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I won't show the latest coin which I purchased, because it hasn't arrived yet. However, I'll show this coin, which is the latest coin which I purchased, which has arrived. The coin is a Ukraine 10 hryven coin, which is currently worth 26 US cents. Therefore, 50,000 of them would currently be worth $13,000. I don't know, if they are legal tender, currently. I like the coin, and I like the country, and the coin seems to have some numismatic value. Long live Ukraine!

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Ukraine. 10 Hryven. Zinc Alloy. Minted in 2018. Maximum Diameter 30.0 mm. Weight 12.4 grams. Obverse : Eagle, Flames, 2 Swords, Country Name Above, Denomination Below. Reverse : Map Of Ukraine, Within Map "Who If Not Me", Outer Inscription "Day Of Ukrainian Volunteer".

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The last thing I bought was a 250g pack of Panko bread crumbs this morning. I'm not certain what I would do with 12.5 tons of Panko bread crumbs. Frying a lot of stuff, I reckon...

The last coin I bought is this one. I could well live with having a big chest of these!

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Kingdom of France, under Philippe IV "le Bel" ("the Fair"), AR Gros Tournois à l’O Rond, 1285–1314 AD (struck 1295–1314 AD), Tours mint. Obv: +BHDICTV SIT HOME DHI nRI DEI IhV XPI/+ PhILIPPVS REX, cross pattée; 3-pellet stops. Rev:  +TVRONVS°CIVIS, châtel tournois; border of twelve lis.  Ref: Duplessy 213.

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Welp, I guess I would then own around 10,000,000 18th & 19th century tokens.

My most recent buy was this lot of around 200 19th century tokens, along with some other miscellaneous coins.

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This was the only "good" photo that the auctioneer had, but I saw that there were some tokens on the top and thought I'd give it a shot. I bought it for ~£150, as I wanted to have a bunch of stuff to dig through and research.

Amazingly, there were some good tokens inside, and they weren't completely worn flat!

Here are the best 3:

 

Ireland 1760 VOCE POPULI (C over O) halfpenny

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Edward VI 1549 shilling - the first dated English hammered silver coin

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1649 Elephant "LONDON GOD PRESERVE" colonial token. This will be my first ever attempt at grading a coin!

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If I had 50,000 of each of these, It would almost completely crash the market for each of the tokens, and I'd probably be left with around 100 tons of the other tokens!

 

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10 minutes ago, Harry G said:

Welp, I guess I would then own around 10,000,000 18th & 19th century tokens.

My most recent buy was this lot of around 200 19th century tokens, along with some other miscellaneous coins.

tokens.jpg.97d51980e797f6ee6afed4b535a4f4a2.jpg

 

This was the only "good" photo that the auctioneer had, but I saw that there were some tokens on the top and thought I'd give it a shot. I bought it for ~£150, as I wanted to have a bunch of stuff to dig through and research.

Amazingly, there were some good tokens inside, and they weren't completely worn flat!

Here are the best 3:

 

Ireland 1760 VOCE POPULI (C over O) halfpenny

Ireland1760VOCEPOPULI.png.3d8dac8a1301f1cfa8b3bb520729ee70.png

 

Edward VI 1549 shilling - the first dated English hammered silver coin

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1649 Elephant "LONDON GOD PRESERVE" colonial token. This will be my first ever attempt at grading a coin!

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If I had 50,000 of each of these, It would almost completely crash the market for each of the tokens, and I'd probably be left with around 100 tons of the other tokens!

 

The Voce Populi and elephant are very popular and valuable American colonial coins. Most certainly got your money just on those 2.

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I just ordered these two coins (photos borrowed from seller because they haven't arrived yet):

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The top coin is a Parthian bronze, and a rather scarce and interesting type that I'll explain in detail once it arrives.  If I had 50,000 of them, it would immediately become by far the most abundant Parthian bronze coin type.  The bottom is imitative of a Sasanian drachm of Peroz, but I'm not familiar with this specific imitation, and it will be fun to research.  Not sure what having 50K of them would do, maybe I could make some money by slowly releasing the hoard onto the market...

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5 hours ago, Harry G said:

Welp, I guess I would then own around 10,000,000 18th & 19th century tokens.

My most recent buy was this lot of around 200 19th century tokens, along with some other miscellaneous coins.

tokens.jpg.97d51980e797f6ee6afed4b535a4f4a2.jpg

 

This was the only "good" photo that the auctioneer had, but I saw that there were some tokens on the top and thought I'd give it a shot. I bought it for ~£150, as I wanted to have a bunch of stuff to dig through and research.

Amazingly, there were some good tokens inside, and they weren't completely worn flat!

Here are the best 3:

 

Ireland 1760 VOCE POPULI (C over O) halfpenny

Ireland1760VOCEPOPULI.png.3d8dac8a1301f1cfa8b3bb520729ee70.png

 

Edward VI 1549 shilling - the first dated English hammered silver coin

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1649 Elephant "LONDON GOD PRESERVE" colonial token. This will be my first ever attempt at grading a coin!

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If I had 50,000 of each of these, It would almost completely crash the market for each of the tokens, and I'd probably be left with around 100 tons of the other tokens!

 

Nice cherrypicks!  I too once found a 1694 London Elephant token in a bulk lot.  Some Connecticut coppers, too.  Good grab on the Voce Populi, too.  You did well!  And a 1549 shilling is wow, regardless of condition.

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As with the example of @Ursus, I'd have a bit too much of this to be useful - I guess I would have to start an Amazon store...

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Would have been more fun to have 50K of my last coin  - perhaps not as easily sold...Gordian from Odessos with some combination of Zeus-Theos Megas-Darzalas-Serapis on the reverse...https://www.sullacoins.com/post/the-great-god-darzalas-serapis

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Apparently I'd have 50,000 of this Geta coin with Telesphorus on the back. Not sure there's enough collectors interested in this little dude that I could sell them! At least the condition ain't bad.

 

Geta, Hadrianopolis, Thrace.

Λ CEΠT ΓETAC K, bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust right /
AΔΡIANOΠOΛEITΩN, Telesphorus standing facing in hooded cloak.
Moushmov 2671 AE17mm, 3.68g

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6 hours ago, Parthicus said:

I just ordered these two coins (photos borrowed from seller because they haven't arrived yet):

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The top coin is a Parthian bronze, and a rather scarce and interesting type that I'll explain in detail once it arrives.  If I had 50,000 of them, it would immediately become by far the most abundant Parthian bronze coin type.  The bottom is imitative of a Sasanian drachm of Peroz, but I'm not familiar with this specific imitation, and it will be fun to research.  Not sure what having 50K of them would do, maybe I could make some money by slowly releasing the hoard onto the market...

The imitation is an early Indo Sassanian coin - there is a sub-set within series 1.1 with a very distinctively "hunnic" bust with a large nose and clean shaven face

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50000 lots of 7 Palaiologan trachea equals 350k ugly Byzantine cup coins (some flat tho). I would quit any and all jobs and teach my kids Sear and DOC numbers. It would make a really boring dystopian movie, most sane people would skip it after the first 10 'is he wearing divitision or chlamys is that a trifurcate sceptre or a labarum omfg is that a forked beard?!'

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50,000 coins of King of Italy/Holy Roman Emperor Berengar I from the early 900s AD. But they all are broken and glued back together but still have a chunk missing. But this ruler is very rare, so I am not really complaining. Then again, Berengar would not be so rare anymore if 50,000 suddenly popped up in my possession.

The last non-coin purchase however… I’d suddenly have 50,000 memberships to my local gym. 

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I would keep the one ex (I am not greedy) sell the rest in intervals not to deflat prices to worthless. Although/ with 250K Athenian owls never ending supply hitting auctions/ prices are still way to high. But even if you sold the balance off at $2000 per coin X 49999= ton of $$$! Enough add some really delightfull coins to ones collection. For me it would be 200 MS aurei/ my how fast you can send that! Or my fav. coin 1629 Bohemia AV 100 Dukats HRE Ferdinand III

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Looking at the date of when this thread opened, it would be a Alexander life time hemidrachm from Arados which I haven't taken pics of yet and the dealers photos suck... I would welcome 50k because a handful of these smaller then drachm coins would be fun to hold by the hand full

 

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