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MrEurekaMrEureka Posts: 24,412 ✭✭✭✭✭
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Post a list of the 10 coins you want to see before you die. Things you have yet to see in person, and that you know to exist.

I'll start with a few of my own, and add some more later.

1. Garrett's gem red Birch Cent.

2. The 1849 Templeton Reid $25, stolen from the US Mint Collection in 1858 and probably still in existence somewhere.

3. 1849 $20 in Brass, last seen in the April 1892 New York Coin and Stamp sale auction of the George W. Woodside collection.



Andy Lustig

Doggedly collecting coins of the Central American Republic.

Visit the Society of US Pattern Collectors at USPatterns.com.

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  • tradedollarnuttradedollarnut Posts: 20,199 ✭✭✭✭✭
    The Childs 1804 dollar
    The MS66+ 1794 dollar
    The Garrett 1795 specimen dollar
    The Coin
    A real 1875 chopped trade dollar
    A TPG owner's superb gem colored 1877-S trade dollar
    The gem 1851 and 1852 dollars
    The Garrett 1827/3 original quarter
    The Amon Carter 1801 & 1802 dollars
    The Stack 1796 quarter
    Early Dollar Set
  • CoinosaurusCoinosaurus Posts: 9,644 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Judd-1776
    Newman Numismatic Portal, www.NewmanPortal.org
  • ShamikaShamika Posts: 18,785 ✭✭✭✭
    1974 Aluminum Cent
    1964 Peace Dollar
    The 1793 Chain Cent specimen strike known as "The Coin"
    1943 copper cent



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  • ElcontadorElcontador Posts: 7,680 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I saw the 1849 Double Eagle and an 1894 S Dime at the Smithsonian. Ditto re three of the 1913 Liberty Nickels.
    I would like to see an 1849 Business Strike Half Cent in MS 65 RB. Supposedly a few of them exist.
    I own a Classic Half Cent in MS 65 RB, and a toned 1861 O Half in MS 65.
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  • GRANDAMGRANDAM Posts: 8,751 ✭✭✭✭✭
    The #1 coin I want to see BEFORE I die is a 2050 dated penny,,,,,,,,

    I'm not greedy,,,, I would only be 92 yrs old,,,,,

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    GrandAm :)
  • rec78rec78 Posts: 5,861 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>The #1 coin I want to see BEFORE I die is a 2050 dated penny,,,,,,,,

    I'm not greedy,,,, I would only be 92 yrs old,,,,,

    GrandAm image >>



    Me too, i would be 99. Any ol' 2050 coin would do. I really do not believe that the cent will be around that long though, except maybe in collector set issues.

    Bob
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  • agentjim007agentjim007 Posts: 6,256 ✭
    Which two coins would you like resting on your eyes when you die?
  • CaptHenwayCaptHenway Posts: 32,711 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Post a list of the 10 coins you want to see before you die. Things you have yet to see in person, and that you know to exist.

    I'll start with a few of my own, and add some more later.

    1. Garrett's gem red Birch Cent.

    2. The 1849 Templeton Reid $25, stolen from the US Mint Collection in 1858 and probably still in existence somewhere.

    3. 1849 $20 in Brass, last seen in the April 1892 New York Coin and Stamp sale auction of the George W. Woodside collection. >>



    I fear that the Reid $25 got melted down as scrap long ago.

    I want to see the complete 1870-S set from the cornerstone of the SF Mint, including the quarter and the other half dime and $3.
    Numismatist. 50 year member ANA. Winner of four ANA Heath Literary Awards; three Wayte and Olga Raymond Literary Awards; Numismatist of the Year Award 2009, and Lifetime Achievement Award 2020. Winner numerous NLG Literary Awards.
  • gsa1fangsa1fan Posts: 5,566 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Which two coins would you like resting on your eyes when you die? >>



    Personally no coins. I want to see where I'm going.
    Avid collector of GSA's.
  • FullStrikeFullStrike Posts: 4,353 ✭✭✭
    Id like to see a 2030 Lincoln Cent. Doubt they will be making those or any one cent coin for that matter. Come to think of
    it will they make any coins at all?

    And will I be living in those days? Will anyone still be alive?

    As far as existing Coins...... image

    silly rabbit coins are for .....
  • BillJonesBillJones Posts: 34,773 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>Post a list of the 10 coins you want to see before you die. Things you have yet to see in person, and that you know to exist.

    I'll start with a few of my own, and add some more later.

    1. Garrett's gem red Birch Cent.

    2. The 1849 Templeton Reid $25, stolen from the US Mint Collection in 1858 and probably still in existence somewhere.

    3. 1849 $20 in Brass, last seen in the April 1892 New York Coin and Stamp sale auction of the George W. Woodside collection. >>



    I fear that the Reid $25 got melted down as scrap long ago.

    I want to see the complete 1870-S set from the cornerstone of the SF Mint, including the quarter and the other half dime and $3. >>



    I agree with the captain. I think that the Templeton Reid $25 was melted soon after it was stolen.
    Retired dealer and avid collector of U.S. type coins, 19th century presidential campaign medalets and selected medals. In recent years I have been working on a set of British coins - at least one coin from each king or queen who issued pieces that are collectible. I am also collecting at least one coin for each Roman emperor from Julius Caesar to ... ?
  • SunnywoodSunnywood Posts: 2,683 ✭
    TDN, that list is going to cost you a lot of money !!!!
    Here are my first five ...

    1) a mint state strawberry leaf cent

    2) the unique 1873-S seated dollar that probably got sent to the Assay Commission and is somewhere ...

    3) An 1841-O half eagle (I bet they're buried in a can somewhere)

    4) An 1870-S quarter (cornerstone of the granite Lady?)

    5) An 1873-S half dollar (one circulated specimen was rumored to exist, rumor reported by Breen)



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  • coindudeonebaycoindudeonebay Posts: 1,735 ✭✭✭
    I'd like to see... in no particular order:

    1. Boiler78's collection
    2. Bill Jones' collection
    3. TDN's collection
    4. The Dirty Gold Collection

    And, I wouldn't mind hearing the stories behind those collections as well.
  • SethChandlerSethChandler Posts: 1,719 ✭✭✭✭
    Kagins Gem Proof Slug
    TDN's 1794 Dollar -although I saw it a long time ago
    The specimen 1793 chain cent
    1804 Dollar PR68
    1870-CC quarter MS64
    Eliasberg 1818 Half Eagle. MS67?
    1794 Half MS64
    Pittman 1833 Half Eagle PR67
    1856-O Presentation 63 twenty
    1901-S Barber Quarter 67 (sunnywood's)

    If you have been to the Smithsonian, then that will narrow down your list pretty quickly. If I hadn't, most of my list would have been from the Smithsonian.
    Collecting since 1976.
  • AMRCAMRC Posts: 4,280 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>The #1 coin I want to see BEFORE I die is a 2050 dated penny,,,,,,,,

    I'm not greedy,,,, I would only be 92 yrs old,,,,,

    GrandAm image >>



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  • mdwoodsmdwoods Posts: 5,559 ✭✭✭
    I'd like to see:

    1793 Liberty Cap Cent in 64+ brown
    The Coin
    National Register Of Big Trees

    We'll use our hands and hearts and if we must we'll use our heads.
  • ms70ms70 Posts: 13,956 ✭✭✭✭✭
    A commemorative for the landing on Mars.

    Great transactions with oih82w8, JasonGaming, Moose1913.

  • TwoSides2aCoinTwoSides2aCoin Posts: 44,572 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Joan's coins cracked out of NGC holders, regraded by PCGS, then returned to her with True View Images & CAC stickers, if need be.
    that's 10.

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  • coinrollhuntercoinrollhunter Posts: 280
    A 1910 s indian head eagle in an ngc no line fatty ms 62 with purple toning.
  • coindeucecoindeuce Posts: 13,496 ✭✭✭✭✭
    A genuine 1895 circulation strike Morgan. That is all.

    "Everything is on its way to somewhere. Everything." - George Malley, Phenomenon
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  • rheddenrhedden Posts: 6,632 ✭✭✭✭✭
    An 1802 half dime....

    but it has to be in the bottom of a metal detecting hole I just dug.


  • BillyKingsleyBillyKingsley Posts: 2,661 ✭✭✭✭
    The only one that would really make my proverbial bucket list would be the aluminum 1974 cent.

    Not that I would turn down seeing any of the others posted in this thread.

    My world and ancient coin list would be too long to compress into 10.

    For major rarities I have gotten to see this one:
    (Photo by me!)
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  • coinsarefuncoinsarefun Posts: 21,756 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I wouldn't complain if I held this in my hands before I left the planet.




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    CoinsAreFun Pictorials Album
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    CoinsAreFun Toned Silver Eagle Proof Album
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    Gallery Mint Museum, Ron Landis& Joe Rust, The beginnings of the Golden Dollar
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    More CoinsAreFun Pictorials NGC
  • valente151valente151 Posts: 1,070 ✭✭✭
    I am still in Numismatic Nirvana after the private Smithsonian vault tour last month that I detailed HERE.

    I have three coins in my bucket list, but I'm still at the age where seeing any original Gem Bust Dollar or Bust Gold excites me.

    The three specific coins are:
    Childs 1804 Dollar
    J-1776
    "The Coin"

    In addition, I would love to see the Copper 1794 dollar again in hand. That is my single favorite coin I have ever seen or held, and would accept that coin if I had my choice of any in existence.
    My Retired Toned Proof Mercury Dime Set
  • breakdownbreakdown Posts: 2,255 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I wouldn't mind having the six or so 1838-O halves (Breen says 10 or 11) at one time so I could compare them and see which I like the best. It's nice to dream...

    "Look up, old boy, and see what you get." -William Bonney.

  • MrEurekaMrEureka Posts: 24,412 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I fear that the Reid $25 got melted down as scrap long ago.


    Tom - Is that fear based on anything more than the fact that the coin has yet to surface?
    Andy Lustig

    Doggedly collecting coins of the Central American Republic.

    Visit the Society of US Pattern Collectors at USPatterns.com.
  • CoinosaurusCoinosaurus Posts: 9,644 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Peale's Museum token in gold (listed in Rulau, but not verified by me).
    Newman Numismatic Portal, www.NewmanPortal.org
  • CaptHenwayCaptHenway Posts: 32,711 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>I fear that the Reid $25 got melted down as scrap long ago.


    Tom - Is that fear based on anything more than the fact that the coin has yet to surface? >>



    No, that's exactly it.
    Numismatist. 50 year member ANA. Winner of four ANA Heath Literary Awards; three Wayte and Olga Raymond Literary Awards; Numismatist of the Year Award 2009, and Lifetime Achievement Award 2020. Winner numerous NLG Literary Awards.

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