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I was looking through the various posts today and saw quite a few beauties and thought to myself.......Oooo that's sexy!!

Can a coin be sexy? And I mean in the true, purest sense of the word.....not smart arseimage

IMO a coin is sexy when it has a beautiful strike, outstanding luster and beautiful toning.


Show me some examples of your definition of sexy coins.



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    3keepSECRETif2rDEAD3keepSECRETif2rDEAD Posts: 4,285 ✭✭✭✭✭
    It depends on who is holding it... The coin that is image

    Erik
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    illini420illini420 Posts: 11,466 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Just sold this one recently and I was calling it "sexy" instead of "Sesqui"


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    BroadstruckBroadstruck Posts: 30,497 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I recall ex member Anaconda had a huge issue with coins being called that.

    Coins being sexy was a big no-no, but under aged Costa Rica twins sisters a-ok.. Go figure image
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    shylockshylock Posts: 4,288 ✭✭✭
    It depends on who is holding it... The coin that is

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    Paul <> altered surfaces <> CoinGallery.org
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    LindeDadLindeDad Posts: 18,766 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I do not think of them in that way. Think it might have something to do with chemistry.
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    coinsarefuncoinsarefun Posts: 21,666 ✭✭✭✭✭
    To me this is but one example......from Ed62
    I always see this one and just stare at the beauty of it!!




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    BroadstruckBroadstruck Posts: 30,497 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Considered sexy since 1858 image

    Beck’s Public Baths Token, Virginia. Richmond, HT-441 / Low-275.

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    One of the most famous 19th century tokens listed in The 100 Greatest American Medals and Tokens by Q. David Bowers and Katherine Jaeger as their number 86.

    While today we may think that, per the saying “cleanliness is next to godliness” it was not always so. In the period from about 1832 to 1844 when Charles Beck distributed his Beck’s Public Baths tokens in Richmond Virginia as bathing was an occasional experience at best. Houses did not have indoor plumbing and for most people in the city the closest thing to a bath was wiping with a soapy wet cloth. Across the country some academies and boarding schools made it an offense to bathe in the colder months as the practice being deemed unhealthy. For those who desired to bathe public baths were operated in most of the larger cities. Records show that in 1832 Charles Beck was a confectioner and the operator of a bathing facility. The baths were in operation until at least 1844. These tokens about the size of a quarter dollar may have circulated locally as currency or more likely they were used as admission checks.

    In 1858 New York City numismatist Charles I. Bushnell published An Arrangement of Tradesmen’s Cards, Political Tokens. Soon the Beck’s token became a favorite with it’s somewhat risqué depiction of a nude woman. Naturally the popularity for this token was immediate and widespread due to the finely engraved naked woman on the obverse. Collectors with an eye for beauty eagerly latched onto these Beck’s Public Baths tokens at an early time. Demand has always exceeded supply since they were first noticed in Bushnell’s early reference.
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    AnkurJAnkurJ Posts: 11,366 ✭✭✭✭
    Sure

    This comes to mind.
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    BroadstruckBroadstruck Posts: 30,497 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Sure

    This comes to mind.
    image >>



    You must have a Star Trek orion slave girl fantasy image

    Never mind please do not answer! image
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    WTCGWTCG Posts: 8,940 ✭✭✭
    A coin could be considered "sexy" in relative terms. Most coin buyers can tell the difference between a coin that could fit that description as opposed to a coin that is unattractive to the point where all the talking up or juicing of photos could only help so much.

    But does a coin give guys the type of rise that porn can? For normal guys, no.
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    keyman64keyman64 Posts: 15,456 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Always an eye of the beholder type of thing so I think it can, just has to be darn special and therefore the term sexy becomes another synonym. But if you say sexy as in sexual arousal...NO! image
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    ctf_error_coinsctf_error_coins Posts: 15,433 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    AnkurJAnkurJ Posts: 11,366 ✭✭✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>Sure

    This comes to mind.
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    You must have a Star Trek orion slave girl fantasy image

    Never mind please do not answer! image >>



    Since I dont know what a Star Trek orion slave girl even is, I would guess it is you with the fantasy.
    All coins kept in bank vaults.
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    ambro51ambro51 Posts: 13,609 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I don't know why but this turns me on. image
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    bolivarshagnastybolivarshagnasty Posts: 7,350 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>I don't know why but this turns me on.

    Hope you don't feel the same about those baby heads!image
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    hchcoinhchcoin Posts: 4,825 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Ambro51 I laughed when I saw what you thought was sexy image
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    hchcoinhchcoin Posts: 4,825 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>It depends on who is holding it... The coin that is

    image >>



    Now that is SEXY. What is this?
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    chumleychumley Posts: 2,305 ✭✭✭✭
    I remember the orion slave girl vividly....lovely shade of green
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    TwoSides2aCoinTwoSides2aCoin Posts: 43,858 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I took one look at the bun in Susan B. Anthony's hair and had a few drinks before I could answer "yes".
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    AnkurJAnkurJ Posts: 11,366 ✭✭✭✭
    Here is another one I always loved

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    All coins kept in bank vaults.
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    halfhunterhalfhunter Posts: 2,770 ✭✭✭
    I'm guessing this:

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    Would be . . . anti-sexy ? ! ? ! image

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    HH
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    BroadstruckBroadstruck Posts: 30,497 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>I'm guessing this:

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    Would be . . . anti-sexy ? ! ? ! image

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    HH >>



    A few more drinks and I bet TwoSides2aCoin would hit that! image
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    crypto79crypto79 Posts: 8,623 ✭
    I am going chalk this thread up to being one of the most disturbing I have read since joining the board. You guys make it very hard to hold my head high while making fun of the NGC board.
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    TwoSides2aCoinTwoSides2aCoin Posts: 43,858 ✭✭✭✭✭
    image

    This sold on eBay for $1.80 . A guy can't even get a drink for that. Attractive buy ? Probably not around this place image
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    daOnlyBGdaOnlyBG Posts: 1,060 ✭✭


    << <i>I am going chalk this thread up to being one of the most disturbing I have read since joining the board. You guys make it very hard to hold my head high while making fun of the NGC board. >>


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    shylockshylock Posts: 4,288 ✭✭✭
    "Now that is SEXY. What is this?"

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    The J. Sanford Saltus Award for Medallic Art (designed for the American Numismatic Society) by Adolph Weinman
    holding Mike DeFalco's Oregon.

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    3keepSECRETif2rDEAD3keepSECRETif2rDEAD Posts: 4,285 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>"Now that is SEXY. What is this?"

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    The J. Sanford Saltus Award for Medallic Art (designed for the American Numismatic Society) by Adolph Weinman
    holding Mike DeFalco's Oregon.

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    You Win!

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    DorkGirlDorkGirl Posts: 9,994 ✭✭✭
    image

    I have always been amazed at how an image stamped on metal gives the elusion of a see-through garment.image
    Becky
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    rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I have never thought of a coin as 'sexy'.... I just do not see a relationship between metallic discs and females - Cheers, RickO
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    StaircoinsStaircoins Posts: 2,565 ✭✭✭

    Not my cuppatea, but some may consider this ancient this ancient coin to be sexy.

    Warning before you click ... image is of ancient coin that some may consider to be NSFW!

    Partial description is as follows:
    Septimius Severus AE of Nikopolis ad Istrum, Moesia Inferior. ... laureate head right / ... Priapos standing right, holding his cloak open to show his erect ...
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    SaorAlbaSaorAlba Posts: 7,482 ✭✭✭✭✭
    The best of both desires, gold and women:

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    mozinmozin Posts: 8,755 ✭✭✭



    That gold Goya is certainly sexy to me. Here is the silver example. Which do you like better, the tiny Goya in gold, or the much larger Goya in silver?




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    BAJJERFANBAJJERFAN Posts: 30,994 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>I don't know why but this turns me on. image >>



    Maybe cuz it's dirty?image
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    BAJJERFANBAJJERFAN Posts: 30,994 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>I'm guessing this:

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    Would be . . . anti-sexy ? ! ? ! image

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    HH >>




    THAT wouldn't even be sexy to another coin. LOLOLOL
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    coinkatcoinkat Posts: 22,795 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Yes

    and there is no shortage of quality examples

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    BAJJERFANBAJJERFAN Posts: 30,994 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Not my cuppatea, but some may consider this ancient this ancient coin to be sexy.

    Warning before you click ... image is of ancient coin that some may consider to be NSFW!

    Partial description is as follows:
    Septimius Severus AE of Nikopolis ad Istrum, Moesia Inferior. ... laureate head right / ... Priapos standing right, holding his cloak open to show his erect ... >>



    NSFH Not Safe For Humanity might be more appropriate!!
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    stevebensteveben Posts: 4,596 ✭✭✭✭✭
    actually...


    YES:

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