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darktonedarktone Posts: 8,437 ✭✭✭
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Here's mine.

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    ANACONDAANACONDA Posts: 4,692 ✭
    Nice coin.
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    AuroraBorealisAuroraBorealis Posts: 3,591 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Hard for me to decide but i venture a guess between these two... image

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    Lehigh96Lehigh96 Posts: 685 ✭✭✭
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    JustacommemanJustacommeman Posts: 22,847 ✭✭✭✭✭
    AB, how about a little warning before you post that Morgan, geez..............!

    OP, nice Saint and Paul still love that Lafayette...............MJ
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    llafoellafoe Posts: 7,220 ✭✭
    AB - You still need my SSN for your will. PM me! image
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    melvin289melvin289 Posts: 3,019 ✭
    AB, It's not my series but I do love half dollars. That 1832 is one georgeous creation. It is drop dead beautiful.
    Of course, there's not an ugly coin on the page. Thanks to all for gracing my day with such beauty.

    Ron
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    ldhairldhair Posts: 7,176 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Best image of one of my best. Todd did this one.
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    Larry

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    IconbusterIconbuster Posts: 148 ✭✭
    Sorry, no 4- or 5-figure coins in my collection, but here's a Merc I've had for a long time. Images taken by Todd at the FUN show.

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    dsessomdsessom Posts: 2,212 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Thats an easy one.

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    Followed closely by this beauty I just purchased from a board member. image

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    Walkerguy21DWalkerguy21D Posts: 11,252 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Lousy homemade photos, and not necessarily my best coins, but dealers drool and offer crazy money any time
    I show these:

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    WindycityWindycity Posts: 3,476 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Here's mine... picture complements of Messydesk.

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    AnkurJAnkurJ Posts: 11,366 ✭✭✭✭
    Hard to pick one..

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    SmittysSmittys Posts: 9,876 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    crypto79crypto79 Posts: 8,623 ✭


    << <i>Hard to pick one..

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    Those are GREAT coins Ankur and I am green with envy over those two. Every time I go to add similar 18th Cen Type pieces I end up thinking that i would tie up too large of an amount of money from my core collection and don't want to settle for subpar coin at a lower amount. Those are exactly the look and coins I would look for ecpt I might go for a double date on the 1795. Once again great collector coins.
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    PTVETTERPTVETTER Posts: 5,902 ✭✭✭✭✭
    some great coin and I think there are more to come
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    jmj3esqjmj3esq Posts: 5,421 ✭
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    soty27soty27 Posts: 1,956

    Not sure if its my best coin but its my favorite, currently has a little green bean as well.

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    66Tbird66Tbird Posts: 2,858 ✭✭✭
    We'll that 32 half is super niceimage It would be my favorite for sure. Kind of makes my favorite 34 half look like a rusty washer.
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    giorgio11giorgio11 Posts: 3,857 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Sorry for the link but I really need to get with Todd to photograph this one

    Linkie
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    llafoellafoe Posts: 7,220 ✭✭


    << <i>Sorry for the link but I really need to get with Todd to photograph this one

    Linkie >>



    1964 50C SMS (Special Strike) PCGS SP67

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    giorgio11giorgio11 Posts: 3,857 ✭✭✭✭✭


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    << <i>Sorry for the link but I really need to get with Todd to photograph this one

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    1964 50C SMS (Special Strike) PCGS SP67

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    renomedphysrenomedphys Posts: 3,567 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Empty Nest Collection
    Matt’s Mattes

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    mgoodm3mgoodm3 Posts: 17,497 ✭✭✭
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    yellowkidyellowkid Posts: 5,486 ✭
    It seems as if I've had my top two or three on here alot lately, so I'll put one of my top five or so. I have to say that it looksso much better in hand, the color is very subtle.
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    PS I don't mean to infer that the photographer did a bad job, but it is the combination of color and luster that makes this coin what it is and I think it's pretty hard to capture that in an image.
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    BaleyBaley Posts: 22,659 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Finest of 4 known

    Edited to add another piece, since quite a few others couldn't narrow it down to one coin, either image

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    gripgrip Posts: 9,962 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Hard to choose.

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    LakesammmanLakesammman Posts: 17,330 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Posted these earlier - the 2 coins I enjoy looking at most are the Oregon $5 and the 1861 Clark Gruber - both with original surfaces, great luster and finest or tied for finest at PCGS.

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    BillJonesBillJones Posts: 33,632 ✭✭✭✭✭
    "Best coin" "Favorite coin" or "Most valuable" For me they don't work out to the same piece ...

    Most valuable 1808 quarter eagle

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    Favorite coin 1795 half eagle

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    "Second Favorite" 1800 half dime fully struck, MS-64

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    RYKRYK Posts: 35,796 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    My Box of 20: https://pcgs.com/setregistry/collectors-showcase/box-20/ryks-gold-box-20/17132
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    LakesammmanLakesammman Posts: 17,330 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Boy, I sure like the coins posted, especially the last 2 gold posts. image
    "My friends who see my collection sometimes ask what something costs. I tell them and they are in awe at my stupidity." (Baccaruda, 12/03).I find it hard to believe that he (Trump) rushed to some hotel to meet girls of loose morals, although ours are undoubtedly the best in the world. (Putin 1/17) Gone but not forgotten. IGWT, Speedy, Bear, BigE, HokieFore, John Burns, Russ, TahoeDale, Dahlonega, Astrorat, Stewart Blay, Oldhoopster, Broadstruck, Ricko.
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    RYKRYK Posts: 35,796 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Boy, I sure like the coins posted, especially the last 2 gold posts. image >>


    This one was on the short list:

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    My Box of 20: https://pcgs.com/setregistry/collectors-showcase/box-20/ryks-gold-box-20/17132
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    lkeigwinlkeigwin Posts: 16,891 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Hard to choose. A couple a like a lot.
    Lance.

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    johnny9434johnny9434 Posts: 27,736 ✭✭✭✭✭
    cool coin all
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    crazyhounddogcrazyhounddog Posts: 13,908 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    JoeVJoeV Posts: 48 ✭
    Great thread! I don't have many pics of coins. But this my favorite and I do have a picture.image
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    rheddenrhedden Posts: 6,621 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Most valuable, but probably not favorite. It's PCGS MS64.

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    AuroraBorealisAuroraBorealis Posts: 3,591 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Wow! I just love these kind of posts...Some amazing coins and thanks for the compliments on my favs...Waiting to see yours "commeman" image I have a strong feeling that yours starts with the letter "O"... image

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    giorgio11giorgio11 Posts: 3,857 ✭✭✭✭✭


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    That's a beautiful Lafayette, Lehigh 96! image

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    kryptonitecomicskryptonitecomics Posts: 9,185 ✭
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    dragondragon Posts: 4,548 ✭✭
    Wow, everything from superb cameo proof Indian cents to monster colored Morgans to gem Saints, great thread!
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    rld14rld14 Posts: 2,390 ✭✭✭
    Define best?

    My most valuable coin is a raw Morgan that I havent even seen in years, it's in a bank value in FL. I don't like Unc Morgans.

    My most valuable coin that I stupidly bought is an NCS White NGC Full Head 1916 SLQ, I hate it.

    My favorite coin is my crusty CircCam 1879 Half Dollar that wouldn't sticker.
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    nederveitnederveit Posts: 1,038 ✭✭✭
    Yep, tough choice between value and favoritism, so here's a couple:

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    NGC MS63 bust half

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    PCGS AU55 $2.50 gold (looks AU58)

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    PCGS 1909-S VDB MS63RB
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    Bankerbob56Bankerbob56 Posts: 1,396 ✭✭✭

    I have lots of candidates but NO CAMERA!imageimage
    What we've got here is failure to communicate.....

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    taxmadtaxmad Posts: 967 ✭✭✭✭
    This is actually the only coin I have.

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    OnlyGoldIsMoneyOnlyGoldIsMoney Posts: 3,323 ✭✭✭✭✭
    It depends on the day - sometimes its the "C" and other times its the "D".

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    JustacommemanJustacommeman Posts: 22,847 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Wow, who knew this would turn into a Lafayette thread. Sorry AB, the O's are a distant second. I love everything about what the Lafayette is: date, history, design elements, size, only commem dollar, first president on a coin etc etc..........FYI- I don't collect gold but the pieces that are being thrown up in this thread are to die for.MJ

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    littlebearlittlebear Posts: 1,481 ✭✭✭✭
    Truly a remarkable thread! Thank you, everyone.


    Larry L.


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    AuroraBorealisAuroraBorealis Posts: 3,591 ✭✭✭✭✭
    That Lafayette is an incredible coin "commeman"... The design IS superb... image

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    CharlotteDudeCharlotteDude Posts: 2,933 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Got Crust....y gold?
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    BGBG Posts: 1,762 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Definately some box of 20 material so far! image


    I'm a fan of early copper so I'll go with this one today: image



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