MannysCollectibles, I’ll wait till I get a good album in hand before I take you up on your offer of a half dime. When I do get one, I also want the 1853 Indian Head Penny because it’s the oldest and those old coins are like a work of art.
When I do get the album, I really want to get the three cent piece. I’m really drawn to that one for some reason, perhaps it’s because they don’t make them or because it’s so pretty to look at. Either way, that is going to be one of the first coins I buy.
I love silver quarters. I have learned recently that the George Washington quarter was supposed to be a one time thing in 1932, but because it was popular, they (US Mint) kept the design. The Barber ones are so pretty and valuable; also expensive, but I’ll start with the Standing Liberty.
Since I’ll have to start this collection online, I’ll start buying from the US Mint.
But off topic here…I was looking at current silver coins from the US Mint. Even though they have a low numeric value, (I think $5) but they sell for the current commodities selling price for the 1oz pure silver amount.
It’s a great investment because as I have learned recently, if you do want to invest in gold or silver bullion coins, the IRS won’t charge tax on them because they are legal tender. However from what I have also learned is if you want to use those coins in your stock portfolio for an IRA, you cannot keep them in your own private stash or personal safe or even in a bank’s safety deposit box, you actually have to turn them over to some kind of professional, like a broker that deals with this.
Today I looked at the commodities shares…the price of gold dropped and then closed at $1,723.10. I’m glad I sold those rings last week when the price was higher at $1,785.
Soon I want to start posting pictures of my fine jewelery. I don’t buy cheap costume jewelery, some of my jewelery my mother gave me with precious gems in gold covered silver settings. However my 4K Ruby ring that is an Emerald cut is in a solid gold 10K setting. I also own blue sapphires (in pure 14K gold), a garnet and opals bracelet in solid 10K gold, a Chatham Padparadscha sapphires in a 14K gold plated silver ring with a matching princess cut Chatham Padparadscha bracelet, my father’s 14K solid gold onyx and diamond ring, and I just purchased a beautiful trillion cut emerald ring with diamonds in a solid 10K gold setting. Oh I also forgot to mention that my mother gave me a genuine ruby ring that looks like a strawberry. Personally, I prefer the Chatham created stones because they are real true gemstone but grown in a test tube without the flaws and are transparent, so beautiful! A natural ruby or emerald appears cloudy. OMG I forgot to mention my ruby tennis bracelet…it goes so nicely with my ruby 4K ring.
My husband’s old high school class ring is very valuable for a variety of reasons. He’s 23 years older than me (May-December wedding LOL, but we really do love eachother…been together 15 years this May), it was purchased in 1972, it’s a heavy sold 10K gold ring with a white sapphire (his birthstone is April and well, you’ll never see a diamond class ring). He was an army brat (meaning his father was in the Army as a career) and he graduated in Karlsruhe American High School in Karlsruhe Germany, which closed down in the mid 1990’s. You will never be able to get a ring like that ever again.
I love fine jewelery! I really want to get a new pair of gold hoop earrings since my old pair broke. I don’t like big hoops, I like them no larger than 1 inch in diameter.
I also collect Waterford crystal in the Lismore pattern. Yep, I’m a woman, I love the pretty things!
I also looked up a coin collector supply store online and read the description of the Dansco 7070 album and it’s really well constructed and you can even buy a slip cover (extra) for it. What’s also nice is you can buy extra millimeter pages for extra coins you own.