Congratulations, You Have Just Won $500 US, (and your wife doesn't know)

What single coin would you buy?

I would have a tough choice;

either the best 1928-P Peace Dollar I could get,

or a 1954-S Full Step Jefferson Nickel best I could get.

either would take my $500 and a bit of my own money.. but now I could afford it

 

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I tempt you the darkside coins!

 

Are you kidding me... from the second my wife's feet hit the floor in the morning, she knows if I'm going to have any "extra" money that day!

 

Probably a decent Draped Bust Half.

Bone

 

Don’t risk it….she’ll find out and you'll have to pay the honey tax.

 

oh.. you guys are no fun... of course she knows.. but thats beside the point

 

Yeah, that would be where I would go shopping.
I saw a nice British India gold coin that caught my eye awhile back and is still in my thoughts.

 

You know...looking at that new Jefferson frontal view Avatar ...I wonder if there is any relation between Thomas J and "Barbara Bush? My God do they like Sisters or what!!

LOL
RickieB

 

Hmm.. obviously not.

Jefferson would not be caught dead in those tacky pearls....

 

A one-ounce Gold American Eagle.

 

Late 1700's english guinea in better circulated grade.

 

GlacierMI....LMAO...what a great pic of the "Sista's"

LOL...

RickieB

 

I did come into this sum about 1.5 weeks ago, a gift.

This is what I bought:

SICILY, Syracuse. Agathokles. 317-289 BC. AE 23 (10,39 gm; 23 mm). ΣΥΡΑΚΟΣΙΩΝ wreathed head of Persephone left / Nike in biga to right; star above. SNG ANS 768. Calciati II, 259, 123.

 

I really like that.

 

Knowing that it's 2300 years old makes it even more special.

Even more interesting is that it's a better design than any American coin of the last fifty years.

 

I would go with the 1928 Peace for a few reasons...

FS nickels are kindof a "new" thing and I would think that after awhile they will go down in value....

The 1928 is a KEY date and hard to find in any grade....it would be a great coin for you to get...I would suggest that you get it slabbed and uncleaned.
I think you can get a nice AU one for under $500 and they are just as nice!

Speedy

 

Well, since I'm trying to work on getting a few Liberty gold coins, I think I'd either put a little of my own money with it and get a nice example of a Liberty Double Eagle or get a Liberty Eagle that's not one of the most common ones (maybe middle of the road as far as population). I'd probably be looking for the Double Eagle in about MS62 or so and the Eagle in AU58.

 

I would think your right.. I've been watching that coin and it has gone from around $400 in AU to $500 in the past year.

Darn it.. those people know thats the only one i'm missing . I didn't have the spare $400 then or the $500 now. I have 2 replica peace dollars.. 1928-P and 1964. They will fill their spots for a long time.

 

Do these ancient coins start out round and lose their shape over the years? I find it hard to believe that the Greeks couln't cut a round coin.

Ruben

 

mrbrklyn,

Many of the ancient coins start out in fact as oval or oblong coins. Using the methods they did, they often were not too concerned much about the shape of the coin. I believe it was often more important that they had the correct weight and metal content that they desired. Perfectly round or nearly round ancient coins are more desirable usually and often command a premium.