Your dream coin collection

If you had unlimited funds and were to narrow your collection down to 20 coins, what would you have in your ultimate collection?

In no particular order my dream box of 20 would consist of the following coins certified by NGC or PCGS:

1. 1909-S VDB Lincoln MS67RD
2. 1914-D Lincoln MS66RD
3. 1922 Lincoln MS65RD
4. 1955 Lincoln DDO MS65RB
5. 1916 Buffalo Nickel DDO MS64
6. 1937-D Buffalo 3 Legged MS65
7. 1878-CC Morgan MS65DMPL
8. 1889-CC Morgan MS64DMPL
9. 1893-S Morgan MS66
10. 1893-CC Morgan MS64DMPL
11. 1895 Morgan PR67CAM Album Toned Blue/Red
12. 1900-S Morgan MS66PL
13. 1903-S Morgan MS67
14. 1921 Peace MS66
15. 1934-S Peace MS66
16. 1932-D Washington MS65
17. 1932-S Washington MS65
18. 1917-S Walking Liberty MS66
19. 1847-C $5 Gold MS65
20. 1916-D Mercury MS67FB

 

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Barber Dimes: 1895 P,O, S all Gem MS-65 or better
1894 S, any condition preferably MS-66.
Barber Quarters: 1896 S, 1901 S, 1913 S, 1914 S, all MS-65
Barber Half Dollars: 1892 O, (Micro O) gem unc; 1913, 1914, 1915 P all MS-65 or better.

That's 12, so I'll add:

1916 Standing Lib, Gem
1907 High Relief
1921 Zerbe Proof Morgan
#15

Gotta think about the other 5, too much pressure ......... oh, too much money.

Oh yeah: 1937 D, Three leg Buff gem; 1918/7 Gem unc, and of course: 1916/16 Dbl die, gem.

I'll hold the other two for the 1933 Double eagle and 1943 P & D Copper cents.

I cheated, that's 21, but if I have that much money who cares.

Delete any of the above, add the 1913 V-Nickel

 

i would go for the draped bust series, best condition of course.
i think they are the nicest coins america made and represent a
lot of history.

 

Unlimited funds? Sure wouldn't be wasting time with coins. I doubt people like Bill Gates spends time looking for coins. I might hire someone to go out and buy me a complete coin collection of everything, but more than likely I would be out on a hugh boat crusing the Oceans, sitting on a beach on one of my Islands, possibly trying to compete with Jay Leno on quantity of cars.

 

The Faerie Queen, £5 Gold Issue

More commonly known as a Una and the Lion. The 1839 Victoria 5 Pound Gold coin...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five_pounds_(British_pre-decimal_coin)

 

The limit of 20 makes it very tough, but in very random order:

1. Russia, Copper Denga (1/2 Kopek), 1760, C#5*
2. Japan, Gold Tensho-Hishi Oban Kin, 1573-1591, 165g, JNDA Cat. # 09-41
3. Japan, Silver Trade Dollar w/o Gin or chop marks, Meiji 10 (1879), Y#14
4. US, Silver 25¢, 1932**
5. Japan, Gold, ¥20, Meiji 10 (1877) Y#13, mintage 29
6. Japan, Silver, ¥1, Meiji 8 (1875) (Gin mark on right) Y#29a.4
7. Great Britain, Silver Trade Dollar w/o chop marks, 1935B, KM#T5
8. US, Nickle 5¢, 1913 Liberty Head
9. Japan, Copper Pattern 1 momme struck by Heaton for a proposed (but rejected) coinage, 1869, Y#Pn4
10. Korea, Gold, 5 Won, Yung Hi 3 (1909) KM#1142, two known
11. Japan Leprosarium, Lacquered Brass Sen, ND (1931-48) KM#L1, rare
12. Japan, Gold ¥100,000 Proof, Meiji 62 (1987), Y#92
13. Japan, Copper 1 rin, Meiji 9 (1876), Y#15
14. US, Silver 1 cent, 1792, w/o silver plug
15. Japan, Baked Clay 1 sen, Showa 20 (1945) KM#110... \***
16. Japan, Baked Clay 5 sen, Showa 20 (1945) KM#111.... > briefly circulated unofficially in Tokyo area)
17. Japan, Baked Clay 10 sen, Showa 20 (1945) KM#112. /
18. US (New York), Gold 1/2 Brasher Doubloon, 1787, 1 known
19. Japan, Gold, ¥10, Meiji 10 (1877) Y#12a, mintage 36
20. Japan, Gold, ¥2, Meiji 10 (1877) Y#10a, mintage 39

*G4 already owned
**Unslabbed BU already owned
***XF already owned​

ALL to be raw and graded by me!

 

What! The 1932 Washington is three places before the 1913 V-Nickel!!!!!

 

Look again -

BTW four is FOUR places before eight!

 

Complete bust quarter collection (large size), all finest known, and a few bust halves also being the finest known.

 

20 coins huh.

1c
1. 1909-s vdb MS-65 red
2. 1922 plain ms-63
3. 1793 chain cent xf-45
4. 1856 flying eagle prf-66

5c
5. 1913 liberty nickel ms-66
6. 1915 buff nickel matte proof prf-67

10c
7. 1895 O xf-45 toned
8. 1916 D au-50 fsb
9. 1942/1 D xf-45
10. 1996 W ms-70

20c

11. 1876 cc ms-60

25c

12. 1796 small eagle au-58
13. 1901 S au-55
14. 1916 xf-40

50c

15 1934 texas commem ms-70

$1

16. 1900 o/cc ms-65
17. 1895 prf-60

other.

proof 3 c silver any date
1864 2c ms-65 small motto
1933 $20

 

Hmm, lets see...

1. Una & the Lion (if I can wrestle it away from bonedigger)
2. Elizabeth I fine sovereign
3. Hadrianic medallion, not too picky, so long as it looks nice
4. aureus of Trajan
5. 1907 high relief Double Eage
6. Teddy Roosevelt's Athenian Tetradrachm (he carried it as a pocketpiece, lol)
7. 1920 Woodrow Wilson Medal (Philippines) in gold
8. THE Coenwulf penny. Put this at number 1. :-D
9. 1794 dollar, EF is good enough for me.
10. 1652 Willow Tree shilling
11. 1733 Rosa Americana twopence
12. 1776 Continental Currency in silver
13. 1877 Half Union in gold
14. Schoolgirl pattern in silver
15. 1847 Gothic crown (Great Britain, for those of you not familiar)
16. 1658 Oliver Cromwell crown
17. 1649 Commonwealth Gold Unite
18. Edward III double-florin
19. 1770 5 guineas gold
20. original Confedorate half-dollar


Or, I could always just get aout 4.29 billion 2006 cents. Make my own damn rarity. Lol.

 

My ultimate "Dream Set" would be;

Complete Series Liberty Head Gold $2.5 thru $20.00 - 1840-1907 All MS and Prf 65.

I am truly a fool for Gold!



P.S. I just noticed that DJCoin has the same avatar as I do.
Since his is much clearer and bolder, I will defer to him and select another.

 

Well,
For starters I want an original 1804 Bust Dollar.
That recently sold 1792 Half Disme wouldn't be too shabby either even for a man of my suddenly found wealth.
I'll get back to you on the other 18 as I'm playing tennis with Bill Gates later this evening.

Man's got a WICKED backhand!

 

Interesting. I would still be in coins because I enjoy the hobby. My range of purchases would just be on a higher level.

 

Hhhhmmm lets see,

1804 bust dollar
1935 Waitangi crown Proof
1935 NZ Threepence proof
1849C open wreath gold dollar
1861 CSA half dollar original
1915s Panama-Pacific $50 round MS65
1913 V Nickel
1652 NE Threepence
1776 Continental Curency silver VF
1792 Disme
1877 Half Union PF65
1794 Silver Dollar MS60
1856 Flying Eagle PF63
1876CC twenty cent MS60
1948 Canada Dollar UNC
1858 8/5 Canada ten cent
1921 Canada five cent
1921 Canada fifty cent
1936 Canada ten cent with dot
1880 Newfoundland gold two dollars

I can only dream

 

My dream 20, all in the highest grade possible of course.

1. 1794 Dollar
2. 1792 Half Disme
3. 1793 Chain Cent
4. 1817/14 Bust Half
5. 1823/2 Bust Quarter
6. 1827/3 Bust Quarter (Original)
7. 1918/7-S Quarter
8. 1799 Large Cent
9. 1796 Quarter
10. 1796 Half Dollar
11. 1804 Dollar (Type I)
12. 1836 Gobrecht Dollar
13. 1822 Half Eagle
14. 1795 Eagle (9 Leaves)
15. 1907 Extremely High Relief Roman Numerals Lettered Edge Double Eagle
16. 1796 Half Cent (No Pole)
17. 1895 Proof Morgan
18. Amazonian $20 Gold Pattern
19. Copper Half Union
20. 1964-D Peace Dollar (Yes, I'm convinced one exists)

And, as a bonus, if there is a genuine 1815 Large Cent out there, then it is mine if I have unlimited funds....I don't care what it costs.

 

I think I'd try to corner the market on something, just for fun. I'd use a bunch of buying agents to spend full time buying every last coin of a certain type that came to market in every coin show, shop and internet dealer. Just flat out outbid everyone. Probably could never get them all, but probably could run up the price.

 

Great idea! I like it.

 

Golly gee whiz Mr. Hunt, did bankruptcy teach you nothing?

 

You don't need to change it. I noticed that they were similar as well but it doesn't really matter. I just recently changed it in honor of the new Pirates of the Caribbean movie.