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1630Boston1630Boston Posts: 13,781 ✭✭✭✭✭
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This looks like an exciting job ?? :)

:) post an 'exciting' coin from your collection :)

https://youtu.be/QtTMJadYZV4

:) post an 'exciting' coin from your collection :)

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  • Cougar1978Cougar1978 Posts: 8,201 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Mexico early / mid 20th century $50 peso gold.

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  • WCCWCC Posts: 2,571 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Almost nothing now. About the only thing that does is when an unexpected coin from my series comes up for sale that I want to buy.

  • joeykoinsjoeykoins Posts: 15,880 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited March 1, 2021 8:43AM

    Well, many things, in coins, excite me. Something simple and not what many would focus on as I do. I go through tons of CRH. as many know. What tends to get my heart pumping the most is every single time I run across a 1992 Cent. P or D. Esp. when the coin I'm looking at the time is in a stunning RED. Knowing a second later when I flip to the reverse, it could end up being that elusive Variety! When I go through a Bank Box, I seem to find a vast amount of these, but not the "Close Am". Maybe, one day my heart will stop, when I finally hunt one down? Lol. :D

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  • al410al410 Posts: 2,402 ✭✭✭✭

    Circulated Morgan Dollars, any and all! I am easily excited huh?

  • SmudgeSmudge Posts: 9,516 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Pre Civil War gold.

  • 1630Boston1630Boston Posts: 13,781 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Nice coin @echos

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  • CatbertCatbert Posts: 7,123 ✭✭✭✭✭

    A new piece acquired.

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  • LazybonesLazybones Posts: 1,459 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Any pre-33 gold!

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  • ironmanl63ironmanl63 Posts: 1,972 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Getting what I believe to be a really good deal. It could be for a $10 dollar item or a 3,000 dollar item. I rarely spend more than that or the second number would be much higher.

  • lcutlerlcutler Posts: 549 ✭✭✭✭

    @airplanenut said:
    Two thing trump all else... simply finding a really attractive example of a beautiful design, because those coins are wonderful pieces of art, and history--thinking about who may have touched the coin or what it meant to someone back in the day. For the latter, growing up near many colonial NJ landmarks, that history always resonated with me, which is a reason I was so excited when I finally got a NJ colonial copper.


    Last year, I went a step further and didn't have to wonder anymore. It's not a coin, but it's money, and the history is undeniable. John Hart was one of the NJ delegates to sign the Declaration of Independence, and he definitely touched this note.


    There is just something about the looks of a 64-t, definitely one of my favorite New Jerseys!

  • 1630Boston1630Boston Posts: 13,781 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Very nice note @airplanenut :)

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  • Tom147Tom147 Posts: 1,483 ✭✭✭✭✭

    What excites me, seeing a coin come up for auction or sale that hasn't been on the market for quite some time. Especially one that I need for upgrade or set completion. I get even more excited the closer to the end of the auction. Break out the mad money.

  • BryceMBryceM Posts: 11,793 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I get excited by the whole picture. A really nice coin that I've been trying to find, rare at any time, suddenly appears for sale or auction in a great holder, with a sticker, from an old collection, with a really cool backstory, with toning that is gorgeous, and is offered for some mysterious reason at a price point where I can play.

    What? It's happened a few times. :)

  • 1630Boston1630Boston Posts: 13,781 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @KingOfMorganDollar
    Very respectable dollar there :)

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  • TheGoonies1985TheGoonies1985 Posts: 5,450 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @1630Boston said:
    @KingOfMorganDollar
    Very respectable dollar there :)

    The exact type I like in that condition. I prefer it over any mint state. Again it's not my coin was just an example.

  • joeykoinsjoeykoins Posts: 15,880 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited March 1, 2021 3:33PM

    What also excites me is the sight of the UPS/Mailman(woman), walking up to my doorstep! With that 5x5x14 PCGS Box in their hand. ;)

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  • bluelobsterbluelobster Posts: 1,220 ✭✭✭

    Fugio!

  • Mdcoincollector2003Mdcoincollector2003 Posts: 665 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Anything gold! I recently picked up a 1906 Peru 1/5 libra for a few dollars over melt.

  • UkuleleFlyfisherUkuleleFlyfisher Posts: 15 ✭

    The gold to silver ratio when it is under 40:1

  • 1630Boston1630Boston Posts: 13,781 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @BryceM said:
    I get excited by the whole picture. A really nice coin that I've been trying to find, rare at any time, suddenly appears for sale or auction in a great holder, with a sticker, from an old collection, with a really cool backstory, with toning that is gorgeous, and is offered for some mysterious reason at a price point where I can play.

    What? It's happened a few times. :)

    It does happen :) But it is expensive........usually

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  • 1630Boston1630Boston Posts: 13,781 ✭✭✭✭✭

    :) Here's another so if you posted one exciting coin...............you may post another :)

    https://youtu.be/qRaHDeN55qQ

    :) Here's another so if you posted one exciting coin...............you may post another :)

    Successful transactions with : MICHAELDIXON, Manorcourtman, Bochiman, bolivarshagnasty, AUandAG, onlyroosies, chumley, Weiss, jdimmick, BAJJERFAN, gene1978, TJM965, Smittys, GRANDAM, JTHawaii, mainejoe, softparade, derryb

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  • 1630Boston1630Boston Posts: 13,781 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I have a coin that saw exciting times........but I cannot upload pic now for some reason :#

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  • The_Dinosaur_ManThe_Dinosaur_Man Posts: 940 ✭✭✭✭✭

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  • truebloodtrueblood Posts: 609 ✭✭✭✭

    Anything super rare and old and in great condition numismatically speaking

  • pursuitoflibertypursuitofliberty Posts: 6,913 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Pleasing dusky grey-dirt crust on silver from the 18th and 19th century


    “We are only their care-takers,” he posed, “if we take good care of them, then centuries from now they may still be here … ”

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  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭

    U.S. coins from the late 1700's and gold coins.... A coin of either type will quickly get my attention. Cheers, RickO

  • CoinHoarderCoinHoarder Posts: 2,584 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Going to my LCS, and hand picking 90% junk silver.

  • 1630Boston1630Boston Posts: 13,781 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @ricko said:
    U.S. coins from the late 1700's and gold coins.... A coin of either type will quickly get my attention. Cheers, RickO

    Successful transactions with : MICHAELDIXON, Manorcourtman, Bochiman, bolivarshagnasty, AUandAG, onlyroosies, chumley, Weiss, jdimmick, BAJJERFAN, gene1978, TJM965, Smittys, GRANDAM, JTHawaii, mainejoe, softparade, derryb

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  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭

    We should have drool and slobber emoji's.... :D;) Thanks for the excellent picture. Cheers, RickO

  • ZoinsZoins Posts: 34,113 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited March 2, 2021 7:10AM

    @WCC said:
    Almost nothing now. About the only thing that does is when an unexpected coin from my series comes up for sale that I want to buy.

    Do you like not being excited?

    I'm excited almost all the time, at least once a week, sometimes several times.

    I'm not sure what's better.

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  • BillJonesBillJones Posts: 33,964 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Currently a coin, token or medal with a good story surrounding it. There are history books full of them for the British kings and Roman emperors.

    I get the inch to fill date holes in an “album” every once an while for Indian cents. I put those thoughts out of my mind. Perhaps the album fill idea is a sign of senility. :p

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  • JimnightJimnight Posts: 10,846 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Everything excites me in this hobby.

  • PedzolaPedzola Posts: 1,027 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Exciting - finding a great coin at the right price!

    Less exciting is finding it after someone else already bought it... :|

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  • BillJonesBillJones Posts: 33,964 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Exciting - Finding a coin that has been on your want list for a long time.

    Turn-off - It’s in an auction. :/

    Retired dealer and avid collector of U.S. type coins, 19th century presidential campaign medalets and selected medals. In recent years I have been working on a set of British coins - at least one coin from each king or queen who issued pieces that are collectible. I am also collecting at least one coin for each Roman emperor from Julius Caesar to ... ?
  • fathomfathom Posts: 1,688 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited March 2, 2021 8:39AM

    Right now... this along with the incuse Indian Heads in MS.


  • 1630Boston1630Boston Posts: 13,781 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Great gold @divecchia :)

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  • AuldFartteAuldFartte Posts: 4,597 ✭✭✭✭
    edited March 2, 2021 10:41AM

    @KingOfMorganDollar said:
    For some reason mint state coins are not my thing. I prefer the look of coins in VG to XF. Even authentic coins are more appealing to me than mint state. I find mint state to look fake especially for coins in the 1700 to 1800's. I know they are real just seem like such a fake look.

    This is not mine but this type of look.

    I like that look, too. Edit to add: I love a smooth planchet with a great strike. Pretty toning is nice, too.

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