What to buy...

I have received 100$ from my grandmother for a late birthday present. I'm going to my coin place tomorrow, but i can't decide what to try to buy. My orignal plan is to spend 50 on coins and 50 on my fish tank. but i may deviate a little depending on the conditions. So the question is to you guys, what should i look for with 50-100 dollars.

 

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I'll say what everyone else will say. Buy what you like. Just because you have the money doesn't mean you have to use it. I'd say you should only buy a coin if its a coin you really really like. Don't buy a coin just because we tell you to.
If I were in your shoes though, and absolutely have to buy a coin, I would get a nice walking liberty half dollar, just because it's my favorite design.

 

Well dirtyd is correct, buy what you like and something you will like for a long,long time.

 

im thinking mercs,walkers,morgans, or peace

 

Well I believe you could get a nice graded MS morgan for one of the more common dates. Those big old silver puppies are nice.

 

$100 for your birthday? Wow, I don't recall ever finding that much money in a birthday card when I was a kid. I guess the folks on CNBC aren't kidding when they talk about inflation having arrived.

 

I would get a 1970 S small date cent proof or whatever I could get for about $50. But I like cents, dimes, nickels and quarters. I know I will never complete my Morgan, Peace, Walker and Franklin sets, so concentrate on upgrading the completed ones.

 

I suggest you get a nice, mint state (MS63-MS64) Morgan Silver Dollar (possibly a New Orleans (O) mint). You can get a more common date one for around $50, but still get the satisfaction of owning a nice piece of U.S. history!

Good Luck,
Brian

 

Since you said you were going to "my coin place", you must have been collecting for a while. What are you collecting right now? It would help narrow things down a bit.

Chris

 

Picked up an alright morgan, naybody want to guess the date and mint ?

 

1893-S (Shanghai Mint) in MS64.

 

The Shanghai 1893-S is an elusive duck.


How about an 1881-S in MS-63.

 

I think it depends upon what your coin collecting interests are.

 

I think you should get the fish tank and an American Silver Eagle. Happy Birthday !

 

i bought an 83 CC and a CUC for my marine 75 gallon

 

think this a good year :/

 

Pics?? Of the clean up crew, obviously...

 

hey you know what CUC stood for

 

Of course! I've got a 25g SW tank in my living room... unfortunately it got hit pretty bad with disease a year or so ago and I lost most things in it save for a tiny head of a Frogspawn and some button polyps. Things just haven't been the same.

So where are the pictures of the coin??

 

tomorrow, it's pretty rough