List: Most valuable coins

Heck, I don't kiss and tell. And I ain't Hugh Steele........

 

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1889-CC morgan in G-6 condition. Not worth too much but it was handed down from my late grandfather so I wouldn't sell it for $10.000

 

A cheap coin in Mr. Steele's collection is worth more than my ENTIRE collection haha

 

I totally agree with you. I tend to buy coins that aren't much money. Sometimes I run across a coin that is 100-200 dollars, and I get it for far less. I will then sell it so I can use the profits to accumulate more cheaper coins. I don't collect any kind of cheap coin though; I opt for better quality and organize my coins all the time. I don't know if it was Thoreau or Seneca (or both) that basically said the things you own end up owning you. That speaks to the anxiety you mentioned. I find myself always anticipating the next coin acquisition (I used to do this with video games when younger) but find myself at coin shows more and more hesitant to spend money. It's weird

 

I get most of my coins from "cull lots", for crazy low prices. Coins are damaged and low grade, but they fill holes!

 

Yeah, I like culls and damaged coins sometimes too. I used to have a US type set Dansco. I gave up after a while. I then ran into another book one day and I am now filling holes with whatever problem coin I can get. I like it this set even more!

 

I filled a 2 cent piece collection from 1864-1870 from $4 coins! Just missing a few, usually those 1871-1873 dates are harder to get from cull lots though.

 

+1 for mentioning Seneca.

I'm not sure if anyone knows exactly who coined it, but the quote "He doesn't own a fortune, his fortune owns him" goes back at least to the Cynics (possibly to Diogenes of Sinope d. 323 BCE).

 

Reminds me of the junk silver jars at my LCS. They let me pick whatever coins out that I want. I always go for the dirtiest ones for some reason! Lol more character, I guess.

 

I never said I didn't laugh at this thread a bit after seeing peoples response, but some people took it a little far... I have a sense of humor, but I only use it wisely on things that deserve laughs...

 

Awesome quote. Couldn't be said better. I'm reading Seneca's full text of his letters to Lucilius right now. I can't decide whether I like his work better than Epictetus or Aurelius. I guess they are distinctive and you can love them all!

 

Man that's an awesome story. That would be hands down my favorite coin if I owned it. I wish we knew the stories of all the coins we owned that might be like this.

 

Amen to that, my oldest coin is an 1864 IHC, I wish that coin could talk, I'm sure it would tell one helluva story

 

I'll play. These two are tied for my most expensive ancient:


I haven't kept very good records of what my tokens cost...but I believe this one is probably the most I've spent:


My most valuable coin is probably the coin below. These were given out at the completion of an event in Basic and this is the coin that truly started it all (it needs a reshoot!):

 

Are you a descendant of King Farouk? He must of given you one lol.

 

2, actually, I'm getting rid of my spare

 

I gotcha. You would literally have to be Tom Hardy to get one.

 

It's crazy what people will part with for those. I understand they're exceedingly rare, but a 1913 v has sold for 8+ million dollars at 2 diff heritage auctions. Crazy money!

 

Well I guess it would be these two at the moment. First one is the Texas Half Dollar and The Oregon Half Dollar.

Texas - $650

Oregon - $475