Box of Twenty

I recently read an article on CoinWeek that reinforced an idea I've been playing around with in my head, which is that instead of collecting full series of coins by date as I have been doing, that I am thinking it will be more fun to collect by Type. This article introduced me to the concept of a "box of twenty", which is a variation on Type collecting. From the article:

(great article by the way, you should go read it: http://www.coinweek.com/featured-ne...grades-for-beginning-intermediate-collectors/ )

I really like the idea of limiting my collection to twenty really nice coins, from a variety of denominations, time periods, and maybe even countries. While I had fun *almost* finishing off my Proof Kennedy's in PF69UC, boy 80+ Kennedy proofs seem to start to all blend togeather. Plus, in my experience it's NOT very fun/informative to show 80+ very similar looking coins to a non-coin person.

So, I have totally come around to this concept of a "Box of twenty". My box isn't made up of crazy expensive rare coins (yet), but so far I've filled 10 slots with a nice variety of interesting coins. I am going to slow down coin buying to only a few a year, and get prettier more interesting high quality coins instead of just "filling holes". When my box is filled, I'm going to start swaping out lesser coins for better examples. Maybe in 10 years, my 20 special coins will really be a nice little show-and-tell I can dazzle my guests with. Right now it's rather humble, but without further ado:

S$1 1923 NGC MS 65 CAC


S$1 2012(W) EAGLE EARLY RELEASES NGC MS 70

 

S$1 1900 O NGC MS 64



5C 1944 P PCGS MS 64 Full Steps

 

1C 1874 NGC MS 40 Brown



50C 1968 S NGC PF 68 ULTRA CAMEO


(I dont have reverse image yet, oops)

 

25C 1948 S NGC MS 65


$1 1980 S PCGS PF 69 Ultra Cameo

 

10C 1944 NGC MS 67


50C 1964 NGC PF 68 CAMEO Accent Hair

 

For my next purchase I am saving up for is a 1940's Liberty Walking Half Dollar PCGS/NGC MS65 CAC.

I also want to get some color in this Box of Twenty, so hopefully in 6 months or so, I can get a beautiful rainbow toned Morgan.

Also, want to give a shout-out to gbroke for introducing me to his site http://thecoinnection.com/Public, for hosting these images you see above, and also for just being a darn cool dude.

Anyone else here collect along the lines of this "box of twenty" concept? Show us your coins!

:hail:

 

Yeah, it seems kinda crazy to me too. But I am getting tired of lots of $20.00 coins that are nice, but not amazing. It's going to take come real discipline on my part, but I am very confident that if I have the willpower, the resulting collection will be much stronger in a few years. I doubt I will ever be able to afford $1000 coins, but I think that there are plenty of $150-$250 coins that will really satisfy me in terms of condition and quality, and something that I will be proud to showoff to friends and family.

Thanks for looking!

 

Yeah, quality with a variety of interesting, colorful coins is calling me right now. Ultimately I think only a few of the above coins would be kept once I start putting this method into practice, the Peace Dollar for instance.

Thanks for sharing.

 

Looks like you are on the path to consolidation, getting your collection down to the really important coins to cutting out the chaff. At this point, I dont plan on selling the cheaper coins I've spent a few years collecting, but ultimately it may be something I will do. For now, I'm going to focus on quality and alot less quantity for future purchases. Actually, currently I have been buying ZERO coins as I save up for a future purchase and getting my general financial house in order.

 

Thanks for posting this, I'm reading it now. I probably will never be filling the box with technical rarities or with an aim at the investment side, but they will be rarities in my book.

My box of 20 will be for hobby purposes only, and I'll keep the investments to a passive total world index fund.

I wonder if there are other Bo20 articles? Heading to Google...