time travel

...might still be ahead of you there on that GOOG, with those ten rolls of MS66RD 1914-D's

In the words of the Great English Actress, Fanny Kemble, "O tempo passato, The absent may return, the distant be brought near, The dead be raised and in another world rejoin us, but a day that is gone, is gone, And all eternity can give us back no single moment of the past"

 

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The year 1794 and get a roll of shiny new halves...


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Ben

 

i would probaly go back to 1932 and get a few rolls of D and P quarters. then i would go back to 1950 and pick up a few rolls of D minted nickels.

 

One coin only guys no rolls just one single coin or bill.

THE OTHER BRUCE.

 

Thats easy then. Just give me a ticket to 1793, and one very new chain cent! Its that pesky yellow fever epidemic though...got to watch out for that.

 

do you think that the BHNC would accept you then?

 

With open arms, OPEN ARMS... LOL

 

I did travel back to 1894, I have the 15 missing specimens of the 1894-s dime, they were the only ones I could get my hands on.

 

My choice is easy.

I want a Choice BU 1916-D Mercury Dime. I love the Mercs. and this one will always be beyond my budget.

I've had a dream of finding rolls of them so I've at least experienced the fantasy.

Nice Post!!!

Allen

 

I would buy up a ton of the 30s series 500 and 1000 dollar bills, go back. Cash them in for silver dollars and ride 1950s passenger trains, paying for everything in morgan and peace dollars, and come back broke, but fat dumb and happy!

 

To expound upon this fact a bit, it wasn't until 1854 that U.S. currency came into regular use in New York City (other than the cent and half cent). New York journalists often quoted the prices of meals and lodging in shillings and pence, just as many establishments did on their menus. These were "New York shillings", not British shillings, which were in actuality a Spanish real (one eigth of a Spanish dollar). The "pence" were actually U.S. cents and half cents, about equal in size to a British halfpenny and farthing, but double their worth in New York money.

An interesting account of this system can be found in "Writing New York", published by the Library of America and researched by ANS associates John Kleeburg and Michael Bates in connection with the 2001 exhibit "Money in Old New York". A lunch of "rosebeef and taters" cost one shilling (12 1/2 cents), but ordering extras (bread and a pat of butter were sixpence each) would quickly run up the bill.


As far as the OP's question, I would go back to the Civil War era, look up John Marr and Peter Mossin's engraving shop at 8 Wisconsin Street in Milwaukee, and have them design a special Civil War token just for me, and have the only specimen struck in gold.

 

I like that style. Not necessarily designed to get rich, just designed to use as originally intended. Great style. And happy. That's what counts.

 

Tradedollarnut would probably be upset with me about now.
I would still have the 1913 nickel he sold in my collection.

 

I had to think about this one. I would go back to 1995 - buy as many aniversary sets of the Eagles(as I could). Then re-live the last 12 years and do it again on the reverse proofs.

 

But we can only bring one coin back.

 

Re-read my post I do not plan on coming back - I just plan on re-living the last 12 years. That is why I did not go back to 1793, 1799 or 1933, etc. It's my fantasy - don't ruin it.:mouth:

 

Now that's a cool plan.

 

Hello all.

Just one coin. Hmmm. That is tough. This would be my plan. I would invest some money in buying a 4 Drachma silver coin that circulated in Judea in Palestine around 2000 years ago, and then I would try and connect up with Jesus and Peter somehow just before Jesus told Peter to cast his fishing line out into the water to bring up a fish that had a 4 Drachma piece in its mouth (to pay both of their temple taxes). I would give Peter the one I bought, and bring the other one back to the present where I could then pronounce it to be the the coin that Peter found in the mouth of the fish. The down side is that I would have no living witnesses or people to certify the event. Anyway it would make a great story.

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