Ok, my Bday is approaching soon. My fiancee is willing to contribute 300, and who knows what the folks will or will not send me in anticipated cards. So just starting at 300 plus whatever I decide to toss onto that number say an extra bill. So I am having a terrible time making up my mind on what to get to add to my collection. I have come here to ask wiser folks than myself on what they might procure? One nice coin, or a few good ones in mid grades? I did see a slabbed ms64dmpl 82 cc morgan for 525. Thank you for your input and Ideas, all are gladly accepted.
Hmm, it depends on your taste in coins, if I were in your situation I'd go for the 1801 "1/000" Large Cent variety. For 300-500 bucks I'm sure you could get one graded F-VF, but you'd have to make sure it was in a legitimate slab because I'm sure they're faked. If you consider that it's worth "1/000" of a dollar, depending on your definition of zero you might be holding onto a coin worth an infinite amount of money! In Before 'division by zero is undefined!' naysayers
Maybe these? -2010 1/4 Ounce Gold Proof -1999 Wide AM Lincoln Cent -And that '82-CC MS-64DMPL sounds nice. Good Luck!
A couple months ago a local dealer had a big bag of silver roosevelt dimes come in. He weighed it and paid the guy for the silver. Before he shipped it off he asked me if I wanted to take a look in the bag. I searched it and out of 5206 silver dimes I found 2 1949S Roosevelts. If your young like me and will live to see the day Roosevelts are appreciated I would suggest buying this one I allready have a 1949S MS67* for my set or else I prolly would have grabbed it allready. You get three offers so start low but reasonable! http://cgi.ebay.com/1949-S-Roosevel...S_Individual&hash=item3cb00d8c12#ht_500wt_977
another vote for 000 I'd also go for the 1801 "1/000" Large Cent variety (Sheldon S-218, S-219, S-220 & S-223). The denomination is fascinating, much more that you would ever have in a 20th century coin. Even the 1955 double date had a mintage in the tens of thousands. My gut says that they will hold value much more than a modern coin. However, go for quality and avoid scudzy coins. You should be able to find a nice F-12 (using the much tougher EAC grading) for around $400. In addition to considering only top tier TPGs, you might want to consider some of the most reputable Early American Copper dealers http://www.eacs.org/links.html. These guys know early coppers better than the guys working at the TPGs and can be relied upon to supply you with quality specimens.
Ask your family to spring for a 100-pound bag of C-notes. Then, you can take all the time you want deciding which coins to buy. Chris
