What would you do with $5,000?

Hello, all!

I have not been on here for a while, I am in Afghanistan and the internet is kinda sketchy here. I have alloted myself $5,000 to splurge on coins for my collection when I return to the states. My question is, if you had that budget what would you buy?

 

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Buy whatever you like.

 

well.. I know that, but I am actually drawing blanks right now. I am looking for idea's.

 

Honestly, I would buy the best possible 19th century key date coin I could find. That's just me though.

 

Buy a nice double eagle, maybe one of the earlier ones...

 

I agree with Zach, it's all up to what you are interested in. If you want to start a set of Morgans, do that. If you want to get one big coin, like a VDB S, do that. If you want to buy a commemorative made out of fruit loops celebrating Independence Day, hey that's great too, as long as you enjoy it.

 

High grade 1872 two cent piece

 

My plan is to buy 1 or 2 high grade key date coins, I should have said that at the beginning.
I pondered a High grade 1909 S vdb but I am honestly kinda turned off by these coins. I think they are more hype than anything. Every show I have been too I could have purchased at least a couple nice examples. To me... thats not a rare or hard to find coin. I like the idea of a high grade 1872 two cent piece or a nicer double eagle though.

 

How about a slabbed Key coin type set. Cent, Nickel, Dime, Quarter, Half, Dollar, & Gold

 

I don't think I would be able to afford that many key date coins. I want nice examples of what ever I get.

 

Yep with that 1872 also get a 1913 S type 2 high grade

 

That's why if I was going to shell out that kind of money, I would talk to as many experts in the series I'm interested in and invest it in a key date or a sleeper key date.

 

Good idea! For Lincolns you should get the 1914D, not the SVDB. They are much harder to find.... especially in EF and up. I really like these in AU 53-58 and you can do that with your budget.

 

Oh....and thanks for your service! Please come home safely!

 

High grade 1909-s indian or 1877 indian cent, 1955 doubled die, or 1937-d 3 legged nickel. For 5k you can only buy one, but a very nice one. You can also buy a rare date gold coin. I think rare date is better than high grade common coin.

 

thanks for coming through for us. If I had that $ I would think hard about putting it into one or two coins. Some thing that will be valuable no matter what happens like a 1893 O dollar (you could get an ms63). Maybe an 1885 nickel. 1895 0 dime maybe. In terms of a nice looking coin I'd get a no stars dime

 

personally, i would buy an 1877 indian head cent, a 1909-s indian head cent, a edward i class 1b penny, a william i PAXS type penny, and a handful of other coins i have on my want list. but you should buy whatever you like.

 

I think it's doable:

Cent: 1914-D, $450 Trends value in VF-20, $1000 in EF-40
Nickel-- 1912-S Liberty (one of the 10 lowest-mintage non-gold US coins of the 20th century)-- $500 Trends value in VF-20, $900 in EF-40
Dime-- 1921-D, Trends value of $450 in VF-20, $800 in EF-40
Quarter-- 1932-D Washington, $500 Trends value in AU-50, or $375 in EF-40
Half-- 1914 Barber half, one of the 10 lowest mintage non-gold US coins of the 20th century, $600 Trends value in VF-20, $900 in EF-40.
Dollar-- 1928-P Peace, trends value of $600 in MS-62, or $500 in AU-55
Gold-- 1880 gold dollar, only 1,600 minted, a very reasonable trends value of $350 in AU58

Possible total for lowest grades I listed
450
500
450
375
600
500
350
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$3225

 

Well I already have the 1921-D Dime, 1932-D Quarter and the 1928 peace so it is doable but when I said i wanted nice examples i meant in the MS-64-66 range hopefully a 65 or higher.

 

Here's some coins that I think are pretty cool and range from around $1k-$5k per coin, so if you pick the right ones you could get more than one:

1804 Spiked Chin Half Cent in AU55+
1854 or 1855 Large Flying Eagle Pattern
1875-P Twenty Cent in MS63+
1857 Large Cent in MS63RB+
1864 Two Cent Small Motto in MS64RB+
1851-O Three Cent Silver in MS64+
1839-O Bust Half Dollar in AU
1942/1 Mercury Dime in AU
1955 DDO Lincoln Cent in AU
1792 Kentucky Token in AU-MS63RB or so
1787 Fugio Cent in XF-AU
1652 Pine Tree Shilling in F-VF
Matte Proof Buffalo Nickel in PR66
1853 Arrows & Rays Quarter in MS63-64
1918 Illinois/Lincoln Commem Half Dollar in MS67
1893 Isabella Commem Quarter in MS64-65
1892 or 1893 Columbian Half Dollar in MS66
1915-S Pan-Pac Gold Dollar in MS65-MS66

I'm sure there's lots of other cool stuff that I'm not thinking of, but that's what I came up with off the top of my head... best of luck with your decision!