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shylock · June 17, 2014 11:22AM

A dusty old Spanish Trail

OldIndianNutKase · June 17, 2014 11:25AM

For the time being, it is the one that I hope to have in hand in a few days.......

A PF65+ with out of the ordinary toning for a 1859 IHC.

OINK

golden · June 17, 2014 11:32AM

<< For the time being, it is the one that I hope to have in hand in a few days.......

A PF65+ with out of the ordinary toning for a 1859 IHC.

OINK >>

braddick · June 17, 2014 11:32AM

RYK · June 17, 2014 11:37AM

My signature coin (below). If you see it on the BST, or anywhere else for sale, you will know that the fat lady is singing.

CoinJunkie · June 17, 2014 11:42AM

I don't have a single favorite coin, but RYK inspired me to post my favorite early American coin (same year).

Rayman311 · June 17, 2014 11:45AM

coinbuf · June 17, 2014 11:52AM

No way to pin it down to only a single favorite but this one would be hard to beat for me.

illini420 · June 17, 2014 12:04PM

Had my 1909 set on display at our table at Long Beach recently... hard to pick just one but probably this one

ahopewell55 · June 17, 2014 12:08PM

brg5658 · June 17, 2014 12:20PM

If I were forced to pick one, it would probably be this one:

My opinion might change tomorrow.

bolivarshagnasty · June 17, 2014 12:22PM

<< Had my 1909 set on display at our table at Long Beach recently... hard to pick just one but probably this one

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That too, would be my favorite if I owned it Mike!

Shylock, That OST just says old dusty trail to me. Great coin!

BAJJERFAN · June 17, 2014 12:37PM

One of these two, can't decide which.

1885-S PCGS ms64

SmEagle1795 · June 17, 2014 1:06PM

Hoping to pick up my new favorite some time this week or next, but in the meantime, here is one of my runner-ups, a gold stater with a portrait of Alexander the Great:

Learn more here: Alexander the Great

Ed62 · June 17, 2014 1:26PM

Alexander the Great?? Are you sure that is not his dad??

bolivarshagnasty · June 17, 2014 1:34PM

Probably my favorite coin. Actually more intense color in hand than what Phil captured.

This textile toned Morgan would run a close second.

Mesquite · June 17, 2014 1:35PM

In keeping with the '99 theme.

SmEagle1795 · June 17, 2014 1:38PM

<< Alexander the Great?? Are you sure that is not his dad?? >>

While it is lacking the usual "anastole" shown on Alexander the Great, this specific type is known to depict him, rather than his father, Philip II. It was produced shortly posthumously: subsequent staters deviate from this portrait into a more abstract Apollo on the obverse.

For a comparison, here is a tetradrachm of Philip II (although depicted as Zeus in this case, but still with some features which are reflective of Philip II):

OldIndianNutKase · June 17, 2014 1:40PM

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OldIndianNutKase · June 17, 2014 1:43PM

<< Probably my favorite coin. Actually more intense color in hand than what Phil captured.

This textile toned Morgan would run a close second.

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Very nice Sr. BolivarS.....,

I hope that you keep those gems close at hand and have not relegated them to a SDB........

OINK

AnkurJ · June 17, 2014 2:07PM

MFH · June 17, 2014 2:19PM

BryceM · June 17, 2014 2:44PM

I'm having a difficult time seeing what limits that Barber to a grade of 64+. Even on the large TrueView shots I'd guess much higher. Stunning. Gorgeous.

The gold stater is pretty darn impressive too. Do people realize how old that thing is???? There's a bunch of familiar coins here and a few new ones (to me). Great stuff everyone.

Here's one that I've perhaps shared too often, but it would be very difficult to part with:

MidLifeCrisis · June 17, 2014 2:48PM

Do I have to own it? If so, no.

Here's one that I used to own and it's one of my all time favorites:

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lordmarcovan · June 17, 2014 8:24PM

I couldn't possibly pick one favorite.

This is my current favorite for the month, fresh back from NGC with a perfect grade.

From the pictures and the other eyecandy posted in this thread, you'll quickly guess who I bought it from.

But I tend to be more sentimental about my detector finds than the stuff I've bought.

I had the excitement of digging this last November, in an Essex farm field in the UK.

Knowing I was the first person to touch it in about 700 years was a singular thrill.

<< 1300-1310 Edward Ist hammered silver penny - Closed E, outcurving h- Cross pattee - Crown 1 - Type 10 cf3 >>

ambro51 · June 17, 2014 8:58PM

1785 Vermont Immune Columbia.

Eagleguy · June 17, 2014 10:25PM

Some really nice coins here, especially the OP coin!

JH

agentjim007 · June 17, 2014 10:44PM

JJSingleton · June 18, 2014 8:21AM

All of my coins are favorites...otherwise they would not be in the collection. But here is the last favorite acquired

CharlotteDude · June 18, 2014 9:15AM

'dude

trozau · June 18, 2014 9:49AM

DaggoB · June 18, 2014 9:57AM

silverpop · June 18, 2014 10:01AM

Crackout · June 18, 2014 12:01PM

My current favorite is my latest acquisition (which is always the case). Today it happens to be a foreign gold sovereign:

Broadstruck · June 18, 2014 12:28PM

<< Hoping to pick up my new favorite some time this week or next, but in the meantime, here is one of my runner-ups, a gold stater with a portrait of Alexander the Great:

Learn more here: Alexander the Great >>

LotsoLuck · June 18, 2014 12:43PM

Spoiler alert! I don't have a favorite coin

But if I did it would likely be whatever the last one I purchased was. The majority of my favorite coins or tokens are not the one's I paid much for. Hopefully I'm not "Throwing Shade" on this thread but a favorite that comes to mind is a token. I bought this from Broadstruck right after arriving here. And I'm still using his pictures

Raufus · June 18, 2014 1:24PM

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<< Alexander the Great?? Are you sure that is not his dad?? >>

While it is lacking the usual "anastole" shown on Alexander the Great, this specific type is known to depict him, rather than his father, Philip II. It was produced shortly posthumously: subsequent staters deviate from this portrait into a more abstract Apollo on the obverse.

For a comparison, here is a tetradrachm of Philip II (although depicted as Zeus in this case, but still with some features which are reflective of Philip II):

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Thanks for the informative post and for the photos of these incredible coins!

Type2 · June 18, 2014 4:46PM

Very nice coins all

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