What's the most BEAUTIFUL coin you ever held?
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Agree with the Ultra High Relief Saint Gaudens double eagle. One of the few modern gold coins worth owning.
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Funny you ask, it might be one of the same ones I put in the other thread. That Octagonal PanPac was to die for ... and if I remember correctly, it came back as a 66.
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This SBA was a gift from my late Mom, she received in change and kept in her 'lock box' for a number of years.
I find the toning it acquired over the years in her possession beautiful...
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Not sure what that would be as I’ve held a lot of great looking coins. I would probably say all the high end gold I’ve held. Love gold....
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This would be a contender-
The next one.
I love the Buffalo design and I love gold so I guess the simple gold proof Buffalo from a purely technical point of view would be at or near the top.
Proof gold 1839 "Una and the Lion" £5 is up there.
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A Sommer Island Shilling. It was Breathtaking!
My all time favorite design
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I think it one of those pattern coins that look a little bit like a Morgan dollar on the obverse, but with a smaller head and cool eagle on the reverse. I don’t remember what it was called. There were a few different sizes and some were copper, some silver.
I just did a google search and these are a close match to what I remember. A dealer had a few different ones, beautifully toned, more evenly target toned than the 2nd one pictured below
Mr_Spud
While far harder to own, I'll choose the original Ultra High Relief as the most beautiful coin I've held (from the ANS). This picture really doesn't do it justice:
Another beautiful coin is the Panama-Pacific Gold $2.5 obverse with Miss Liberty riding on the back of a Hippocampus (a mythological creature that half horse and half sea serpent) while holding a caduceus.
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This.
That's interesting. I've never liked the way most high relief coins look - the originals, that is. They just didn't generally strike up very well.
Since the topic is one that has actually been held, I would have to say the High Relief Saint Gaudens... I went back to a dealers table three times at a show in the PNW, just to pick it up again.... Was very close to buying it, but was dealing with a major life event at the time. I still think about that beauty. Cheers, RickO
Any coin my beautiful wife has in her possession.
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This one I particularly like: The flash is incredible.
That's a great question - It hasn't happened yet.
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The 1932 Polish 10 Zloty proof.
Poland contracted with the London Mint to produce 6 million business strikes. The London Mint apparently decided to produce a few proofs, possibly without Warsaw's knowledge. Records indicate a mintage of 100. This is the finest of the 2 known.
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At the Rare Coin Wholesalers (RCW) I was allowed to hold the 1794 Dollar before
TDN bought it a few years later. Also at their table I had the chance to hold the
silver version of the "School Girl" dollar.
My avatar is the most beautiful coin I’ve ever held in my hand.
I have a couple variations of this design but I'll flash the gold as my only gold coin for now.
A 1907 St. Gaudens High Relief double eagle, graded NGC PR69. I tried not to drool on it...
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The coin I talked about, with another collector who I didn't know, at a local auction.
The coin I discussed with a friend at a coin club meeting.
The discussion with a YN about a coin they purchased, and asking for my opinion when I think they value my thought's too much...
Those are the most beautiful coins, and are albums I hope to fill as we share these moments together.
The most beautiful coins are those that establish connections, friendships, and memories.
So many holes, so little time.
That looks awfully familiar!
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Hope you guys don’t mind me going Darkside but I absolutely love this design
It says beautiful, not most expensive.
I'm partial to this today.
Whoa-that's just gorgeous!
send me all your beautiful coins, so that i may hold them 🤲
This would be another contender-
1804 $10 pcgs pr65+ dcam ex simpson
Ive been dreaming about owning it since so many years ago when I saw it.
Now that its for sale Ill get the chance!
I've held lots of truly beautiful coins but the one that leapt to mind is actually a pretty "cheap" coin.
It was a 1797 two penny cartwheel from GB. The coin was just simply stunning and perfect. It was only mostly red but the color was very nice and there was no marking at all. It was fully struck from almost brand new dies. Neither the owner nor I had enough knowledge of these to know whether it was a proof or a BU. It's appearance was BU but one doesn't expect a nearly two century (at that time) coin to be so perfect unless it's a proof.
At the time it was probably only a $100 coin and I probably could get it at a steep discount but I foolishly passed on it. Today it would be a PF or MS-68 and everyone would fight over it. At the time I could pick up true rarities like a 1970 Russian mint set for a few dollars if I could just find one or Gem examples of moderns that are usually poorly made for 50c.
I shouldda picked it up instead of making a low ball offer.
Now days, ugly low grade circulated examples of this coin sell for what that one would have cost me.
I guess it would have been a 1955/55 Unc cent.
That's an impressive coin in any grade as long as it's not all beat up. I have an extremely fine example. To see one in the grade you saw would be amazing! Most all of the circulated ones have those nasty rim bumps. Mine doesn't have any.
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Since I am located in Canada 1936 Dot dime from Canada graded PCGS SP-68 (I believe it was a 68 and not a 66) only 5 known one of the top Canadian coins. Worth 250k that is a whole lot for a Canadian coin not many have that type of value and rarity.
The Smithsonian ultra high relief Saint. The regular design is one of the best ever. The high relief is spectacular. The UHR is such an exceptional piece of art and blows the other version out of the water.
A HR Saint i was able to hold at one of the Baltimore shows.
Completely agree. I've seen the UHR many times but I've never held it per the OPs question.
I used to have these two but in lower grade (1906-D MS63 nice surface, no serious mark, graded by NGC and a well worn out evenly yellow color gold 1913-S ANACS XF-45). I also had a perfect looking (at least MS68) Morgan Silver dollar which I could look at for a long time without getting bored due to its puffy cheek, no visible mark or defect whatsoever.
An evenly toned midnight blue, fully struck 1799 Heraldic Eagle Bust Dollar in MS 64. It was in a 4 holder because the toning was slightly on the dark side. The coin was unblemished. Never seen another dollar of that series like this one, and I've seen quite a few of them over the years.