Scary/Sad ultimatum

joeykoins

Happy Sunday guys,
I did state, "scary or sad". However, this scenario can also be a happy one, as well?
What I'm driving at is;
If you were to do away with your entire collection. Which ONE coin would you keep forever? Now, I mean strictly only ONE coin! Not two, not three or not any set. Sure, the reason I added the "happy" adjective, is because this scenario can also be a happy occasion to be relieved from any stress or financial problems, resulting in eliminating your collection? lol.
Here is my lone coin that I would hold on for eternity! What would yours be?
Thanks

1921s Morgan "Dad's Dollar"

This coin, that I cherish the most. Is from my Dad. Many of you may know my story?
My father self engraved Morgan/Peace Dollars for his 5 kids when we were first born.
He engraved our names and birth dates.
Mine is the 1921s Morgan.
In which I decided to send in to our Host to try to have it holdered, with my special title?
Well, IT WORKED!

One more thing...
I do have two other Dad's Dollar PCGS certified slabs. Both from my deceased siblings. My brother's/sister's. But, I did say only ONE COIN!

Thank You, guys

JBK

Either (or both) the 1851 gold $ or 1846 Seated Liberty $ that my grandmother gave me.

lkenefic

My namesake:

TurtleCat

Hmm, I don’t think there is any I’d keep really. None of them are very sentimental. I might keep a large gold coin for my son if he’s interested.

RegistryCoin

CoinHoarder

That's a tough one. I would say my 1909 S VDB. If I could keep two, I would also keep my AU50 1874-S gold DE.

Kurisu

Mine is actually with our host right now and I'm hoping for the same result as you @joeykoins !
Only I didn't specify a custom title.

It's an 1861 Indian cent that I carried around endlessly when I was around 8 or 9 and managed not to lose.
It turned up 40-something years later after a move! The penny is a bit pink lol, but I remember that from childhood, so I'm hoping for genuine or a grade.
I believe it's the only coin I have left from my original childhood collection.

No idea where it came from originally. I'd think if a relative had given it to me it would've been in a holder of some sort. So there's actually a very good chance I found it in a roll I bought at the bank with some allowance in NW Indiana

joeykoins

@Kurisu said:
Mine is actually with our host right now and I'm hoping for the same result as you...

Great story!
So I'm assuming, you'll be satisfied even if your coin comes back, "Detailed"?

Just as my Dad's Dollar came back. Who cares what the turn out is, just as long it is authenticated and holdered by our dear host!
This is what sentimental truly means.
Good luck my friend.

joeykoins

I do have quite a few valuable and gorgeous coins in my collection.
However, my dear late father's coin, he specially made for me and my siblings, means a whole lot more to me than money or beauty!

The other two

Here are my dear sister's and brother's coins from my Dad.

Gina's

Jeff's

vplite99

I have no such coin. Long ago I learned to never fall in love with something that can never love you back.

joeykoins

Thanks guys
All your coin choices are awesome!
Keep em up.

Walkerfan

The 1942 S Walker in AU that I got from my dad when he went to Toronto.

Or the 1882 CC Morgan GSA that I got from him.

Che_Grapes

No question the 1921 peace dollar is my favorite coin - but I’m not sure which one I would keep....!?!?!

Stingray63

I would give up a number of favorites but my decision would come down to two and it would be tough as my father is currently fighting cancer and the clock is ticking. So it would be between an 1882-CC GSA Morgan flea market find I got when I went to a flea market with my dad or his first coin ever submitted for grading which was an 1819 Capped Bust quarter. We have some better coins between us but these two are where the memories are.

Edited: It would probably be the 1819 quarter.

Stingray63

@joeykoins said:
I do have quite a few valuable and gorgeous coins in my collection.
However, my dear late father's coin, he specially made for me and my siblings, means a whole lot more to me than money or beauty!

Awesome post! Definitely brings perspective into what is really most important to us.

Catbert

I would sell my collection and buy a Gobrecht dollar. That would then be my one forever coin.

joeykoins

@Catbert said:
I would sell my collection and buy a Gobrecht dollar. That would then be my one forever coin.

Good idea and choice!

ricko

Mine would be the colorized ASE my Mom gave me. She thought it would be a valuable coin... and, to me, it is. Cheers, RickO

nags

A GSA Morgan that was my grandfather’s. He passed away within weeks of my birth in the late 70’s. His coins sat in a box in a closet for 40+ years.

I hope that one stays in the family, which I’m sure it will.

WaterSport

Even owning over 700 Lincoln Cents - it would be a very easy choice...

joeykoins

What a Beaute, dude!

Is that a "Matte Finish" or "Proof"?
Love those square rims.

WaterSport

Matte Proof Lincoln. Possibly only 420 made.

WS

BryceM

All of my coins are for sale……. for the right price. None of them came to me in particularly sentimental ways.

joeykoins

@WaterSport said:
Matte Proof Lincoln. Possibly only 420 made.

WS

Awesome!

Joey29

Bought this at an internet auction and was always amazed at the blazing pretty gold toning and clean surfaces. Wish I could find one in 65 or 66 that looks as good.

Omegaraptor

My 1888-S Morgan Dollar. It is a solid AU with decent luster and has quite a bit of value, but that's not the important part. The important part is that it once belonged to the former owner of my family's business, and one of our greatest family friends. He hired my parents as immigrants from the Balkans in the 1990s, they have worked there since and eventually inherited the company from him. When I was about 10 years old, he let me look through his huge bowl of random change and coins. After a while of looking around, I pawed to the bottom and found the 1888-S Morgan, and then a VG-ish 1879-S Morgan, and he let me keep those coins. As it turns out the 1879-S Morgan is also a rare VAM, being VAM-99 - if I had figured this out when I first got it, it would have been a new discovery. A few years afterward he passed away. I will never part with either of those two dollars.

Rest easy, Scott

joeykoins

Cool story.
Thanks

Barberian

Five coins. Four coins given to me from my grandparents dug from my grandfather's garden: 1782 Mexican 1 Real, 1829 40 Reis counterstamped copper, 1809 half cent, and an 1854 large cent.

Plus a 1955-S Lincoln cent I found in a roll my father brought back from San Francisco on a business trip.

BLUEJAYWAY

Probably an error coin I found CRH from years ago. Those have the best memories. Not sure which one though.

SiriusBlack

@joeykoins Does that say 8-13-5something?

joeykoins

@SiriusBlack said:
@joeykoins Does that say 8-13-5something?

Lol.
My coin is
8-18-57

SiriusBlack

@joeykoins Gotcha. I asked because my birthday is 08-13

telephoto1

For me, my sentimental coin is a well-used 1935 Buffalo Nickel. My uncle gave it to me when I was 7 and it got me into a hobby that led to a career that's been going for about 4 decades. I still have it of course, housed in a capsule and I'll never part with it. My uncle always took credit for "getting me my start in the biz". LOL. He collected both stamps and coins...both hobbies borne from his experiences overseas in WWII. He passed several years back from Alzheimer's.

In the past he had mentioned he had never gotten a Two Cent piece with decent detail. So, I picked up a nice brown XF+/AU looking example for him, put it in an airtight capsule, took it over to the nursing facility and made a present to him. I was reticent to give him a much higher grade piece because I was worried about theft, etc. but it turned out I had no need to worry; he held onto that piece, showed it around to people, and towards the end, even though he couldn't remember much he always remembered the coin and who gave it to him. When he passed my aunt made sure that it was in his pocket. So he gave me my first coin, and I gave him his last.

joeykoins

@telephoto1 said:

...So he gave me my first coin, and I gave him his last.

What a touching story.
Thanks

Jeffnlu

@SiriusBlack said:
@joeykoins Gotcha. I asked because my birthday is 08-13

Hey, me too!