Found a $20 bill on the ground today. What should I get with it?

[pendragon1998]

Okay, so today I'm walking down the stairwell after class and I find a cool $20 on the ground. I decide that it's clearly a mandate that I should buy a $20 coin today, as the rest of my coin budget is currently engaged elsewhere and I've been feeling the itch.

 

Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to come up with a $20 coin and tell me why I should buy it. Bonus points if I decide to buy it from you. If I see something that catches my attention, maybe I'll pick it up.

 

Post some pics!

[XpipedreamR]

You should buy a 2007 ASE. You'll get an ounce of silver, which is going up, up, up! An ASE is a lean, mean bullion machine. And you'll also have enough left over for a value meal at the fast food chain of your choice.

[MunkyMan95]

ASE's are exactly $20 at my local shop raw. I'd agree with XPipe

[pendragon1998]

I've sorta had my fill of silver bullion at the moment. Besides, after starting my Britannia collection, I find the ASEs a little...monotonous, I suppose. I think I'd like to get something American but a little older.

[123cents]

Buy the 2007 Clad-Proof 50 States Quarters that went on sell today. With shipping should be right around $20.00.

[MBA101]

The wise-*spoon* reply would be to pick up one of these

 

 

But that went out of style 80 years ago...

[bsshog40]

You could probably get 2 cherrios pennies for that. One of them might be a type2??

[pendragon1998]

I think we posted at the same time, 123cents. I was saying I didn't want anything modern for this buy.

[pendragon1998]

MBA101 - if you're selling for $20, I'm buying

[MunkyMan95]

$20... Hmm. Maybe a common date indian head cent in a nicer condition, a cool franklin, or something along those lines?

[pendragon1998]

Hows about a nice uncirculated Buffalo Nickel? Think I can get a pretty, raw type-1 example for ~$20?

[Zoins]

... or you can get one of your Britannias graded by NGC!

[pendragon1998]

I'd have to join up first. I'm waiting until I have a number of coins I need to get graded.

[123cents]

Donate it to Jeremy's Charity Auction. You can't go wrong with that type of investment.

[Zoins]

You can also look for a "grab bag" on the bay. This may require some effort but people have been able to get nice coins out of groups of buffalo nickels and old dimes by carefully examining photos, spotting potential cherry picks and then hoping for the best. Seems to have worked out a couple of times and you get a great story to boot.

[Doogy]

Okay, so today I'm walking down the stairwell after class and I find a cool $20 on the ground. I decide that it's clearly a mandate that I should buy a $20 coin today, as the rest of my coin budget is currently engaged elsewhere and I've been feeling the itch.

 

Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to come up with a $20 coin and tell me why I should buy it. Bonus points if I decide to buy it from you. If I see something that catches my attention, maybe I'll pick it up.

 

Post some pics!

 

 

whew! what a relief that you found it! I'll send you my address so you can return it to me (!)

[pendragon1998]

[fastrudy-migration]

Hey! That's my $20.....I lost it yesterday!!!

[pendragon1998]

I'll be happy to return the bill to whichever one of you is the proper owner. Simply post the serial number so I know it's really yours.

 

 

Seriously, how nice of a raw / slabbed buffalo nickel could I get in the $20 neighborhood? I'd love an attractive uncirculated one for my type set.

[shirohniichan]

I'd go through dealers' junk boxes and buy a whole ton of interesting crud for $20.

 

A dealer near me has foreign coins in a 5-for-$1 box. From there I pulled about 800 yen face for about $2, an AU 1939 Canadian nickel, an 1890's Japanese silver 10 sen in VF/EF, and a bunch of other cool stuff. He doesn't keep as much nice stuff in there any more, so I figure he is more diligent in cherry picking the better stuff.

[Bruceswar]

I Challage you to take your $20.00 and find a TRUE MS65 1955 D Washington Quarter. Good luck if you choose to accept!

[bsshog40]

I'll be happy to return the bill to whichever one of you is the proper owner. Simply post the serial number so I know it's really yours.

 

You'll have to send me a picture of the obverse first so I can recognize it and make sure it's mine. Then I'll send you the serial#.

[SkyMan]

Well, if you're looking for a slug of American silver but not an ASE how about a Peace dollar? I think it's a really pretty design. Depending on how rare you want to make it the condition could vary widely.

[michael]

directly donate it to the favorite local charity of your choice

 

as this found money needs to go to this place as per the above

[just-john]

Go to the bank get 20 rolls of cents and 5 rolls of nickels going through them will help cure your itch

[lkenefic]

...for $20 you should be able to get a decent later date Indian Head Cent in AU50-58 condition...it's a classic design and is a must for type collections.

 

Leo

 

...but I'm not biased or anything

[zrlevin]

directly donate it to the favorite local charity of your choice

 

as this found money needs to go to this place as per the above

 

[pendragon1998]

I already donate regularly to a local charity. This $20 is going to be donated to the poor, starving grad student coin collector fund.

[bsshog40]

I've been thinking since this post, I have been saving a 1950 $20 bill for the heck of it. I found out it ain't worth much unless it is uncirculated. So I thought maybe I would take it to the bank for some nickels and pennies to see what I can find.

[bsshog40]

I already donate regularly to a local charity. This $20 is going to be donated to the poor, starving grad student coin collector fund.

 

Ok so have you done anything with this $20??

I bought $14 nickels and $6 pennies. Found 1 1948 penny and nothing else worthwhile.