What lightside coin best captures the Darkside spirit?

laurentyvan

For me its the standing liberty quarter dollar. Perhaps because of the allegorical nature of the coin-just a gut reaction. Uh, type 1...

The only qualifications I'd want is that it's a coin that saw normal circulation within the last 200 years.

Please offer me alternatives.

ed. for punc.

ziggy29

I'm thinking the Trade Dollar, because of the similarities of its design with George III pennies and ha'pennies.

TwoKopeiki

My vote goes to a Continental Dollar. I would be proud to call it Darkside, anyday of the week

1jester

Continental Currency gets my vote too.

Mind your business. Time flies.

bidask

pioneer and territorial gold

SYRACUSIAN

To me all US coins are Darkside. One of my favourites is the Walker, but some of the most representative designs of the US, can be found in the early commems, such as the Stone Mountain commem with the cowboy,the California commem , the Oregon and the Pilgrim, and more, I really like this series, I've even collected these commems by type at a certain time.

But the best looking, and certainly the most representative US coin IMHO, is the absolutely marvellous (original) Buffalo nickel, hands down, let alone the artistic qualities it has as a coin regardless of its origin. I like Saints and Indian $10s too. Then again I have a soft for bust half dollars,Indian cents,Merc dimes, so all in all, I think I like almost all pre-32 Us coinage.


PS: With some exceptions, Morgans are out, and so are Lincoln cents, let alone the dreadful Washington quarters, no offense.

Musky1011

SYRACUSIAN

I forgot my myth coin. There was once a thread, by shiroh I think, asking what is the coin that you really want to get, you have the means to do it, but haven't proceeded to do it yet, or something like it. To me, it's the tiny Pan Pac gold $1, I'm really not impressed by the $2.50 and its $50 brothers, but I'm going to buy an original orange looking Pan Pac $1 one day, it's an absolutely magic coin for me and the only reason that I haven't bought one yet, is because I don't want to demystify it.

Of course if I could get my hands on an original packed entire set with COA and all, and a Max Mehl purchase receipt if possible, I wouldn't object.

trozau

This would be my choice: (I doubt that anybody spent it though)

Zoins

The phrase "Darkside spirit" doesn't mean anything to me so my gut reaction is "not-applicable." There are so many darkside countries issuing coins over a span of 5000+ years with widely varying designs and "spirits." My favorite darkside coins don't really have any US counterparts. For "spirit" to be meaningful to me, it would have to have a much narrower focus than simply "darkside."

If the question is what US coin design has the most number of similar counterparts in other countries, then I would have to say either (a) the Seated Liberty design because many other counties have seated allegorical women with shields or (b) the Washington quarter because Washington is the closest person the US has to a "king" even though he's not alive while those coins are being made.