Classics versus Moderns - which one coin would you own?

TopographicOceans

If you collect modern coins, which one classic coin would you have in your collection?

If you collect classic coins, which one modern coin would you have in your collection?

You define the meaning of "classic" and "modern".

I'm a US Type collector, so I have both, but since I prefer classic coins my one modern would be the 2000-W Library of Congress Bimetallic Gold Platinum Proof PCGS PR69DCAM

barberkeys

I collect classic coins, and consider anything after 1964 as modern, so I guess I'd go for a 1969-S double die cent, assuming I could find one I like. Affording it is another story.

TwoSides2aCoin

This one

It's a PCGS site "link" and an article by Jaime Hernandez on the 1870 S half dime w/ photo.