What are your 20 favorite coins?......
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If you had to limit your collection to 1 box (20 coins) what would YOU fill it up with. You have to be able to buy them, so don't say 1804 dollar 1933 $20 etc.
What 20 affordable coins would you pick.
Jon
What 20 affordable coins would you pick.
Jon
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2. 1937-d, 3 legged buffalo
3. 1942/1 Mercury
4. 1972 DDO Lincoln
5. 1972 Type 2 Ike
6. 1982 no "P" Roosevelt
7. 1921 High Relief Peace
8. 1999 Wide "AM" Lincoln
9. 1905-o micro "o" Barber
10. 1946 DDO Half
These are 10, in no particular order, that I'd like to see in my 20th century "variety" type set. I haven't really thought about the other 10 yet. . .
That's a neat coin.
1. 1909 s vdb cent
2. 1914 D cent
3. 1922 no D cent
4. 1955 DDO cent
5. 1885 Lib nickel
6. 1912-S Lib nickel
7. 1937-D 3 Legger
8. 1916-D dime
9. 1916 SLQ
10. 1893-S Morgan
I have to think about the other 10......Hmmm
1. BU Isabella quarter
2. 1801 Bust half VF-XF
3. any bust quarter xf 45 dated from 1805-1807
4. Any D mint (Dahlongena) gold coin AU
5. Any C mint Gold Coin AU
6. 1955 Double die cent XF-AU
7. 1796 Half dime F
8. Any CC mint gold coin AU
9. 1794 Bust half VG
10. 1866 dime XF
11. 1849-O quarter VF
12. 1902-S Morgan dollar MS63
13. 1805 Half dime F
14. 1802 Half cent VG-F
15. Any uncommon date $3.00 gold piece in AU
16. 1797 dime VG-F
17. 1878-CC trade dollar VF or better
18. Any Proof gold coin (Pre-1933)
19. Any half cent proof dated 1840-1849 (small date 1849)
20. 1793 Liberty cap Large cent.
Bob
In no particular order:
1 - 1916 DDO Buffalo nickel
2 - 1918/7-D Buffalo Nickel
3 - 1877 Indian Head Cent
4 - 1909-S VDB Cent
5 - 1955 DDO Cent
6 - 1916-D Mercury Dime
7 - 1901-S Barber Quarter
8 - 1918/17-S Standing Liberty Quarter
9 - 1893-S Morgan Dollar
10 - 1893 Isabella
11 - 1936- Delaware
12 - 1928 Oregon Trail
13 - 1911-D Indian head Quarter Eagle
14 - 1929 Indian head Half Eagle
15 - 1907 Saint Gaudens Double Eagle
16 - 1856 Flying Eagle Cent
17 - 1785 Bar Cent
18 - 1787 Fugio Cent
19 - Any Trade Dollar with a Chop Mark on it
20 - Nice Target Toned Buffalo Proof
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but my top 20 coin picks box of twenty
1795 flowing hair half dollar a nice full rim vg or better 1200-3500.00
2--- a choice proof only date heavy cameo trade dollar the only coin ever demoninatized and officially made for the orient and just a beautiful coin 5500-9500.00
3---- a choice proof cameo no motto seated dollar civil war years cool coins historic and terribly undervalued you cant go wrong with this coin 4800-6500
4---a nice choice unc saint 1927 1928 just one of the most beaituful coins and these dates come with some really sexy eye appeal around 900 or so
5----a cool three dollar gold piece a better date either a civil war date or one of the lower mintage dates choice xf to choice au 2500 to 5500.00
6--- maybe a pre civil war proof gold coin cameo rare and just plain
7---- a civil war choice proof gold cameo type coin cool civil war issue and rare but sometimes available
might cost you in the really high teens
8---a one year type proof coin the satin proof buff nick 1936 with wild coloration in choice to gem proof 2500+++++++
9----a small eagle bust dollar way cool and many times more scarcer than their common large eagle counterparts hmmmmm a coin with no adjustment marks or problems and also full rims say choice fine to choice vf range 3500-7500
10---a really cool odd deomin9ination coin a choice proof cameo three dollar gold piece way cool
hmmmmmmmmmm 14k++++
11---a one year type coin the 1859 indian head cent choice to gem ms 1000-3500
12----a gem proof rb classic head half cent from the 1830's need i say more?? hmmmm 11k+ i love the classic head coin it is way cool and has a unique early american look to it no other usa coin has
13--a choice au to gem mass half cent with the majic 1787 date the first american half cent and the first coin to have the word cent on it also the standard when used by the first minted half cents by the philly mint in 1793 1792 tried to imulate this coin and the only coin copper coin with a demonination on it 1000-9500
14---the king of lincoln cents the 1909 matte proof lincoln cent in gem red way cool and more available and a better value then its highly priced and not as available cousin the 1909 vdb matte proof wait folks 2009 is fast approaching!!!
15----a gem type two silver three cent piece one of the most undervalued type silver coins of the 19th century 3500 ++++
16---a gem twenty cent piece with a good strike more than likely an 1875-s with the sexy san fran mintmark
6500+++
17---how about the last cc mintmarked quarter 1878-cc from the sexy carson city mint and with the cancelled die obverse choice unc to gem unc?? 3500++++
18--a gem mintstate capped bust half dime even more undervalued than the type two fish scale
3500++
19--- you got to get a large cent from pre 1800 times way cool 200 on up
20-- a cool superb au coin to low ms coin bust half 1000-1750
now folks these are just my dream coins you can go lower in grades say to vf xf does not have to be gem unc even go ms 63 and then you lower the cost for most all not including the proofs into the hundreds of dollars
so it is a mix and match thing and with the cc coins maybe a nice circ type set i could sleep at night knowing that i am safe and liquid if i buy nice circ type coins in the few hunddre dollar range or less
any pre 1915 circ type coin is way cool and with much opportunity and value
Perryhall, I'm not saying you should only have 20 coins in your collection. It was just to see what the TOP 20 would be I guess.
Anyway, thanks everyone. All the coins listed sound neat to me. I like the proof seated and barber coins also.
Jon
1794 Half Dime
1796 Half Dime
1837 Half Dime
1866 Nickel (Rays)
1792 Disme
1796 Dime
1838-O No Stars Dime
1796 Quarter
1875 Twenty Cent
1875-CC Twenty Cent
1875-S Twenty Cent
1876 Twenty Cent
1853-O Arrows and Rays Seated Quarter
1853-O Arrows and Rays Seated Half
1839 Reeded Edge Half
1838-C Classic Head Half Eagle
1838-D Classic Head Half Eagle
1854-O $3 Indian
I need some time to think about what #20 would be......
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1909-S Indian
1909-S Lincoln
1914-D Lincoln
1908-S Indian
1931-S Lincoln
1955 DDO
1916-D Mercury
1942/41 Mercury
1932-D Washington
1932-S Washington
1909-VDB Proof
1889-CC Morgan
1893-S Morgan
1894 Morgan
1795 Flowing Hair Dollar
1795 Flowing Hair Half
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President, Racine Numismatic Society 2013-2014; Variety Resource Dimes; See 6/8/12 CDN for my article on Winged Liberty Dimes; Ebay
1. Capped Bust Half Dime
2. Draped Bust Half Dime
3. Capped Bust Dime Large Size
4. Liberty Cap Large Cent
5. Draped Bust Dime
6. Capped Bust Quarter Large Size
7. Draped Bust Half Cent
8. Draped Bust Quarter
9. Capped Bust Half Dollar
10. Draped Bust Half Dollar
11. Capped Bust to left Half Eagle Large Bust
12. Capped Bust to left Quarter Eagle Large Bust
13. Seated Half Dime No Stars No Drapery
14. Seated Dime No Stars No Drapery
15. Gold Dollar Type 1
16. Seated Dollar with Motto
17. Silver Three Cent
18. Seated Half Dollar with Arrows and Rays
19. Sheild Nickel with Rays
20. Draped Bust Dollar Large Eagle
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There are no 1792 dimes only half dismes(sp). 1796 was the first 10 cent coin.
Jon
<< <i>ms70,
There are no 1792 dimes only half dismes(sp). 1796 was the first 10 cent coin.
Jon >>
That depends on wether or not one considers the 1792 disme a pattern or the first dime. If one considers the half disme a production coin then shouldn't one also allow the same statis for the couple of silver examples known of the disme?
2. WTC silver eagle
3, MS65 Morgan
4. MS65 Peace
5. Ms66 type 2 bufflo
6. Ms65 type 1 buffalo
7. Goodacre Sacagawea
8. 2004 proof platinum $50
9. 98 SMS Kennedy Half
10. MS65 SBA Wide rim
11. MS64 Saint
12. A nice, problem free AU trade dollar
13. MS66 Walking liberty half
14. A nice, problem free AU twenty cent peice
15. MS64 Large cent
16. MS67FB Mercury Dime
17. MS65 Pan Pac Half
18. MS64 Norse, thin
19. CA fractional gold, Indian head
20. Lesher so-called dollar.