List your 10 most important coins of all time

Donovan

Lightsiders, feel free to post your list as well.

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Baley

Well done, Recommended viewing!

PTVETTER

I highly recomend reading this informative thread

mrearlygold

Good one Donovan

Rgrds
TP

Owned?

9 leaf
half dismes
96 eagle
97 SE Eagle in mint state
7X6 stars eagle
34 capped bust 2HD in choice MS ( 2)
R-8 1795 half eagle
Bust dollars
Pillar dollar in MS-64
1810 SD S5 half eagle

Rgrds
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MacCoin

top 10 holy moly

1.drape bust half
2.SLQ
3.cap bust half
4.silver 3 cent
5.morgan
6.peace dollar
7.Barbar quarters
8.maine state quarter
9.Sac
10.Oregon Trail commemortive
maybe not in that order

FullHorn

great thread Donovan (what happened to Frankenstien and his bride?)

Donovan

<< <i>great thread Donovan (what happened to Frankenstien and his bride?) >>



You can only tell so many "torches and pitchforks" jokes before it gets old. Time to move on.

lclugza

What I think are the most important US coins:

Chain cent-the first US coin

Saint-Gaudens $20- beautiful, the largest denomination struck for circulation

Lincoln cent- the most widely collected coin, and the first circulating coin to depict a famous person

Morgan dollar- a very popular coin due to Uncirculated coins being cheap for that era

1804 dollar- the first million dollar coin

Buffalo nickel- a very "American" design

Standing quarter- a very beautiful design

Walking half- also a very beautiful design

1913 Liberty nickel- one of the most valuable coins, perhaps second only to the 1804 dollar

1836 reeded edge half- the first made with steam power and a closed collar

Betta285

Hmm.......
1 $20 St. Gaudens
2 Morgan Dollar
3 Trade Dollar
4 Chain cent
5 Seated Half
6 SLQ
7 Wlking Lib. half
8 Franklin half
9 Kennedy half
10 State Quater series

dorkkarl

how could such a list be compiled w/ no coins from the far east listed?

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pmh1nic

Wonderful presentation Donovan. I haven't expanded my horizons into world coins yet so my list is limited to U.S. coins:

1. 1794 Flowing Hair Dollar
2. 1870 $3
3. 1825/4 Half Eagle
4. 1849 Double Eagle
5. 1792 Half Disme
6. 1933 Saint Double Eagle
7. 1795 Half Eagle (small eagle reverse)
8. 1795 Eagle (13 Leaf)
9. 1879 Flowing Hair Stella
10. 1907 Saint Eagle (Rolled Edge)

Shamika

Excellent thread!

Shamika

"how could such a list be compiled w/ no coins from the far east listed?"

Yep! I was thinking the same thing.

LanLord

I really can't limit myself to 10. I really enjoy so many different coins, it's hard to choose just 10.

I do agree with the post (overall), but personally, I would choose hundreds, from many different countries.

Donovan

<< <i>"how could such a list be compiled w/ no coins from the far east listed?"

Yep! I was thinking the same thing. >>



Well a couple of reasons. First, being of European descent, my point of view is eurocentric, which isn't a bad thing, but my point of view may not allow me to fully appreciate the coinage of the far east and any impact it may have had on world history. I do know this, Europen coinage readily circulated in the far east but their coinage did not circulate in Europe so I believe my conclusion is valid that certain European coinage had more of an impact on world commerce than far east coinage did. I did consider Chinese cash coins and if I expanded my list to 20, they would probably be on it, as well as Islamic dinars and dirhams.

nankraut

Great post, Donovan

cladking

From the dark side version:



<< <i> Here's my list in chronological order. My emphasis was on the actual function of money and I realize some are not specific as to a particular date. What would your list contain and why?
>>




I definitely agree that "actual function as money" is an important criterion for
determining a coin's importance. This might be defined as:

1- -The total value of all the goods and services purchased with the coin.

2- -The number of people who actually used the coin at some point in time.

&3- -The lenght of time the coin circulated.

On this basis the US clad quarter probably deserves a place on the list. Granted
there are also other criteria in determining importance and the quarter is not as
important on other scales.

cladking

Some twenty trillion dollars worth of goods and services have been purchased with the
US clad quarter since its introduction in November, 1965. This is far and away the most for
any coin ever produced. Only the Lincoln cent can challenge it yet falls far short. The coin
has been in constant circulation for nearly thirty years and has been used by some three
hundred and eighty million people in several countries and territories during this time. It
has been the largest circulating coin and the sole representative of the denomination for
over thirty years. It has served the largest and most advanced economy in the world and
spanned several generations of users. It has stood up well to the ravages of use and many
of even the oldest dates still circulate freely.