The very Rare 'grandaddy' of all circulating Canadian coins, the 1921 50 cent Silver, starting price is $100,000:
https://auctions.canadiancoinsandpapermoney.com/auction/222/the-extravaganza-sale-ii-major-sale/session/439/lot/1863
(https://auctions.canadiancoinsandpapermoney.com/images/tmp/sess439/iimg253396l.jpg)
Which item would you choose?
Heck, I'd choose the coin myself.
While Prowler's car continues to depreciate, the coin will continue to go up in value quite a bit.
And the other coin they had for sale is worth more than his older Corvette too! $40,000 for a 1916 CANADA gold sovereign:
https://auctions.canadiancoinsandpapermoney.com/auction/222/the-extravaganza-sale-ii-major-sale/session/449/lot/2379
(https://auctions.canadiancoinsandpapermoney.com/images/tmp/sess449/iimg256171l.jpg)
...but at least these items will appreciate in value, not the other way Like Prowler's Cars. I might even consider a bid on the 2nd item to complete my sovereign collection.
anways, will letcha guys know.
Old Prowler has a Corvette I think.
Quote from: Herman on November 07, 2023, 10:00:55 PMOld Prowler has a Corvette I think.
Whatever Herm.
His cars are still depreciating assets.
Personally I woulda bought a 1957 Corvette myself.
(https://cdn.dealeraccelerate.com/adrenalin/1/2205/56429/790x1024/1957-chevrolet-corvette)
Guaranteed appreciating asset and could be rented out for photoshoots, movie props at a good price
Might even be better than a rare coin, eh?
It's not whatever. There is a big differenc between those two cars. I know you aint a gearhead, but any eleven year old boy can tell the difference between them.
Quote from: Herman on November 07, 2023, 10:06:05 PMIt's not whatever. There is a big differenc between those two cars. I know you aint a gearhead, but any eleven year old boy can tell the difference between them.
Corvette, Camaro...they're still depreciating assets unless they're something like a vintage car Herm.
I would post a picture of my Harley Softail Fat Boy, but old Joe would confuse it for a Hyundai Daelim 125.
Is Senile Joe still having a good cry about my 2002 Camaro Z28 and my 2023 Z51 Corvette Stingray?
Get over it Joe.
I can buy things that you cannot afford.
That is not the end of the world.
You envious little twerp.
Quote from: TheProwler on November 07, 2023, 11:26:14 PMIs Senile Joe still having a good cry about my 2002 Camaro Z28 and my 2023 Z51 Corvette Stingray?
Get over it Joe.
I can buy things that you cannot afford.
That is not the end of the world.
You envious little twerp.
I can afford this:
(https://auctions.canadiancoinsandpapermoney.com/images/tmp/sess449/iimg256171l.jpg)
An extremely rare 1916 Canada gold sovereign. Perhaps 50 known.
And it's worth more than your car, Prowler.
and it doesn't require maintenance either, can be stuffed in a shirt pocket.
But unlike your car, it holds it value and appreciates over time.
You see, I look for deals.
And I unlike you, I'd rather underpay than overpay when I buy things.
I mean think about it. You get stuck with a double whammy Prowler
1. You overpay for your purchases + 15% provincial HST?
2. Your purchase is a depreciating asset when it leaves the lot.
so by year 10 it's worth maybe 20 cents on the dollar.
Meanwhile my coin collection will appreciate in value and be worth more than your car in 10 years.
And better and faster cars will come out that will smoke your overpriced baubles and leave em in the dust Prowler.
Sure I could buy your overpriced car. But why bother? I could buy a Mercedes too. so what? Like Oerdin indicated to you in another thread - the less you spend on a car and gas, the better.
They're money pits for wannabes with fragile egos.
Quote from: JOE on November 08, 2023, 02:17:07 AMI can afford this:
(https://auctions.canadiancoinsandpapermoney.com/images/tmp/sess449/iimg256171l.jpg)
An extremely rare 1916 Canada gold sovereign. Perhaps 50 known.
And it's worth more than your car, Prowler.
and it doesn't require maintenance either, can be stuffed in a shirt pocket.
But unlike your car, it holds it value and appreciates over time.
You see, I look for deals.
And I unlike you, I'd rather underpay than overpay when I buy things.
I mean think about it. You get stuck with a double whammy Prowler
1. You overpay for your purchases + 15% provincial HST?
2. Your purchase is a depreciating asset when it leaves the lot.
so by year 10 it's worth maybe 20 cents on the dollar.
Meanwhile my coin collection will appreciate in value and be worth more than your car in 10 years.
And better and faster cars will come out that will smoke your overpriced baubles and leave em in the dust Prowler.
Sure I could buy your overpriced car. But why bother? I could buy a Mercedes too. so what? Like Oerdin indicated to you in another thread - the less you spend on a car and gas, the better.
They're money pits for wannabes with fragile egos.
Ummmm....
Quote from: TheProwler on November 08, 2023, 03:57:32 AMUmmmm....
Shit mang... that's faster than someone can be mugged for a gold sovereign!
Quote from: TheProwler on November 08, 2023, 03:57:32 AMUmmmm....
Look Prowler....
Just like your Camaro, your Corvette was....defeated!
Against a 'real sportscar' too.
so remember, and don't forget...
There's always something better, faster than you got.
And there always will be something coming out that beats what you got.
Chest thumpers.
Burp...
Boring faggIts get a life!!!!!!
Quote from: Adolf Oliver Bush on November 08, 2023, 04:07:21 AMShit mang... that's faster than someone can be mugged for a gold sovereign!
Haha!
Quote from: JOE on November 08, 2023, 01:05:53 PMLook Prowler....
Just like your Camaro, your Corvette was....defeated!
Against a 'real sportscar' too.
so remember, and don't forget...
There's always something better, faster than you got.
And there always will be something coming out that beats what you got.
Ummm.....
I have got all my 2 cent coin soaking in a jar of coka cola because I will be looking for a 1968 2 cent piece...
This is why..
Vvvv
In the world of coin collecting, certain pieces stand out as hidden treasures, and the 1968 2-cent Australian coin – worth a whopping $495 today – is undoubtedly one of them. This unassuming copper-nickel coin struck at the Perth Mint holds a unique place in Australian numismatic history.
3 Nov 2023
josephine would soil himself if I took him to a track day in my ZL1. I'd make him wear a diaper and put a plastic cover on the Alcantara before I let him in the car tho.
Fukin weenie.
I am still trying to find a 1968 two cent coin amongst my coin collection.
This is my personal favourite I acquired 40 years ago. It's now well and truly over 100 years old.
It is a 1919 three pence.
(https://thebluecashew.net/gallery/2156_23_11_23_12_23_15.jpeg)
I also have a 1945 Penny and a 1945 American quarter..
(https://thebluecashew.net/gallery/2156_23_11_23_12_38_31.jpeg)
I'M RICH!!!! :drunk2:
Collecting coins is a cute little hobby for kids.
Quote from: Brent on November 23, 2023, 06:28:54 PMCollecting coins is a cute little hobby for kids.
I have about 100 2 cent pieces that went out of circulation 31 years ago. I am cleaning them so I can see the date.... when I find one that is dated 1968 I will sell it for its $495 value.
Kids should be so lucky if a valuable item shows up amongst their things and presents such a tidy little windfall.
Quote from: Lokmar on November 19, 2023, 12:13:03 PMjosephine would soil himself if I took him to a track day in my ZL1. I'd make him wear a diaper and put a plastic cover on the Alcantara before I let him in the car tho.
Fukin weenie.
LOL!
Lokmar's IRL....
Quote from: JOE on November 24, 2023, 02:43:37 AMLOL!
Lokmar's IRL....
I dont have as much hair but I do have all my nose. That fuckers looks like Peaches, josephine.
Quote from: Lokmar on November 24, 2023, 12:43:20 PMI dont have as much hair but I do have all my nose. That fuckers looks like Peaches, josephine.
Catch a show this holiday season!
I recommend 'Peaches - The Musical'
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Quote from: caskur on November 23, 2023, 08:31:36 PMI have about 100 2 cent pieces that went out of circulation 31 years ago. I am cleaning them so I can see the date.... when I find one that is dated 1968 I will sell it for its $495 value.
Kids should be so lucky if a valuable item shows up amongst their things and presents such a tidy little windfall.
Nice little hobby.
Quote from: Brent on November 23, 2023, 06:28:54 PMCollecting coins is a cute little hobby for kids.
I think that's very true, Brent!
It's a hobby for self-indulgent overgrown Kids like me.
Still...I feel a tinge of guilt when I hold those 'tings knowing full well that my Grandfather, Father and relatives likely never got a chance to handle those a gold coin because they were either too poor or too busy working on the farm or some menial job trying to get by.
I don't any of them ever heard of them and if they had one it'd probaby have been very worn out.
Truly...anyone who had the luxury back then to store a gold coin and keep it in perfect condition for future generations of would be collectors to enjoy must have been either rich or fairly well off.
I never heard any stories from friends growing up or from their parents about owning a gold coin. So that must've been the providence of the rich back then.
After Jo Jo moves in with me, he will forget all about his life of abject poverty and waste of time hobbies.
Quote from: JOE on November 24, 2023, 04:57:54 PMStill...I feel a tinge of guilt when I hold those 'tings knowing full well that my Grandfather, Father and relatives likely never got a chance to handle those a gold coin because they were either too poor or too busy working on the farm or some menial job trying to get by.
I can just see Senile Joe in a dark room playing with his gold coins.
He is like a retarded chimpanzee.
Simpleton.
Quote from: Brent on November 23, 2023, 06:28:54 PMCollecting coins is a cute little hobby for kids.
Not just kids, niggers and beaners have been known to dangle silver dimes about their neck to ward off ebil spirits n shit.
Find a penny and pick it up and all the day you'll have good luck.
Quote from: Adolf Oliver Bush on November 25, 2023, 10:16:41 PMNot just kids, niggers and beaners have been known to dangle silver dimes about their neck to ward off ebil spirits n shit.
Joe does it to ward off women. He doesn't need to. His bald wrinkly head does the trick.
Quote from: TheProwler on November 25, 2023, 04:05:23 PMI can just see Senile Joe in a dark room playing with his gold coins.
He is like a retarded chimpanzee.
Simpleton.
Here they are Prowler...my 2 most valuable coins:
(https://images2.imgbox.com/8f/e3/hXmcMaJ3_o.jpg)
worth $10,000 USD or $13,000 Canadian or $15,000 Austrlian $
the one on the bottom was once part of the largest and complete collection ever known by an American Industrialist, Louis Eliasberg Prowler.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_E._Eliasberg
(https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSgQtNjcOtAqh8jLFYweLO0HOqLkqRoxu9XwPoTBgvyWg_lNHCU)
"Louis Edward Eliasberg Sr. (February 12, 1896 – February 20, 1976) was an American financier and numismatist. A native of Baltimore, Maryland, he is best known in the numismatic community for putting together the only complete collection of United States coins ever assembled, with attention to coins in the best possible condition.[1] Although the set was not truly "complete" by modern standards (for instance, it did not differentiate between proofs and circulation strikes as most modern collectors and set registries do, and die variations were not emphasized), it is still the most comprehensive U.S. numismatic collection to date. "
So he musta thought highly of that coin to actually buy it and house it in his special collection.
Today, his collection is known as perhaps the greatest coin collection ever assembled of which the $2 Newfoundland Gold coin was part, Prowler.
so as I said before, the ability to collect gold coins was once the domain of the very wealthy. Ordinary folk did not have the means to afford them. So I'm grateful to be able to afford and hold the very coin that the top collector once held Prowler.
Fascinating, truly fascinating. It's actually part of history.
No wonder the guy on the Pawn Stars mentioned that coin on his show, eh?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5w1jX4JB4A&t=116s
But it's fame was widespread even before it appeared on that TV show.
Quote from: JOE on November 28, 2023, 02:42:33 AM(https://images2.imgbox.com/8f/e3/hXmcMaJ3_o.jpg)
You have age spots on your hands, Senile Joe.
I feel a little bad for picking on such an old man.
Quote from: JOE on November 28, 2023, 02:42:33 AMHere they are Prowler...my 2 most valuable coins:
(https://images2.imgbox.com/8f/e3/hXmcMaJ3_o.jpg)
worth $10,000 USD or $13,000 Canadian or $15,000 Austrlian $
the one on the bottom was once part of the largest and complete collection ever known by an American Industrialist, Louis Eliasberg Prowler.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_E._Eliasberg
(https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSgQtNjcOtAqh8jLFYweLO0HOqLkqRoxu9XwPoTBgvyWg_lNHCU)
"Louis Edward Eliasberg Sr. (February 12, 1896 – February 20, 1976) was an American financier and numismatist. A native of Baltimore, Maryland, he is best known in the numismatic community for putting together the only complete collection of United States coins ever assembled, with attention to coins in the best possible condition.[1] Although the set was not truly "complete" by modern standards (for instance, it did not differentiate between proofs and circulation strikes as most modern collectors and set registries do, and die variations were not emphasized), it is still the most comprehensive U.S. numismatic collection to date. "
So he musta thought highly of that coin to actually buy it and house it in his special collection.
Today, his collection is known as perhaps the greatest coin collection ever assembled of which the $2 Newfoundland Gold coin was part, Prowler.
so as I said before, the ability to collect gold coins was once the domain of the very wealthy. Ordinary folk did not have the means to afford them. So I'm grateful to be able to afford and hold the very coin that the top collector once held Prowler.
Fascinating, truly fascinating. It's actually part of history.
No wonder the guy on the Pawn Stars mentioned that coin on his show, eh?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5w1jX4JB4A&t=116s
But it's fame was widespread even before it appeared on that TV show.
fantastic ... I saw the Queens stamp collection and I wonder if the Queen had a coin collecction.
I see you are serious about your coins. Keep them safe.
We have 2, 500 shilling coins...
(https://thebluecashew.net/gallery/2156_28_11_23_9_03_37.jpeg)
(https://thebluecashew.net/gallery/2156_28_11_23_9_05_21.jpeg)
I've been to the Pawn Stars shop at least a half dozen times or more and have never seen anyone from the TV show there. I think those dudes prolly just show up during taping and leave. I bet they couldnt do business with the general public if they were there.
Quote from: caskur on November 28, 2023, 07:35:01 AMI see you are serious about your coins. Keep them safe.
I don't consider myself a serious collector, caskur.
I'm more a dabbler and do it for fun. A 'real collector' is someone who has thousands of valuable coins and keeps collecting more. I've got about 25 or so gold coins and Might cap it at 100. Possibly 200.
Truth be known, I'm not terribly knowledgable about coins like a professional collector (numismatist) is. Therefore, I'd rather stick mostly to a narrow speciality of the coin collecting spectrum that I vaguely understand - Canadian gold coins and some of the antique ones.
Gold coins are a good bet. Because even if the collector value of the coin doesn't rise, the gold content likely will one day.
Actually many of the coins I like aren't terribly valuable because I often like something by its appearance & artistry rather than its book value.
(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/s2cAAOSw-0xYTfZ2/s-l400.jpg)
But those coins aren't often worth much. Strangely, it's the 'ugly' ones with the faces of ugly men on them that usually are. I gather that most of these famous men throughout history were quite homely.
(https://en.numista.com/catalogue/photos/france/5ea1b7b79b3187.25919558-original.jpg)
I just collect for fun, and if one day I get tired of them, I'll just sell them, get some money back.
I might keep the 1880 Newfoundland $2 coin tho. I guess it is popular because it's got the image of Queen Victoria when she was young on pretty on the back.
(https://s3.amazonaws.com/ngccoin-production/world-coin-price-guide/1416315-5747125-012f.jpg)
Quote from: caskur on November 28, 2023, 07:35:01 AMWe have 2, 500 shilling coins...
(https://thebluecashew.net/gallery/2156_28_11_23_9_03_37.jpeg)
(https://thebluecashew.net/gallery/2156_28_11_23_9_05_21.jpeg)
Nice coins!
Quote from: JOE on November 28, 2023, 02:05:01 PMNice coins!
Gifts from one of Kurts Austrian great aunty Mitzi who is now dead.
Kurt got one and his mum got one. Now his mum is dead, we have hers. The net said they are worth $150 atm.
My brother worked for the Rare Coin company,... not now though, he works for our Milltary Museum as a curator.
I don't know what to do with them. We have 1 great grand nephew with our Austrian surname. I think we should leave it to him. He is only 6 atm.
I like your New Foundland coin with the young Queen Victoria.