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If you could own just one coin what would it be?

OgdenOgden Posts: 435 ✭
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If you, by some unfortunate circumstance, were a coin collector and your situation prevented you from ever again leaving your house, what would the one coin be that you would want next to you to look at for the rest of your life?


Ogden

I personally would love a 1955 MS 65 Red double die! Man that would be the best!!!

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  • goose3goose3 Posts: 11,471 ✭✭✭
    Probably one of the 2 MS66 Snow3 1856 Flying Eagles!
  • jbstevenjbsteven Posts: 6,178 ✭
    that 1895 pr68dcam morgan dollar that is for sale for $225,000.

    what a coin

    Or I would take mike caspers inventory and that would hold me for awhile.
  • KlectorKidKlectorKid Posts: 3,723
    If i could only own 1 coin i would sell allmy coins and buy a nice 1... wouldnt leave much for the problem i was having but o well.
    image
  • shirohniichanshirohniichan Posts: 4,992 ✭✭✭
    The Canadian 1911 silver dollar-- then my George V set would be as complete as I want it to be!
    image
    Obscurum per obscurius
  • BNEBNE Posts: 772 ✭
    A top-grade, proof 1913 Type 1 Buffalo nickel. Actually, it would look neat next to its brother, the 1913 Liberty. OK, I'll take 'em both!
    "The essence of sleight of hand is distraction and misdirection. If smoeone can be convinced that he has, through his own perspicacity, divined your hidden purposes, he will not look further."

    William S. Burroughs, Cities of the Red Night
  • tradedollarnuttradedollarnut Posts: 20,162 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Tough choice! Either my 1885 trade dollar or the Amon Carter 1794 dollar.

    Or... image
    Early Dollar Set
  • EVillageProwlerEVillageProwler Posts: 5,856 ✭✭✭✭✭
    TDN,

    Would you care to respond for me? You know what is my #1 coin of all time!!!

    EVP

    How does one get a hater to stop hating?

    I can be reached at evillageprowler@gmail.com

  • paigowjohnnypaigowjohnny Posts: 4,257 ✭
    THE best 1893-S Morgan dollar....
  • tradedollarnuttradedollarnut Posts: 20,162 ✭✭✭✭✭
    EVP: the pissing minuteman quarter? image

    well....it's either that or the James Stack 1870-S Seated Liberty dollar - not sure which! image
    Early Dollar Set
  • EVillageProwlerEVillageProwler Posts: 5,856 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Thanks for replying for me. The #1 coin is definately one of the two. Tough choice... image

    (I want that coin so bad it hurts each time I think about it...)

    EVP

    How does one get a hater to stop hating?

    I can be reached at evillageprowler@gmail.com

  • tradedollarnuttradedollarnut Posts: 20,162 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I know exactly how you feel - that's how I felt about the 1885 until I took the plunge!
    Early Dollar Set
  • roadrunnerroadrunner Posts: 28,303 ✭✭✭✭✭
    With the object not necessarily to get the most expensive coin out there I think I'd go for a coin that has always fascinated me since I first saw it in 1976:

    The James Stack 1873cc NA quarter MS66. Finest known of only several pieces.

    roadrunner
    Barbarous Relic No More, LSCC -GoldSeek--shadow stats--SafeHaven--321gold
  • nwcsnwcs Posts: 13,386 ✭✭✭
    Depends. If there was a provenance, I would want a first run, first US gold coin that was presented to Washington (assuming there ever was one). Failing that, an 1804 dollar.
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  • michaelmichael Posts: 9,524 ✭✭
    a blast white monster lusterous mintstate superb gem 1895 morgan

    sincerely michael
  • LakesammmanLakesammman Posts: 17,381 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Stewart Blay's 1877. image
    "My friends who see my collection sometimes ask what something costs. I tell them and they are in awe at my stupidity." (Baccaruda, 12/03).I find it hard to believe that he (Trump) rushed to some hotel to meet girls of loose morals, although ours are undoubtedly the best in the world. (Putin 1/17) Gone but not forgotten. IGWT, Speedy, Bear, BigE, HokieFore, John Burns, Russ, TahoeDale, Dahlonega, Astrorat, Stewart Blay, Oldhoopster, Broadstruck, Ricko, Big Moose.
  • boiler78boiler78 Posts: 3,057 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Pattern coin J1776 Indian head double eagle. -Or_
    TDNs 1838-o proof half dollarimage
  • ClankeyeClankeye Posts: 3,928 ✭
    I'm going to make it simpler, and just include the smattering of coins I have on hand at the moment... and I would choose a beautiful Lincoln commem that I have. I don't know what it is about the portrait on that coin, but I can just sit and stare it for long, long periods of time... and it sounds like I'd have some time on my hands.
    Carl
    Brevity is the soul of wit. --William Shakespeare
  • UnknownUnknown
    A 1795 Flowing Hair in MS66, it does not exist but it would be nice to look at if it did!
  • pullthischangepullthischange Posts: 19
    I'd like to own a 1924-S Buffalo Nickel, MS-65
  • ccrccr Posts: 2,446
    It would be This in MS65
  • DCAMFranklinDCAMFranklin Posts: 2,862 ✭✭
    A high grade black&white deep cameo Trade Dollar.
  • LakesammmanLakesammman Posts: 17,381 ✭✭✭✭✭
    OK, OK....I was mistaken earlier...it would be the Eliasberg quintuple stella, lot 313 - Bowers 1996 - what a great coin!!!image
    "My friends who see my collection sometimes ask what something costs. I tell them and they are in awe at my stupidity." (Baccaruda, 12/03).I find it hard to believe that he (Trump) rushed to some hotel to meet girls of loose morals, although ours are undoubtedly the best in the world. (Putin 1/17) Gone but not forgotten. IGWT, Speedy, Bear, BigE, HokieFore, John Burns, Russ, TahoeDale, Dahlonega, Astrorat, Stewart Blay, Oldhoopster, Broadstruck, Ricko, Big Moose.
  • VeepVeep Posts: 1,423 ✭✭✭✭
    One of the PF68 Walkers with perfect mirrors, no haze and no spots that I sold a few months ago.
    "Let me tell ya Bud, you can buy junk anytime!"
  • CLASSICSCLASSICS Posts: 1,164 ✭✭
    i already own that coin...it is the very first one that i got. no it is not rare, has very little value, and most would not look twice at it. but it was my first, and the joy i can still remember, when receiving it. and i wouldnt trade the memory of that time for any amount of money on this earth......imageimage
  • LanLordLanLord Posts: 11,714 ✭✭✭✭✭
    1907 roman numerals double eagle with extremely high relief.
  • MrKelsoMrKelso Posts: 2,907 ✭✭✭
    Any 1804 Dollar First Reverse


    "The silver is mine and the gold is mine,' declares the LORD GOD Almighty."
  • fcloudfcloud Posts: 12,133 ✭✭✭✭
    1894-S Barber Dime.

    President, Racine Numismatic Society 2013-2014; Variety Resource Dimes; See 6/8/12 CDN for my article on Winged Liberty Dimes; Ebay

  • BladeBlade Posts: 1,744 ✭
    Damn it! Lanlord, you beat me to it. I've been Jonesing for that coin since I started collecting. Here's one better...

    THE 1907 Extremely High Relief proof that was presented to Teddy Roosevelt. Now in the ANA musuem. If I can't wrestle that one away, there are 4 graded PR68 by PCGS. That will do.
    Tom

    NOTE: No trees were killed in the sending of this message. However, a large number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced.

    Type collector since 1981
    Current focus 1855 date type set
  • oldcameoproofsguyoldcameoproofsguy Posts: 3,174 ✭
    A $50 Kellogg and Co San Francisco gold piece.
  • trozautrozau Posts: 3,455 ✭✭✭
    UK 1887 gold 5 Pound with 'S' (Sydney) mint mark image
    trozau (troy ounce gold)
  • cardinalcardinal Posts: 2,005 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Moichido,

    The 1795 Flowing Hair Dollar does exist in MS66 -- just not in a PCGS holder. This one is graded Specimen 66 by NGC (with a silver plug, no less)! It was once in the collection of Congressman Jimmy Hayes (who helped to get the 1933 $20 legalized), and now is in the collection of the owner of the Childs 1804 Dollar (PCGS-PR68).

    I would agree with TDN. My pick would be the Amon Carter 1794 Dollar.

    Amon Carter 1794 Dollar
  • ClankeyeClankeye Posts: 3,928 ✭
    cardinal--
    Two amazing coins. Thanks. And I love your icon.

    Clankeye
    Brevity is the soul of wit. --William Shakespeare
  • gmarguligmarguli Posts: 2,225 ✭✭
    I'd like the Specimen 1793 Chain cent.
  • jomjom Posts: 3,441 ✭✭✭✭✭
    This question comes up here every once in a while and my answer is always the same. I wonder if that has anything to do with the COST of getting one of these. Hmmm.... image

    Anyway: 1920-S $10 Eagle. Grade? Nice AU58 Cost? Approx. $15K (ouch!)

    jom
  • MastaHankyMastaHanky Posts: 933 ✭
    Oddly enough, I don't have a particular dream coin.

    None of the uber-rarities (1804 $1, 1913 Lib 5c, 1933 $20, etc) interest me. Even if I could afford them, I don't think I'd buy them, except for strictly investment purposes.

    One coin that might interest me would be an high grade 09S-VDB. And that would be strictly for the "wow" factor to beginning collectors who don't realize that they are overrated.

    Now that I think about it, I think I would like to own a nice, off-center Morgan dollar or other early coin. I've always found them really interesting.
  • zennyzenny Posts: 1,547 ✭✭
    Gobrecht Dollar, pf 65.

  • KAJ1KAJ1 Posts: 773 ✭✭✭
    A 1909-s vdb ms67rd.
  • jcpingjcping Posts: 2,649 ✭✭✭

    Amon Carter 1794 dollar image
    an SLQ and Ike dollars lover
  • LucyBopLucyBop Posts: 14,001 ✭✭✭
    a 53s Frankie MS67FBL, of course!
    imageBe Bop A Lula!!
    "Senorita HepKitty"
    "I want a real cool Kitty from Hepcat City, to stay in step with me" - Bill Carter
  • UncleJoeUncleJoe Posts: 2,536 ✭✭✭
    If I could only own one coin it would be a 1955 DDO Lincoln Cent created in honor of my year of birth. image

    Joe.
  • ANACONDAANACONDA Posts: 4,692 ✭
    1793 Chain Cent in Mint State 65
  • agentjim007agentjim007 Posts: 6,256 ✭
    a 53s Frankie MS67FBL, of course!

    I'd pick one of these also so I could tease LucyBop image
  • coinut1799coinut1799 Posts: 318
    I would take a chain cent also. It doesn't have to be an MS-65, though. It would be the one Stack's donated to the Smithsonian collection some years ago.
    No good deed goes unpunished
  • HootHoot Posts: 867 ✭
    Realistically speaking, it's one I already own: 1913-S Type 1 MS67 buffalo nickel. It's a beaut.

    Hoot
    From this hour I ordain myself loos'd of limits and imaginary lines. - Whitman
  • flaminioflaminio Posts: 5,664 ✭✭✭
    I'll take the $50 Pan-Pac Round, thank you, MS-sixty-alot. Like this one:

    image
  • greghansengreghansen Posts: 4,301 ✭✭✭
    The worn out 1924 Peace Dollar in F-12 that my dad used to keep in his sock drawer, and that my mother gave to me after he died.

    Greg Hansen, Melbourne, FL Click here for any current EBAY auctions Multiple "Circle of Trust" transactions over 14 years on forum

  • FC57CoinsFC57Coins Posts: 9,140 ✭
    For me it would have to be a set of all three 1793 cents in MS65 condition - this WOULD be something to behold!

    Frank
  • berylcoinberylcoin Posts: 365
    An original, exceptionally eye-appealing Draped bust small eagle quarter. Second place is a tie between an MS 1856 Flying Eagle, 1916 Standing Liberty quarter, and 1793 Chain Cent. Tomorrow I might pick any of these four or something else that slipped my mind this time.image

    BC
    Dip Happens...image
  • OgdenOgden Posts: 435 ✭
    To Greg Hansen! I understand your joy for that coin. Priceless!!!


    Ogden
  • longnine009longnine009 Posts: 53
    It would not be a coin but a Civil War token that someone
    gave me last year as a Christmas present--1863 Public
    Accomodation. Probably VF, probably not too expensive,
    and in SAFLIP.

    "It's an experimental division at Ft. Benning, and
    your lucky to be assigned there rather than anywhere
    else, because nobody knows anything about it, which
    means that you should know quickly as much about it
    as anybody."
    1st Cav in Vietnam
    Shelby Stanton

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