Antidote to the sky falling on numismatics: A picture thread

Weiss · July 8, 2017 2:19PM

Post a picture of ONE of your favorite coins that is sure to get hearts beating and blood pumping. A beautiful piece. A rare piece. A piece you'd love to see at a museum. Not even necessarily one that you own. Maybe just one you wish you could own eventually. The good stuff where it doesn't matter what the market does, because holy cow, it's a keeper.

My latest piece: The 1901 Pan American Exposition silver medal by Hermon MacNeil:

ctf_error_coins · July 8, 2017 2:23PM

ranshdow · July 8, 2017 2:27PM

Ooh, aah

cardinal · July 8, 2017 2:48PM

This one always brings a smile to my face, as a combination of quality, rarity, and provenance, and my trust in the prior owner's eye for quality.

This is the 1783 Betts-608 Peace of Versailles medal, struck in silver. Here's the auction house photos, and this is exactly as it looked through the plastic auction flip:

The medal traces back to an auction in 1965, then to Ted Craige, and then to John W. Adams, and I just had to believe that it must be superb for John Adams to include it in his collection. It was costly, but well worth it!

When I removed it from the auction house flip, and saw in the light, it looked exactly like it's TrueView picture:

Yep, Phil nailed it!!

Weiss · July 8, 2017 3:28PM

WOW.

Catbert · July 8, 2017 3:45PM

Not my coin, but I fell in love when I saw these pics:

Wabbit2313 · July 8, 2017 3:57PM

Highest graded Redfield and highest graded STAR in any NGC 1900-S by 2 grades. Bought if off eBay for cheap with bad-bad images.

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ricman · July 8, 2017 4:13PM

Likely the best looking obverse I have seen on a Morgan $

OnlyGoldIsMoney · July 8, 2017 4:19PM

Who let the DOG out?

coinsarefun · July 8, 2017 4:53PM

Wow, great examples shown above. It has to help the collector psyche

This finally arrived today from Stacks and boy uh boy did I get a huge smile when I opened it.
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lkeigwin · July 8, 2017 4:57PM

SeatedToners · July 8, 2017 5:09PM

I love the toning on that half dollar! What's the grade?

crazyhounddog · July 8, 2017 5:11PM

Bullsitter · July 8, 2017 5:19PM

Not mine, but it's my dream coin.

DCW · July 8, 2017 8:53PM

The finest known "Good for a Scent" token from the collection of Steve Tanenbaum:

Justacommeman · July 8, 2017 9:34PM

It was either this or a 69 Mach 1. In LA the Libertas is easier to find parking for.

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SkyMan · July 8, 2017 10:09PM

Not only is the collectible sky falling, but the real sky IS falling...

I just bought this TODAY (in a Goldbergs auction), a ~ 61 gram slice of a pallasite meteorite, which is basically a nickel-iron meteorite with olivine/peridot crystals embedded in the matrix. It was nice to get this at only 80% of the Low end estimate. FWIW, the meteorite was found in 1810 in what is now Belarus.

Kudbegud · July 8, 2017 10:28PM

I would love to see this type, bi-metalic, as our $1 coin. Larger than the present dollar coin but smaller than a half dollar.

AmazonX · July 8, 2017 11:18PM

The color is a little more intense in hand.

EastonCollection · July 9, 2017 4:48AM

When i was young, I feel in true love with this coin from the Garrett sale. Back in 1981, I held this coin in lot viewing for over 4 hours each day for 2 days. I was such a hog! When it recently appeared in auction with the Patrick sale, I had the opportunity to hold it again and I did so for about 30 minutes for 2 separate days. Personally, I would sell my entire collection to own this coin, its that amazing. Fairy tales are written about coins like these. It really is that amazing, cool and carries a great story. Boy - this makes my heart pumping thinking about it and just thinking about it or holding this makes coin collecting the best hobby and past time. I hope I get another chance to view this coin and study it. Personally, I would pay the owner to view this coin.

BillJones · July 9, 2017 5:20AM

jpo1965 · July 9, 2017 5:43AM

not mine but found it interesting

ricko · July 9, 2017 6:30AM

@EastonCollection... That truly is an amazing coin.
A lot of great coins in this thread.... Cheers, RickO

BillJones · July 9, 2017 7:16AM

@jpo1965 said:
not mine but found it interesting

That has to be computer generated.

WinLoseWin · July 9, 2017 1:41PM

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The unique 1844-O Proof $10 which I unfortunately do not own. The photo is from an E-Sylum Nov 10, 2008 article found at the link below. Looks from the population report like it is now in a PCGS SP BM holder. Saw it in the late 1990's and thought it was in a Proof slab, though not sure if PCGS or NGC.

UNIQUE PROOF 1844-O EAGLE TO BE EXHIBITED AT THE NEW ORLEANS MINT

coinbooks.org/club_nbs_esylum_v11n45.html#article19

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SmEagle1795 · July 10, 2017 7:28PM

I'm breaking the instruction of posting a single coin but being able to view a large chunk of my collection in one desktop background always reminds me how much I enjoy coins:

Weiss · July 10, 2017 7:33PM

Dude. That is insane. Every one of them would be a star in most people's ancient collection.

Mark · July 10, 2017 7:34PM

@SmEagle1795 One word: OMG!

Well ... OMG is sort of a word. But the coins are astounding!

Justacommeman · July 10, 2017 8:44PM

SmEagle. I'm lying in my hotel bed and I just pooped it. Gonna have to burn a candle and leave a big tip for housekeeping

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hchcoin · July 10, 2017 9:00PM

@SmEagle1795
That is one cool collection. Love it. Think about the history and travels of those coins.

lkeigwin · July 10, 2017 9:37PM

@SeatedToners said:
I love the toning on that half dollar! What's the grade?

63+
Lance.

stash · July 11, 2017 4:09AM

1893 Double 9

TwoSides2aCoin · July 11, 2017 6:00AM

The sky isn't falling ... it is NT though.

BryceM · July 11, 2017 6:06AM

Even the background on that two-faced nickel is mirror-image.

CommemKing · July 11, 2017 6:08AM

Weiss · July 11, 2017 6:33AM

@Weiss said:
Dude. That is insane. Every one of them would be a star in most people's ancient collection.

And that makes about 15 times I've come back to this image, @SmEagle1795 . The image itself is a masterpiece. Each piece is photographed beautifully, and the balance and placement of the images must have taken hours--and it shows.

Just outstanding.

Lakesammman · July 11, 2017 6:38AM

SmEagle1795 · July 11, 2017 8:59AM

Thanks everyone!

@Weiss said:

@Weiss said:
Dude. That is insane. Every one of them would be a star in most people's ancient collection.

And that makes about 15 times I've come back to this image, @SmEagle1795 . The image itself is a masterpiece. Each piece is photographed beautifully, and the balance and placement of the images must have taken hours--and it shows.

Just outstanding.

Thanks It did indeed take far longer than I'd care to admit to put it together, not to mention the photography time for each coin over the last several years.

asheland · July 11, 2017 9:25AM

My all time favorite:

Gorham, 1883

Stuart · June 8, 2019 8:46PM

This is one of my Dream Coins!!

IMO The Most Beautiful Coin ever Issued by the US Mint! 😁👍

1907 High Relief $20 Gold Saint Gaudens Double Eagle

MrEureka · June 8, 2019 9:06PM

Lakesammman · June 9, 2019 5:09AM

Beautiful coin, Andy. Is that an early restrike or is the die rust just well hidden?

MrEureka · June 9, 2019 8:56AM

@Lakesammman said:
Beautiful coin, Andy. Is that an early restrike or is the die rust just well hidden?

It’s not a restrike and there’s no die rust. It’s the original B-2, just as likely to have been struck in 1827 as the B-1. PCGS classifies it as a pattern because it’s (probably correctly) believed to be a trial strike off the Mint’s new coining press. I consider it to be a non-proof (SP or MS) from an original (and probably the first) die pair, and would prefer to see it classified as such, not as a pattern. There are two known, both struck over slightly cut down Draped Bust Quarters.