Is your most expensive coin also your favorite coin?

Bustman

My most expensive coin is my Flowing hair dollar, but its not my favorite.
Is your most expensive coin also your favorite? If not, please explain why.

theboz11

I deal primarily in gold and have several expensive key dates that are quite rare, but my favorites are part of my Cat's on coins collection and MOST were under $35

Fairlaneman

In all reality it should be as the coin, a 26S Merc in 64FB, is a very tough coin to find in the condition it is but the answer is no. Probably the favorite owned is the 25P that was found after buying atleast ten of them and another half dozen after finding it. For some reason most that were viewed just did not live up to the expectations I had. More than likely this is because the 25P is known to have a very weak obverse strike and a strong strike is basically what is looked for when something is added to the coin collection. A little color helps also.

Ken

fcloud

My favorite coin is by far not my most expensive. I just love this 1923 Mercury dime.

DoubleDime

My most expensive coin is the 1901-S Quarter but its not my favorite coin. I have several favorite coins like the Constitution Half Eagle my wife got me and my Canadian Commemoratives.

pmh1nic

Actually I don't have one favorite coin. I like different coins for different reasons so the pricing from one to the other doesn't necessarily reflect a favorite that covers all aspects of what appeals to me.

An example is I love my 1795 Flowing Hair Dollar for its historical significants:



I'm a fan of nice toning so this Franklin is one of my favorite examples but no where near the price of the Dollar above:



An then there is the stunning beauty of the GAE design in proof (better photograph coming):



So I until I find that coins with a unique combination of all of these things and can afford it I'll probably have to give a three part answer to the favorite coin questions.

Russ

Is my most expensive coin my favorite? No.

Is my most valuable coin my favorite? Yes.

I paid a lot more for my most expensive coin than I did for my most valuable coin.

Russ, NCNE

EVillageProwler

My most expensive coin is certainly not my favorite coin. I can't say which is my favorite, but I certainly never talk about about the most expensive one. If I didn't have to buy it to finish my set, I probably wouldn't have...

Yes, we're talking about Seated dollars... And, no, not the 1870-S.

EVP

nwcs

I'm not sure what my most valuable coin is. But typically the ones that are the most valuable in my collection tend to be favorites.

roadrunner

My most favorite coin does happen to be my most valuable coin. It represents to me where I started from in the 1970's when I was searching for my "dream" coin but was not able to purchase it.
A decade or so later it became mine and has remained with me for the past 17 years. It would be hard to part with a coin you've known of for 28 years. It was also neat knowing that from my own modest research I was able to identify and flag down what I felt was a most unappreciated rarity. In the intervening years, and with over 10 million coins slabbed, it has remained the finest known speciman by a large margin.

roadrunner

agentjim007

My most expensive is also my favorite. ($50 octagon PCGS VF20) I got a good deal on it when I bought it and I know there is a decent profit in it if I sold it. Everytime I see an expensive coin I could only own if I sold it I only have to ask myself would I rather own my Octagon or this new coin. I still own the octagon.

scher

I have several rare pop1 early gold proof coins that are worth a ton and a nice Lafayette in Ms 67 some real nice coins that would approach the 100k each price area ..but my favorite is an 1895 proof barber quarter in 66 cameo that i bought for 3k from larry whitlow a while back it has wild colors and super eye appeal..bright white in the centers..
bruce scher

RYK

My favorite coin changes over time and with new purchases. Currently, it is a tie between the 1861-O $20 and the recently acquired 1848-D $5. These are not, however, my most expensive/valuable coins.

Robert

itsnotjustme

No. I have an MS70 $5G CVC. Value in the $1,400 - $1,600 range, if not higher (sale prices vary wildly I saw one go well over $2,000). I would have never bought that at that price. I bought it for $200 and submitted it.

I have a couple favorites.
1818 MS62BN Large Cent (with lots of red)
1891 MS62 Seated Quarter with nice luster, original toning, and few marks
1838 AU58 Bust Half
1880-S MS66PL Morgan

ARCO

Common date coins are more likely to be found nice than their key date counterparts. My best looking coins are common or semi-common dates. When you do get that rare coin with uncommon beauty and uncommon rarity you get a spectacular coin.

The most expensive circulated coin I have owned was one of the nicest (sold for $950.00) 1904-S XF40 This coin was a real work of art.

Tyler

ccr

It use to be until recently. My favorite is a 1879 - S Morgan MS66. My most expensive is a 78 - S example that I just got recently in MS65. The 78 isn`t bad and pretty clean and has a mild PL obverse ( about 2 - 4 in fields ). For the most part it just has surface ticks except a healthy but not very distracting tick on the nostrel. The 79 - S I don`t understand why it isn`t a MS67. At least it`s right on the border of being a MS67. A very pleasing example with a satiny finish and I`ll never sell it at any price. I like it too much to get rid of it. Below are links to the two I`m refering about.

79 - S Obverse
79 - S Reverse

78 - S Obverse
78 - S Reverse

Singapore

This is my favorite coin and in fact one of the cheaper coins I won:



I love the condition of it and the fact that it has none of the file marks around the rims seen on 99.9% of these - but I guess its very much underappreciated by others.

barberlover

barberlover

Darn reply button!!!

Anyway, it's interseting to here about everybodys favorites.

My favorite coin that i still own is my m.s. 66 1892 S Barber half [2 graded by pcgs] 1 higher.

I never set out to buy this coin, i was in search of the finest barber half i'd ever seen back in 89 when it was auctioned off for an absurd amount and have been looking for it ever since, but alas, i've never found it.

Then this coin which is a better date was posted on the Heritage website and due to price i looked but didn't bite, but week after week the coin went unsold at the price they were asking so just before the coin was to go to the "make an offer section" i called and made an offer, Heritage was not the owner of the coin so they negotiated for me with the owner and we came to terms at 6700, the most expensive coin i've ever purchased and my best coin. Some people call dusky golden toning "original white" i won't try to bicker on that point, but whatever you'd call it, it has very clean surfaces for a 66 and full unbroken booming luster showing thru.

Someday, i'll get someone in my area to post a pick for me. Coin collecting is the best hobby in the world bar none!!! Les

jdimmick

No

Tyler,

I sure wish you had that 04-s Half again, I sure like to take that coin off your hands. I would easily give you another 500 on top the 950.
jim