Just a fun question to ask... raw/omp, graded, 1 coin, coin set, medal, gold, silver, palladium what ever...what would you get if you had an extra $5000 to burn right now. For me, I would get the 1995, 1996 and 1997 China Romance of the Three Kingdoms 10 yuan 12 coin silver set. The 1989 5 oz Guanyin is also on my wish list but only willing to pay around $2000 for a PF 69.
Not MCC. Buy a trip to China, and acquire key date pre-1970 1 & 2 Fen coins and perhaps one of the 1980 - 1985 proof mint set.
For me it's the 1983 1oz and 1/4oz gold BU coins in MS69 to complete my set. or, I agree with Lightsview, any 5 coin proof set (OMP or graded)... undervalued atm or 1990 Platinum x 3 coin proof set 1/2oz, 1/4oz, 1/10thoz, preferable in high grade... There's a set in 69 on ebay right now.
If it were me: Buy BIG3 OMP. Then grade and hope for MS69s or MS70s. If get MS68, then sell cheap and try again
What I'd actually do: I'd send all my coins to grade at NGC/NCS and flip them for profit THEN buy more What I'd do if I couldn't do that: I'd spend it on (a mixture of; in priority): 1989 5oz Silver Guan Yin (stop copying me! ) 1995 S10Y Proof Panda PF69 5oz Hong Kong Expo Panda (OMP/PF69) Gold Pandas from eBay near melt (OMP) Mirrored S10Y MS69 Micro Date S10Y MS69 Serif 1 S10Y MS69 The remainder of my S10Y MS69 set... 1984 PF69 Pagodas Bi-metal/Platinum Panda sets from the 90s I know 5k won't buy me all that but I'd probably get the top 3 for 5k
Fly to Sydney to catch up with Fishball Steal all his secret databases and search data Learn from him the black art of ebay sniping. Book a trip to catch up with Yennus in Shanghai Pry away his black book of contacts Look for the best quality rare OMPs Fly over to US to catch up with Comeaux with $5000 worth of nail polish Beg his wife for combination number for safe deposit box Come home with the biggest Panda treasure ever.
$5000 would just about complete my variety set by getting the big three in 69+ condition.. I have an '86 Gold Panda proof set in OMP if you want to give me the trade.
Even more importantly, if you had to start from scratch and do it all over again, how would you make a 10-15 year investment of $5000 right now?
That's a lovely set boz! I'd find it hard to part with that beauty though the Big 3 are definitely worthy trades.
I have a couple sets and parting with one for the addition to my Panda set would be nice for both traders.
if the world ends in Dec, the heck with the coins ,i am going with the women and beer scenario ,but if it dont ,the 5 coin gold proof sets ungraded are an incredible buy on e bay ............. occasionally
The lowest I bought one of these sets was $800 USD. The Highest was $2900 right after they came out, lost money for years on that bet. Also had a couple of the 99 Gold 5 oz God Of Longevity medals at the time. Wish I had them now.
