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Message:: [QUOTE="Volante, post: 2159553, member: 57279"]That's true- the reason I chose 1yr as the minimum threshold was to align it with the short-term vs. long-term capital gains tax tradeoff you might make in a stock trading account. To return to the original question, here's one way I might think about putting together a portfolio. I'd first take about 50% of the money ($2500) and put it into some of the more broadly-popular 20th c. U.S. keys, in TPG plastic:1916-D Mercury G-4 ~$7501909-S VDB VG-8 ~$6001932-D Washington XF-40 ~$2001921 Peace MS-63 ~$4001881-CC Morgan MS-64 ~$600 25% ($1250) I'd put into U.S. pre-33 gold:Common date Indian Head half eagle AU-58 ~$450Common date Indian eagle MS-62 ~$800 10% ($500) I'd put into world coins:1934 China junk dollar MS-63 ~$200GBr trade dollar MS-63 ~$250Late 19th c. Mexico 8 reales AU ~$50 10% ($500) I'd put into ancients, also in plastic (sorry, ancients collectors!):Alexander drachm F - ~$200Marc Antony galley legion denarius F ~ $300 The remaining 5% I'd put into raw or MS-69 moderns (whatever grade doesn't carry a premium), or maybe just leave liquid.  I don't track moderns, so I'm just spitballing here:Marshals commem. MS dollar - $504 other commem. MS dollars - $200 Of course, this completely ignores many other important segments of coin collecting, such as colonials, classic U.S., varieties, early commems, etc.  With a limit of $5000, it's very difficult to build out a truly diversified portfolio.[/QUOTE]