Fun Survey Question: Back in time for a coin of your choice......

[Mergula-migration]

Just a fun survey question to see what people will come up with.

 

Here is the question:

 

If you could go back to any point in time, and walk in to any Bank in the US, and buy a single bag or Roll of coins, to bring back to the present day with you, what coin would you purchase at face value? Why that coin? and What would you do with the coins in the present day?

 

I will start off with my selection.

 

I would go back in time to 1916 and get myself a bag/roll of Mercury dimes from the Denver mint. Because I love Mercury Dimes. I would submit them for grading, keep a few for my personal collection, donate 1 to the Smithsonian Institute, and sell the rest.

[MunkyMan95]

1907. I'd (try to) buy a roll (or as many as I could) High Relief 1907 Saints

[RUSS BEGA]

1916...Standing quarters

[supertooth]

As many as I could find----1870 CC Twenties. Bob [supertooth]

[bsshog40]

I like Morgans. I would have to back for a roll of some CC morgans also!!

[ant]

i would say @ least 1 roll of cbh.

 

i would do that cause if u look at ebay the cleaned anacs coins sell for lots

 

and of course i would have to keep a few for myslef while selling the others in pcgs slabs

 

good question and thaught process there! thanks for the thread

[TomB]

I don't know about an entire roll, but I would like to acquire the Pan-Pac $50 slugs, both round and octagonal.

[SkyMan]

Not even a question... a bag of 1798 silver dollars (assuming they had such a thing). YEOW, that would be AWESOME!!! Look at all the varieties of that year, not to mention you'd get BOTH the small eagle and the Heraldic eagle (not to mention they'd be worth a serious chunk of change).

[ldhair]

The 1793 chain cent.

I wonder how many millions a bag would be today.

[bsshog40]

I'd have to agree with Ant also. Live those CBH's too!! I just can't choose! I just can't choose!

[jesbroken]

I would first get $25 worth of colonial currency and go to a large bank in 1796 and get a bag of 1796 1/2 cents with or without the pole, I wouldn't really care. What a return on your investment. They are so beautiful a coin and are our first coins, then their is the monetary gain.

[zrlevin]

All of you guys who say that you want to get a bag of a rare coin (1916D, 1907 HR, 1798, 1793 1c) seem to be missing a very fundamental economic law, in my opinion.

 

When the supply of one of these coins increases by that many in uncirculated grade, the price is going to drop significantly and as such, today's price guides would be completely irrelevant.

[Dcoin]

I would camp out at the Denver mint in 1964. All I need is one Peace $ and one quiet buyer.

[bsshog40]

It would be nice to go back to 2000 and buy up all the boxes of cherrios. A few of those peacock Sacs would be nice!

[rrantique]

Just a couple of rolls of the 1933 $10 Indian.

[TJ'S Coins]

A bag of 1815/12 Capped Bust Half Dollars would nicely finance the remainder of my collection.

[DC Dawg]

1921 Walking Liberty Half Dollars. I'll take a bag from each mint!!

 

Scott

[AegisIII]

All of you guys who say that you want to get a bag of a rare coin (1916D, 1907 HR, 1798, 1793 1c) seem to be missing a very fundamental economic law, in my opinion.

 

When the supply of one of these coins increases by that many in uncirculated grade, the price is going to drop significantly and as such, today's price guides would be completely irrelevant.

 

Then go for the S-VDB. 50 new uncs would not really be noticed unless you sell them all at once. Actually the same would be the case for the HR, and in fact numerous "key dates" of popular series.

[WinstonWare]

Back to 1815 to obtain a roll of 1815/2 CBHs. I'd keep the best of the bunch and sell the rest to reinvest in the rest of the bust half dates.

[cpm9ball]

Actually, I have two "wishes" on this subject:

 

My first wish would be to transport myself in a submarine back to September, 1622 and follow the Atocha and Margarita.

 

My second wish would be to go back to 1960 and buy 25 bags of Morgans from the Treasury release.

 

Chris

[jtryka]

1928 to buy me a roll or two or 1927-D Saints, and maybe throw in a few rolls of 27-S, 26-D, 26-S, 25-S, 25-D, 24-D and 24-S...

[construct]

I think I'd go for 1794 dollars. How many's in a bag? 1000? Well that would be over half the mintage. I could sell them off at two a year and do okay for a while I guess. The type collectors have the 1795s to fill the hole, and there is only one die marriage for 1794. So the demand would come from date collectors of early dollars. I'm guessing there are probably enough of those to absorb a hundred more examples over a fifty year period.

[okbustchaser]

1796 and pick up two 50 cent pieces. I would keep one of them in order to complete my half dollar type set and sell the other to finance another trip back...this time to 1797 to get a single half in order to complete my year run.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Yes, I know taking 2 trips is cheating, but hey, at least I am not trying to distroy the market value of anyone else's collection by bringing back a bag full.

[awb]

Assuming turning a very handsome profit isn't the sole motivation, I'd go back and get some trade dollars. That's one fine looking coin in my book.

[MAULEMALL]

Probably 1993 or so years to see exactly what Judas was paid.

[rbrown4]

I would go back to the mid to late 1840's to early 50's to be able to secure some $10G Coronets coming out of the New Orleans Mint.

 

Rey