Post your top 3 favorite coins

Boosibri

TwoKopeiki

Reminds me of that joke where two guys are looking for their wives and first one describes his wife and the second one after hearing the description says "let's just look for yours together".

I'll just use your 3

bidask

@TwoKopeiki said:
Reminds me of that joke where two guys are looking for their wives and first one describes his wife and the second one after hearing the description says "let's just look for yours together".

I'll just use your 3

Ahh…. If you show yours I’ll show mine 😊

JohnnyCache

Impossible to follow those coins but here are my favorites

pruebas

You're just looking for an excuse to post them again....

Is the Ecuador taking a vacation in Newport Beach?

Boosibri

@pruebas said:
You're just looking for an excuse to post them again....

Is the Ecuador taking a vacation in Newport Beach?

Tired of the same 5 threads at the top of the page all week

pruebas

@Boosibri said:

@pruebas said:
You're just looking for an excuse to post them again....

Is the Ecuador taking a vacation in Newport Beach?

Tired of the same 5 threads at the top of the page all week

It's still Thursday. You can post to the Thursday North/South American thread.

HoledandCreative

Bob13

Hmm… right now?

SmEagle1795

3. Colosseum sestertius. Holding this coin at the ANA in Chicago in 2013 at Heritage's booth crystallized my collecting strategy. My jaw hit the floor thinking about the history of the inaugural games held at the Colosseum and the hands it'll have passed through. Subsequently finding a pedigree to an archaeologist in 1910 made it even more appealing:

2. Athens gold diobol, minted from the melted down statues of Nike on the Akropolis to fund the creation of a navy against Sparta in the Peloponnesian War.

When I saw the catalog come out for this coin, I walked into the living room and told my wife, "I have never been this excited about an upcoming coin." Stacks doesn't specialize in ancients and thoroughly flubbed up the cataloging, estimating the coin far too low. It's one of two available to private collectors (the other is owned by a close friend of mine) and I had to outbid the Tyrant but couldn't be happier with the coin, with all of its abrasions and imperfections.

1. Eid Mar denarius, minted to Brutus to commemorate the assassination of Julius Caesar on the Ides of March, 44 BC. This is the second example of the type I've owned - I was unsatisfied with my first example but after selling it, I was worried I wouldn't be able to afford another, still glad to have owned one. Then this coin came around and all bets were off. I had a max bid planned out which would be brutally strong... and learned it wouldn't be close to winning. So, I reshuffled around some coins in my collection to trim out some lesser pieces to pull together the strongest bid I could realistically justify... and I bought it (thankfully decently back from my max!)

Abuelo

This is like trying to choose your favourite child... Nearly impossible.

asheland

@SmEagle1795 said:
3. Colosseum sestertius. Holding this coin at the ANA in Chicago in 2013 at Heritage's booth crystallized my collecting strategy. My jaw hit the floor thinking about the history of the inaugural games held at the Colosseum and the hands it'll have passed through. Subsequently finding a pedigree to an archaeologist in 1910 made it even more appealing:

2. Athens gold diobol, minted from the melted down statues of Nike on the Akropolis to fund the creation of a navy against Sparta in the Peloponnesian War.

When I saw the catalog come out for this coin, I walked into the living room and told my wife, "I have never been this excited about an upcoming coin." Stacks doesn't specialize in ancients and thoroughly flubbed up the cataloging, estimating the coin far too low. It's one of two available to private collectors (the other is owned by a close friend of mine) and I had to outbid the Tyrant but couldn't be happier with the coin, with all of its abrasions and imperfections.

1. Eid Mar denarius, minted to Brutus to commemorate the assassination of Julius Caesar on the Ides of March, 44 BC. This is the second example of the type I've owned - I was unsatisfied with my first example but after selling it, I was worried I wouldn't be able to afford another, still glad to have owned one. Then this coin came around and all bets were off. I had a max bid planned out which would be brutally strong... and learned it wouldn't be close to winning. So, I reshuffled around some coins in my collection to trim out some lesser pieces to pull together the strongest bid I could realistically justify... and I bought it (thankfully decently back from my max!)

Those are so cool... Spectacular, really!

TwoKopeiki

@bidask said:

@TwoKopeiki said:
Reminds me of that joke where two guys are looking for their wives and first one describes his wife and the second one after hearing the description says "let's just look for yours together".

I'll just use your 3

Ahh…. If you show yours I’ll show mine 😊

Fine, fine, if you insist. I'll do one of each King.

AuldFartte

I'm going across the pond. So tired of looking at Central and South America.
Three Victorias.

bidask

here is a collage of my nicer coins....have more to show

Cucumbor

:'( for some reason my comment has been deleted. I will have to post again : will do soon as soon as I get a chance ...

Cucumbor

I'll try again to post something, hoping it remains visible this time

Great coins all around. As I'm a ancient guy, those I admire the most are @SmEagle1795's coins, but all are gorgeous.
Rather than posting ancients myself I will show off three french gold coins highly significant to me

**France - Jean II "le bon" (1350-1364) **- Florin d'or - 1358 (Montpellier)
Avers : + FRA• - •NTIA• Grande fleur de lis épanouie.
Revers : S•IOHA - NNES•B•(heaume)• Saint Jean-Baptiste debout de face, nimbé, vêtu d'une peau de mouton, tenant un sceptre cruciforme de la main gauche et bénissant de la main droite.
20 mm - 3,47 gr
Ref : Ciani # 362, Dy # 346

Bonaparte I° Consul - 20 francs or An 12 - Atelier de Paris (A)
BONAPARTE PREMIER CONSUL, tête nue a gauche
REPUBLIQUE FRANCAISE, couronne de lauriers entourant 20 FRANCS en deux lignes. A l'exergue . coq . AN 12. . A .
Tranche inscrite DIEU PROTEGE LA FRANCE
6.44 gr
Ref : Le Franc 10 # 510/2

3° republique - 100 francs or 1886 - Atelier de Paris (A)
RÉPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE - Génie ailé de la République debout à droite, gravant le mot CONSTI-/TUTION avec un stylet sur une table de Loi posée sur un cippe, accosté d'un faisceau surmonté d'une main de Justice à gauche et à droite d'un coq tourné à gauche ; signé A.B. à gauche et Dupré cursif à l'exergue.
LIBERTÉ ÉGALITÉ FRATERNITÉ -100 / FRANCS / 1886 dans une couronne de chêne fermée et continue, lettre d'atelier A sous la couronne entre les différents.
Tranche : en relief : ***** DIEU * PROTEGE * LA * FRANCE
32,22 gr - 35 mm - 38892 ex.
Ref : Le Franc # 552/7

bigmarty58

Boosibri

@pruebas said:
You're just looking for an excuse to post them again....

Is the Ecuador taking a vacation in Newport Beach?

It took a brief trip, didn’t like the weather, but is committed to go again another time

scubafuel

@boosibri - all silver? I expected at least one of your superb 8Es to make the cut!

My current favorites, no particular order:

EVillageProwler

It’s hard to choose the top three, but here are three I like very much:

TwoKopeiki

@bidask said:
here is a collage of my nicer coins....have more to show

Man, that's an awesome 4 Tien

Senator32

I couldn't pick....

WildWestHalfDollars

Mine are still the following:

1735 8 Reales Mexico
1736 8 Reales Mexico
1824 8 Reales Mexico Upright Eagle

all are NGC graded.

HalfDimeDude

MrEureka

The first two are easy. After that, I'm having trouble picking just one more.

Proverbs

worldcoinguy

Tibor

@worldcoinguy Those are AMAZING!!! I would just like to own one.
Thanks for sharing!!

1984worldcoins

From my huge Isle of Man 1984 collection (my pictures):

happycollecting

Somehow I really like this brockage coin.

I also like this bright red MS65 coin. Being top pop is a plus.

My first ancient gold. Alexander lifetime stater.

bidask

Nice coins !

EVillageProwler

@worldcoinguy — your three are sick AF!!!

headspace

Hi, new to the forum and been collecting CDN pre-68 decimal coins with an emphasis on Proof Like, Proof & Specimen Strikes. Here are my three favourite coins from my collection:
Purchased this 1964 Proof Dime raw along with two sisters (that were also Proofs) This one graded the highest.

Also bought this 1938 Canadian Half Dollar raw. Graded a respectable MS63 as higher grades for this year are hard to find and costly.

Finally this 1953 dime was crossed graded from ICCS. Excited to find this coin in such great shape and was hoping PCGS would give it the PL67 I believe it deserves. Happy just to have her!

I hope you enjoyed the images!

Barberian

A very unflattering seller's photo of a golden-toned 1938 dollar that resulted in a low winning bid.

Two colorful halves...

Cocoinut

These are among my favorites, all purchased in the 1970's, when I first became interested in foreign coins. Looking back, there were some incredible bargains to be had. The 1933 China "junk" dollar (much scarcer than the 1934, now a PCGS MS63) cost $5.00, the 1912-B Great Britain trade dollar (MS64+) was $8.00, and the 1918-S Philippines 50 cents (MS64) was $20. I'd like to think that there are still "sleepers" out there today.

lordmarcovan

Present-day Top Three is a tough call. I guess from my current holdings, it might be these.

Here are some bygones that were on my Top Three list before my 2019 "pay the bills" purge.

lordmarcovan

Since this is a list of favorites, it's all pretty much guaranteed "like" button material. I can't question anyone's taste here so far.

After posting mine, and finding myself at the bottom of the page, I decided to read the thread from the bottom up.

I'd hit the "like" button at the bottom of each post, and while scrolling upwards, try to guess which member posted which coins, before the username showed. I managed to correctly guess a few.

Yorkshireman

@lordmarcovan said:
Since this is a list of favorites, it's all pretty much guaranteed "like" button material. I can't question anyone's taste here so far.

After posting mine, and finding myself at the bottom of the page, I decided to read the thread from the bottom up.

I'd hit the "like" button at the bottom of each post, and while scrolling upwards, try to guess which member posted which coins, before the username showed. I managed to correctly guess a few.

I always loved the gilt 1/2 penny.
Wish I had been paying attention when you sold it.