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Message:: [QUOTE="Rono, post: 248398, member: 6492"]Howdy all, I'll be retiring next year and have collected for 50+.  Lately, I've come to the conclusion that my overall wealth needs greater diversity.  Old Baron Rothschild said to have 1/3 in securities, 1/3 in land and 1/3 in rare art. Knowing nothing about rare are and something about coins, I've decided that upon retirement, to take the tax bite with some deferred money and buy some investment grade coins. I'm considering those that I'm familiar with from collecting like Indian Heads, Buffalos, series keys, and some Carson City stuff.  I may be buying for investment, but I might as well buy what I like.  ;-) I'm leaning towards certified MS stuff and picking up the keys IHC 1877, 1909S, LHC 1909S, 1909SVDB, 1914D, nickels 13SII, 26S, 37D 3leg; dimes, 16d, 21 and 21D, CC - morgans, and type.   I torn between going for fewer but in MS65 or taking the Bowers approach and buying the MS state under the big step.  By this I mean that there are some coins that you can buy an MS64 for X, but an MS65 is 4X.  There is also his feeling as to why pay more for an MS65 R when you can get an MS65 RB for quite a bit cheaper. I particularly will avoid modern high grade stuff.  feh.   thoughts, rono[/QUOTE]