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In your opinion, what coin SHOULD be the most valuable in the world?

SethChandlerSethChandler Posts: 1,705 ✭✭✭✭
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Some people think the 1933 $20 is a fraud/joke.......

some people think 1804 Dollars are restrikes and not coins at all....
some people think the J-1776 is a pattern, not a real coin, besides its less than hundred years old, should an older coin be the most valuable.....
some people think 1913 V Nickels are fantansy pieces.

You get the point.......whats your opinion?



Seth
Collecting since 1976.

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  • kieferscoinskieferscoins Posts: 10,017 ✭
    NGC 1 (the black slabs, not samples).

    Cameron Kiefer
  • LanLordLanLord Posts: 11,714 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Preferrably one I own, I'm willing to sell it to anyone for 10 million dollars right now!
  • mgoodm3mgoodm3 Posts: 17,497 ✭✭✭
    One that my grandmother gave me.
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  • LanLordLanLord Posts: 11,714 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Okay, now for my serious answer.

    I think a coin that matches the "most valuable in the world" description should be not only very rare (duh) but also something of great historical interest. Being American, I tend to think of US coins, but it wouldn't necessarily need to be that way.

    I might suggest one of the Brasher Dabloons.
  • RELLARELLA Posts: 961 ✭✭✭
    While I personally think that J-1776 should be the KING, I do understand the point you make and I feel that way about others you mention.

    My alternative choice, therefore is: 1927-D Saint-Gaudens PCGS MS67

    RELLA
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  • Jody526Jody526 Posts: 296 ✭
    There were actually 30 coins, that would be considered the most valuable in the world.
    They were made of silver, and once owned by a man named Judas.
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  • JrGMan2004JrGMan2004 Posts: 7,557 ✭
    Value is a tricky thing... one man's junk is another man's treasure... one might think the Double Eagle is overrated... but there's at least a couple people out there who thought it was worth millions... value is in the wallet of the beholder...
    -George
    42/92
  • ClankeyeClankeye Posts: 3,928 ✭
    I don't think it would be the most valuable coin in the world... but I have always leaned toward Lt. George Dixon's twenty dollar gold pocket piece as being one of the most interesting. A tremendous historical recovery for this country when it was found excavating the wreck. He was the commander of The Hunley, the first submarine to ever sink a ship in warfare.

    Clankeye
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  • originalisbestoriginalisbest Posts: 5,917 ✭✭✭✭
    I'll throw the 1849 double eagle into the mix.

    Perhaps the finest known...

    chain cent?

    1794 dollar?

    1796 or 1797 half dollar?

    What's the finest known no stars 1796 Quarter eagle?

    etc., etc.
  • jeffnpcbjeffnpcb Posts: 1,943 ✭
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  • nankrautnankraut Posts: 4,565 ✭✭✭
    I hadn't thought of it before, but I like Judy256's answerimage
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  • tradedollarnuttradedollarnut Posts: 20,162 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Of the coins available to collectors, probably the 1822 $5.
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  • orevilleoreville Posts: 11,950 ✭✭✭✭✭
    1964-D Peace Dollar.

    Almost modern coin too!
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  • coppercoinscoppercoins Posts: 6,084 ✭✭✭
    In your opinion, what coin SHOULD be the most valuable in the world?

    Any one of the coins in my collection, I'll let you pick image
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  • joeyukjoeyuk Posts: 3,282
    Even a 1944 brass cent has alot of significance.
  • RCDBRCDB Posts: 388
    The 1849 $20 double eagle for sure. What other coin has a mintage of 1?!image
  • coinlieutenantcoinlieutenant Posts: 9,310 ✭✭✭✭✭
    1822 Half Eagle for sure! TDN beat me to it.

    The 1849 20$ for uncollectable coins...

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  • DonovanDonovan Posts: 386 ✭
    I'm not familiar with patternes. What's a J-1776?
  • K6AZK6AZ Posts: 9,295 ✭
    I'd also go with the 1849 double eagle. Not only is it unique, it's history is quite fascinating.
  • RCDBRCDB Posts: 388
    Oh it's collectable. All we need is a plan. image
  • BustmanBustman Posts: 1,911 ✭
    1849 Double Eagle, without a doubt!
  • CoinosaurusCoinosaurus Posts: 9,625 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I vote for the 1907 UHR $20.
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  • MrEurekaMrEureka Posts: 24,241 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Oh it's collectable. All we need is a plan.

    Count me in!
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  • coinfoolcoinfool Posts: 66
    I know that rarity is the big issue in addition to the other factors. However, I think the most valuable coin in the world (or maybe I'm just thinking the most beautiful coin in the world) is the Ancient Greek Athenian Owl Tetradrachm. They are approx. 2400 years old and are made in bronze and silver. The Silver version in VF+ condition is an astounding coin, yet it is unbelievably affordable--approx. $$700--$900 for a quality Owl. I know the fact that they are somewhat common disqualifies them, but I think they are the best.
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  • GottaGetCoinsGottaGetCoins Posts: 207
    From 2002

    Coin collectors call the 1933 Double Eagle the "holy grail" of coins. For a long time, nobody was even sure it existed, but it does, and, tomorrow in New York, Sotheby's will sell it.

    The coin surfaced only recently surfaced after 50 years on the black market. It has never been legally sold before, which means that Sotheby's can only guess that it might fetch somewhere between $US4 million ($7 million) and $US6million, although coin collectors would not be surprised if it goes for much more.


    What ended up happening?
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  • BladeBlade Posts: 1,744 ✭
    Yeah, who owns the $7 mil 1933 $20?

    Edited to add... I would also vote for the 1822 $5. The 1870-S $3 doesn't have near teh history IMO.
    Tom

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  • tradedollarnuttradedollarnut Posts: 20,162 ✭✭✭✭✭
    The 1933 sold for $7.6M to a new collector. One rumor is that it's Paul Allen. But few know for certain.

    In all probability, there are up to half a dozen other 1933's out and about. Two are in the Smithsonian, and others are held discretely in private collections. The coin sold by Stacks brought about $5M more than it otherwise would have due to the "monetization" of the coin by the Treasury.

    It would be very, very interesting to see what would happen if the Smithsonian decided to divest itself of one of its specimens.....
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  • ARCOARCO Posts: 4,391 ✭✭✭✭✭
    In four years I have been seriously collecting I could have bought (if I had the funds) on the 1913 nickel, the 1933 Saint, the 1894-S barber dime, and hundreds of other rare and pricey coins in the tens to hundreds of thousands of dollars.

    I am still looking for my first original and uncleaned 1904-O Barber Half in XF-AU, Hell a nice VF would be nice too. We are talking $150-$350.00. For me the 1904-O Barber half is the scarcest coin in numismatics.

    Tyler
  • RELLARELLA Posts: 961 ✭✭✭
    The 1822 Half Eagle that is mentioned by several members is on my short list but didn't get top billing because the series it is a part of is virtually non-collectible by most normal definitions.

    Sixteen Capped Bust $5 Gold issues have PCGS populations in all grades of ten or less (not counting the 1822, and possibly others, didn't check for all varieties in the pop report).

    If the set wasn't so outlandish, maybe then. Just my opinion.

    RELLA
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    who boasts of twenty years experience in his craft
    while in fact he has had only one year of experience...
    twenty times.
  • PutTogetherPutTogether Posts: 2,141 ✭✭✭
    I'd second the 1964-D Peace Dollar because if you had one, it'd be the only one, but that does put it in the league of the impossible 33 double eagle.

    So how bout the 1876 CC 20 cent?
  • koynekwestkoynekwest Posts: 10,048 ✭✭✭✭✭
    1870-S Half Dime and/or 1870-S $3 Gold-both unique; both necessary to complete a set.
  • BigMooseBigMoose Posts: 1,469 ✭✭✭
    I believe that the Nova Constellatio Patterns that sold in the Garrett Collection Sale in 1979 should be the most valuable coins. They are unique, and you can't get much more historical than these patterns.
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  • nwcsnwcs Posts: 13,386 ✭✭✭
    Ancient Lydian electrum coins
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  • 4thStooge4thStooge Posts: 319
    This is an interesting question that should be posted on the darkside, too. Sad that too few of you can think outside the box(stuck on US coins).
  • wallstreetmanwallstreetman Posts: 2,938 ✭
    I think the 33 went too cheap, as a matter of fact, the current owner was willing to pay $12,000,000. If I had money like that, his $12,000,000 bid would'nt have been enough.
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  • wallstreetmanwallstreetman Posts: 2,938 ✭
    The 33 sold for $6,600,000, almost a million dollars was added to that for commission(+ $20 to make it legal), total was $7.59M.
    You can fool man but you can't fool God! He knows why you do what you do!
  • wallstreetmanwallstreetman Posts: 2,938 ✭
    Im still kicking myself in the butt for not bidding more on those one-of-a-kind Canadian pieces!
    You can fool man but you can't fool God! He knows why you do what you do!
  • coachleonardcoachleonard Posts: 995 ✭
    The great thing about coin collecting is-- the most valuable coin in the world might very well be out there, laying in a junk box somewhere. But we'll never know its identity, because it can't talk.
    That is, a coin that played a pivotal role in a monumentous historical event.
  • tradedollarnuttradedollarnut Posts: 20,162 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I think the 33 went too cheap, as a matter of fact, the current owner was willing to pay $12,000,000. If I had money like that, his $12,000,000 bid would'nt have been enough.

    Save your money - you'll have another chance to buy one just like it..... someday.
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  • aem4162aem4162 Posts: 421 ✭
    the 1888 morgan that my grandma gave me...it's priceless (like the rest of the coins she gave me image)
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  • wallstreetmanwallstreetman Posts: 2,938 ✭


    << <i>I think the 33 went too cheap, as a matter of fact, the current owner was willing to pay $12,000,000. If I had money like that, his $12,000,000 bid would'nt have been enough.

    Save your money - you'll have another chance to buy one just like it..... someday. >>



    Not legally, what good is something you cant show off! There will never be another one legalized unless the owner off this one approves(he can name his price), thats why the coin sold for so much, and why I consider the price cheap. ONE-OF-A-KIND!
    You can fool man but you can't fool God! He knows why you do what you do!
  • wallstreetmanwallstreetman Posts: 2,938 ✭
    image How much will he make off the next exibit?
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  • tradedollarnuttradedollarnut Posts: 20,162 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Wallstreetman:

    What makes you think that if the Smithsonian decides to raise funds a few years from now that their spare specimen won't be "monetized" or allowed to be sold "unmonetized"? Or that some sharp lawyer won't convince a judge that the legal window for acquiring the 1933 at the cashier's cage of the mint did in fact exist? Or that a specimen with factual documentation shows up proving beyond a reasonable doubt to be the Farouk coin? Or another coin with an export license such as was provided to Farouk? There is absolutely NO DOUBT that more specimens exist... it's only a matter of time until someone figures out how to legalize them. Until then, you can get a significant discount for the same chunk 'o metal! image



    BTW - I doubt the owner is making a dime off any exhibit.
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