Post a pic of your favorite silver coin and tell us a bit about it.

Aethelred · May 23, 2004 2:00AM

1816 British Halfcrown (SPINK-3788) graded AU-58 by PCGS. "Bullhead" type by Pistrucci.

ajaan · May 23, 2004 2:02AM

1887 Proof Crown, NGC PF64 CAMEO

Aethelred · May 23, 2004 2:03AM

That is a serious eye-popper Don!

theboz11 · May 23, 2004 2:16AM

Even though it has not gotten here as yet, I will pick this as my Favorite

Aethelred · May 23, 2004 2:20AM

Funky obverse toning Boz!

maddogale · May 23, 2004 2:37AM

okay Boz, tell me about that coin of yours, that is too cool!!!

GDJMSP · May 23, 2004 2:46AM

This design will forever be my favorite in silver

Sylvestius · May 23, 2004 3:09AM

Wow that 1887 is sweet!!!! I mean that is the best one i've ever seen, jaw dropping.

Then we come to the Gothic Crown, i nearly passed out. Sheer beauty, absolutely gorgeous, do you want me to stop drooling, i did say it was nice didn't i? Well it is! I bet that beaut set you back a pretty penny or two! (As i scrape myself from the floor)

My fave coin looks shoddy in comparison to those beauts...

King Stephen Penny, Shaftesbury, (minted 1136-45)

Aethelred · May 23, 2004 3:26AM

There is nothing shabby about that Stephen Penny!

theboz11 · May 23, 2004 3:43AM

The Gothic Crown is on it's way from Australia, Registered mail as I write this. It was sold at the Nobles auction and was part of the J. Smith collection. There were 5 up for sale this one and one other drew top bids.

Lloyd · May 23, 2004 3:44AM

wybrit · May 23, 2004 3:59AM

I have too many finalists in this category that no one stands out. I'll just post one for each denomination for now:

1869 threepence, one of the key dates of the entire series.

1882 sixpence, future key date of the series, sorry for the scan.

1882 shilling, one of the key dates of the series.

1905 florin, key date of the series.

1925 Halfcrown, one of three key dates of the series.

Sylvestius · May 23, 2004 4:36AM

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Out of the ones you posted, i've always got to go with the Edward Florins, undoubtely one of the nicest English coin designs ever.

I didn't realise we could post more than one coin...

I better add these sixpences then...

Everyon seems to like this one... (i just like it, but people keep trying to buy it off of me!

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but i prefer this one...

And my new beauty... (i've only had it a day and i'm getting quite fond of this Mary one) A groat.

rhound1977 · May 23, 2004 4:36AM

OK, You are probably sick of seeing it by now but my favorite is still my 1872 Florin,SPINK # 3893.
I'm quite sure it would grade as UNC, and one of these days it may go to NGC....

newsman · May 23, 2004 5:23AM

For the sake of diversity, I'll post a non-Anglo coin -- Ethiopia, 1 birr EE1895 (1903), KM19, minted at the Paris mint (no mintmark). This one is in an NGC XF40 holder.

The coin features a portrait of Emperor Menelik II, the only African ruler to successfully defend his country's independence from European colonization. Menelik did so by playing off the various European powers against each other, and it's probable he contracted with the French to make his coinage to offset some other favor granted the British.

The birr (which can be translated as thaler or dollar) was equal to one Maria Theresa thaler, the dominant form of coinage used in Ethiopia. This particular coin is the second of two different types of Menelik silver coinage, listed in Krause only as "lion's left foreleg raised" and "lion's right foreleg raised" (this one). Each is however two completely different designs, made by different engravers, using the same elements -- the emperor's portrait on the obverse and the Lion of Judah on the reverse.

MacCrimmon · May 23, 2004 5:57AM

OK! Here's my poor crown, or is it me that's poor!!

trozau · May 23, 2004 9:18AM

Vault Protector - more of a charm than a coin

Stork · May 23, 2004 11:24AM

Wow...so many favorites still, but for variety's sake I'll post another re-run (a bad scan) of a fairly common 50 sen coin, but I love the double phoenix (aka hoo) which symbolizes the Emperor. Allegedly, when the future Emperor is born, a phoenix appears.

farthing · May 23, 2004 11:34AM

1927 Wreath Crown The dark areas under the eye and from the nose on down the neck are reflections, not the coin.

lordmarcovan · May 23, 2004 2:04PM

It's a tossup:

(I keep posting detector finds to these "favorite" threads because generally my "dug" friends are far more sentimentally valuable to me than "bought" coins, even if they're worth less or aren't as pretty as their nondug counterparts.)

cosmicdebris · May 23, 2004 6:08PM

wybrit · May 23, 2004 8:07PM

I always like looking at cosmic's gothic florin!

elverno · May 24, 2004 5:36AM

It boggles the mind that coins of such beauty were designed for circulation!

I realize some weren't of course but the vast majority fall into the category of pocket change if you lived at the time, were in the right place and of an economic class to actually handle such a coin. I weep for most of today's coinage...

From a country that survived less than two years, 1799 1/2 Scudo Piedmont Republic:

and another from a shortlived nation, 1801 30 Soldi (1 1/2 lira) Cisalpine Republic:

Of all I own I love these two the best; don't really know why.

Edited for horrible spelling skills...

Post a pic of your favorite silver coin and tell us a bit about it.

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