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

Aethelred · May 23, 2004 2:02AM

1786 British Guinea (SPINK-3728) graded AU-50 by PCGS.

theboz11 · May 23, 2004 2:09AM

They are lightside

Do they countmy favorite gold coins

Aethelred · May 23, 2004 2:12AM

<< They are lightside

Do they countmy favorite gold coins >>

Sure they do, but which is your favorite?

XpipedreamR · May 23, 2004 2:13AM

It's a 1913 Gold Sovereign. I think you know the rest of the story.

theboz11 · May 23, 2004 2:27AM

NO, I won't pick one of those. They ARE lightside and my favorite on this side is this from my Cats. South Africa Natura series 1 ounce gold LIONS

GDJMSP · May 23, 2004 2:38AM

Well you didn't say new favorite or old favorite so I guess I'll go with this one

1848-A 20 franc - the first of the French angel series. MS65

cosmicdebris · May 23, 2004 2:41AM

Boz posted mine but alas I do not own a 100 rand only the 20 and 10 rand versions.

Sylvestius · May 23, 2004 2:59AM

I only own two gold coins... (sounds familiar doesn't it)

I'm not sure which i prefer out of the two...

I prefer my James II Half guinea i think in all honesty, but being all but Fine condition, many people seem to think it's nothing special. But these people have never tried to get a James II half guinea!

Thinking that my other gold coin would create more interest, and because i haven't had time to show GD it! buwhahaha, i thought i'd show my second favourite...

It's an Edward III Quarter noble (20d) minted in 1361. (a chip where the A should be in EDWARD)

GDJMSP · May 23, 2004 3:10AM

<< 

Thinking that my other gold coin would create more interest, and because i haven't had time to show GD it! buwhahaha, i thought i'd show my second favourite...

It's an Edward III Quarter noble (20d) minted in 1361. >>

Cool coin Sylvester

I guess that means I'm gonna have to get the camera out so I can show you the half dozen or so new coins I haven't shown you yet

Lloyd · May 23, 2004 3:13AM

Sylvestius · May 23, 2004 3:21AM

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Darn that one's better than mine! This is the best i could manage, it's the only James II half guinea i ever saw for sale, and i bought it...

(i haven't seen another since, only 2 more dates to get and i've got a full date set!)

I think my James was on drugs, his eye is definately not right!

Lloyd · May 23, 2004 3:26AM

Sylvestius · May 23, 2004 4:46AM

I wish i could get better pics of mine but with a scanner it's not easy, it's not quite as bad as it looks grade wise, it's a little higher, and the colour is off in that scan.

Lloyd · May 23, 2004 4:51AM

<< I wish i could get better pics of mine but with a scanner it's not easy, it's not quite as bad as it looks grade wise, it's a little higher, and the colour is off in that scan. >>

I find that the only way I can get a real gold colour for a gold coin is with daylight ... you ought to see some of the attempts under bulbs...

Some guys here do it ... I hate 'em

L

theboz11 · May 23, 2004 5:08AM

If you are going to take pictures of gold, I have found the best results are with a 100w CLEAR glass bulb.

MacCrimmon · May 23, 2004 5:44AM

1860 half sovereign - Gem Prooflike Unc. (obv) / Satiny reverse.

Sylvestius · May 23, 2004 6:09AM

anyone got any shield reverse sovereigns that i can drool over?

Stork · May 23, 2004 8:40AM

I can't really say I have a favorite--too many to choose from! But of the ones I actually own, and have already uploaded a picture of (seeing as I'm at work...), this is one is a favorite because it is the first major buy for me from board member. It's a not so great scan... but a really nice coin. I'm a bit embarrassed to say I had it entombed in an ANACS slab, mostly out of curiosity about the slabbing process.

KM#786 2 pounds

trozau · May 23, 2004 9:13AM

Biggest format in gold of Pistrucci's St George

Makarovii · May 23, 2004 9:22AM

Although no where as nice a coin as those above, this is the only slabbed gold I own.
Edited to add, I bought this from a forum member a few years ago.

wybrit · May 23, 2004 9:50AM

1902 matte proof sovereign. One of the better coins in my 1902 proof set.

GoldCoinLover · May 23, 2004 10:17AM

You know my favorite !!

My favorite website is the website about my sovereign you made. You gotta finish it!

GoldCoinLover · May 23, 2004 10:19AM

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It's a 1913 Gold Sovereign. I think you know the rest of the story.

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GoldCoinLover · May 23, 2004 10:22AM

<< Although no where as nice a coin as those above, this is the only slabbed gold I own.
Edited to add, I bought this from a forum member a few years ago.

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Nice coin, only 1 year older than mine!

cacheman · May 23, 2004 10:45AM

1913 Goetz Drei (Three) Mark Pattern, vergold. Not listed in Schaaf. I picked up the set of 2/3/5 Mark pieces (RRRR) but haven't had time to do a decent image. You'll have to enjoy this one for a while.

lordmarcovan · May 23, 2004 2:56PM

Well, it was an NGC PF64 1893 half-sovereign.

But that's going off in the mail today to a new home. It belongs to another Darksider, now. *snif*

I'm rather fond of some of the ones on my Holey Gold Hat.

Especially the 1789 half-guinea (left side of the picture, beneath the Feuchtwanger cent from my Holey Coin Vest) and the 1834 quarter-eagle (at right, next to the Cartwheel penny).

cosmicdebris · May 24, 2004 6:07PM

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

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