Preferences in collecting/stacking

[refero]

I always wondered if and how personal preferences have an impact on "how" a stacker/collector operates on the market, eventually forcing him/her to overapay some coins or, on the other hand, not to buy some, even at decent or profitable rates.

I personally have never liked William IV and Eward VII portraits, and i therefore found myself poorly motivated in chasing respective coins, even when i found them in the past at decent price-s. On the other hand i litterally love George IV laureate head portrait and i admit i m always tempted when i see his coins in high grades in auctions..

that is one of my favourite 

[SidS]

Totally opposite, I like really like the William IV portrait (can't argue about the Edward VII), but I've never liked the George IV Laureate portrait. I much prefer the bare head portrait. So naturally the vast majority of my George IV coins are the latter type, very, very few of the first portrait.

So I think you're onto something there, especially since I've started hoarding William IV coins of late.

Always loved the Jubilee head too.

 

[refero]

15 minutes ago, SidS said:

So I think you're onto something there

i quite dont get that)

[SidS]

1 minute ago, refero said:

i quite dont get that)

Sorry, to reword it - I agree with you.

[Ukbullionfan]

Threads get created like these ones quite often lately.

[Britannia47]

Bought all 4 of these many years ago, so probably couldn’t afford them today. No special likes or dislike's, but ironically the William IV (1832) is the most valuable. R3. This one is a Marsh 17A ie (1st portrait) The nose points towards the 2nd ‘N’ and I only noticed that later. Fortunately the dealer was as ignorant as I was!!😋

 

Edited August 25, 2022 by Britannia47

[LawrenceChard]

On 25/08/2022 at 12:54, refero said:

I always wondered if and how personal preferences have an impact on "how" a stacker/collector operates on the market, eventually forcing him/her to overapay some coins or, on the other hand, not to buy some, even at decent or profitable rates.

I personally have never liked William IV and Eward VII portraits, and i therefore found myself poorly motivated in chasing respective coins, even when i found them in the past at decent price-s. On the other hand i litterally love George IV laureate head portrait and i admit i m always tempted when i see his coins in high grades in auctions..

that is one of my favourite 

 

I think you are quite right to have preferences when collecting, although not so much when investing.

The extra pleasure you get from owning something you really like is a kind of dividend, and can be balanced against the extra profit you might make by taking an accountant's view of investment.

I think almost everyone agrees that Edward VII's portrait is not as attractive as most other sovereigns. If you did buy one, it might be worth getting a 1902 proof, as they do have distinctly better definition than the bullion / circulation versions.

William IV, as you hinted, is also not particularly attractive, although the reverse is nice, and makes up for it somewhat.

Both portrait styles of George IV are good, as is George III.

There are two things most of us will agree on. They are all more attractive in higher grades, and...

They are all the right colour!

😎

Edited August 26, 2022 by LawrenceChard

[Rookie]

I am too new to have any sort of feelings yet, but my focus is on investing and wealth preservation and growth via metals. I am a bit of a collector already (vinyl records, trading cards, board games) so I suspect I'll be quite susceptible to a shiny rare coin or two!