a Stella would be in my collection too as would a 1796 no stars quarter eagle. Actually I’d probably complete my type set from half cents to double Eagles. Things I wouldn’t do though move (I love my house) though I’d finish restoring it and probably buy a lake house buy a new truck again I love mine though I’d probably buy myself and my fiancé his and hers Harley Davidsons and probably buy us a couple classic cars and I wouldn’t quit working either

 

For me working is a way of life. I couldn't quite either.
Maybe a change in my use of skills
With a good chunk if change anything is possible .

 

I would buy HSN2.com and shut it down.

 

1838-O Half



No New Orleans Mint collection is complete without it!

 

I would like to think that I would take a long pause and really think about what coins to buy. I would also like to think that I would take the time to check auction prices and other references before buying anything.

 

As many of the half eagles of the 1820's as I could afford. The 1822 would probably take a while...

 

I would buy PCI and hire @Paddy54 to help run it...maybe we would even reissue the photo cert slabs.

Another option would be to see how much money it would take to have Anacs go back to the old white slab

 

Definitely the ex King Farouk Hungarian 1868KB 4 Krajczar patterns in silver and gold.

 

Buy a roman copper/bronze/orichalcum, silver, gold (when available) for every Roman emperor, empress, heir, co-ruler, and usurper.

 

1793 Half Cent
1793 Chain
1793 Wreath
1793 Liberty Cap

1796 $2.5 Gold
1796 $5 Gold
1796 $10 Gold

 

Probably blow it all on 1827 half dollars.

 

I wouldn't spend $10 million on coins, but I might spend $2-3 million on a 'denomination' set:

1/2 cent -- 1809/6 Half Cent
1 cent -- 1943-S
2 cent -- 1864 Small Date
3 cent -- 1851-O
5 cent -- 1883 No Cents Nickel
10 cent -- 1996-w Dime
15 cent -- Fractional Currency
20 cent -- 1875-CC
25 cent -- 1916 Standing Liberty
50 cent -- 1861-O (Proof or Confederate struck)
Trade Dollar -- 1880
$2.5 -- 1925-D
$3 -- 1854-D
$5 -- 1861-C
$10 -- 1797 Large Eagle
$20 -- 1907 High Relief

 

1) Gobrecht Dollar (no stars). [as a gift to somebody]

2) 1970 11-coin Paris Mint South Korean Gold and Silver Set, along with the big 25,000-Won gold (King Sejong) Paris Mint coin.
http://dokdo-research.com/fivemillenia.html

3) One each of the 1965 and 1966 One-Won, Five-Won, and 10-Won South Korean patterns (six coins total).
http://dokdo-research.com/koreanpatterncoins.html

4) A South Korean 1969 10-Won coin in MS-65.

5) Partridge in a pear tree.
https://parade.com/441298/alison-abbey/how-much-would-the-twelve-days-of-christmas-cost-in-2015/

 

Go big or go home, right? So I'd take half my winnings and try get that 1913 V, even if I have to cajole the current owner to sell it to me. There's no way that in ten years I won't make at least a million profit off that.

In the meantime, I'd be a numismatic rockstar and go on tours with my nickel and rub elbows with the elite collectors. Then I'd buy and trade all kinds of comparatively far less costly coins just for fun so that I keep enjoying the hobby.

 

I just saw a 1913 V at the Central States show. I was just ONE INCH away from it as it sat in an ordinary dealer glass case, and with some guy with an Uzi sitting in a chair behind me (maybe it was a Mac-10).

 

I like to think he had an Uzi under his jacket... Makes it more important that I was there.