BTW, as cool as the 1848 Cal. is, it's a Boiler78 hand-me-down.
"My friends who see my collection sometimes ask what something costs. I tell them and they are in awe at my stupidity." (Baccaruda, 12/03).I find it hard to believe that he (Trump) rushed to some hotel to meet girls of loose morals, although ours are undoubtedly the best in the world. (Putin 1/17) Gone but not forgotten. IGWT, Speedy, Bear, BigE, HokieFore, John Burns, Russ, TahoeDale, Dahlonega, Astrorat, Stewart Blay, Oldhoopster, Broadstruck, Ricko, Big Moose, Cardinal.
Like most of us here my favorite changes from time to time and it is difficult to pick from my top ten or even top twenty but this is consistently near the top.
Like most of us here my favorite changes from time to time and it is difficult to pick from my top ten or even top twenty but this is consistently near the top.
I'm... not...worthy!
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Well if I had to choose 1 out of about a half dozen I would call my favorites. It would be this. Most likely the finest toned Thorn Head series 21s and possibly one of the finest toned 21 morgans period. Picked her up raw for $50 at a big show because the dealer didn't know any better
I LOVE this coin. The colors in hand are simply electric. It reminds me of exactly what a Midwest summer sunset looks like with the blue/golden orange mixture.
Originally posted by: boiler78 Like most of us here my favorite changes from time to time and it is difficult to pick from my top ten or even top twenty but this is consistently near the top.
“A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within. An enemy at the gates is less formidable, for he is known and carries his banner openly."
Originally posted by: boiler78 Like most of us here my favorite changes from time to time and it is difficult to pick from my top ten or even top twenty but this is consistently near the top.
That is one of the coolest things I have seen on here in a while and that's saying something considering the rest of the monster coins in this thread. Wow!
Bump, just because this was a terrific topic. And I'll add a photo of a coin, not because it is up to par with the rest, but because it is a fully original 89-cc dollar found by a dealer in a bag in the last couple of years.
Like most of us here my favorite changes from time to time and it is difficult to pick from my top ten or even top twenty but this is consistently near the top.
That is one of the coolest things I have seen on here in a while and that's saying something considering the rest of the monster coins in this thread. Wow!
@northcoin said:
An 1850 Double Liberty "Proof"/"Trial Piece" First Strike that was once in the personal collection of its designer James Longacre:
Link for "the rest of the story:"
More regarding the 1850 "proof"/"Trial Piece" First Strike Double Eagle
Looks like the above referenced link is one of the threads that did not carry over with the new format. Any chance this is just a glitch that will be corrected with missing threads yet to return?
It's impossible to say that about one coin but I can say that about one collection.
It it my contemporary counterfeits and electrotypes. and the one below is my most current addition.
Beautiful coins, some I've never seen before. Learned a few things too!
My personal favorite, just the way I like old silver, from the lower reaches of the grading scale.
Way too many to choose from, and far too few pics.
One that always makes me sit and wonder in awe is an ancient with Tiberius on it.
Regardless whether or not you believe in the Son of God, the fact that it circulated in the time when Jesus walked the earth is amazing to me.
Other coins in my collection might be better condition and historic on their own (at the time when Washington and other FFs could have held or spent them or during the Civil War), still nothing amazes me like a 2000 year old coin that parallels the New Testament books.
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To each his own...another foreign piece...
I'll admit, that's super cool!
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This is my current favorite. Beauty, gold rush history and provenance (Norweb) all rolled into one coin.
Love it!!!
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Like most of us here my favorite changes from time to time and it is difficult to pick from my top ten or even top twenty but this is consistently near the top.
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Like most of us here my favorite changes from time to time and it is difficult to pick from my top ten or even top twenty but this is consistently near the top.
I'm... not...worthy!
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Like most of us here my favorite changes from time to time and it is difficult to pick from my top ten or even top twenty but this is consistently near the top.
Whoa! Please tell us about this set.
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That 1868 proof set is amazing. Prince would be proud.
One would like to think that the 1968 proof set they have squirreled away will someday be viewed with the same awe that the 1868 set is....
But I wouldn't hold my breath.
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Like most of us here my favorite changes from time to time and it is difficult to pick from my top ten or even top twenty but this is consistently near the top.
That is one of the coolest things I have seen on here in a while and that's saying something considering the rest of the monster coins in this thread. Wow!
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I definitely like the 1868 white metal pattern proof set and the 1863 copper pattern $10.
I suppose this is mine:
And of what I've minted, probably this:
Joseph J. Singleton - First Superintendent of the U.S. Branch Mint in Dahlonega Georgia
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Like most of us here my favorite changes from time to time and it is difficult to pick from my top ten or even top twenty but this is consistently near the top.
That is one of the coolest things I have seen on here in a while and that's saying something considering the rest of the monster coins in this thread. Wow!
Ditto- tell us more....
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Hoard the keys.
Nice to see what people enjoy!
This is my current favorite. Beauty, gold rush history and provenance (Norweb) all rolled into one coin.
Looks like the above referenced link is one of the threads that did not carry over with the new format. Any chance this is just a glitch that will be corrected with missing threads yet to return?
I'm not collecting much these day but...this was my high water mark in collecting. Sold now, wish I still had it.
I have many nice coins but I just always pick this medal among my favorites.
Love the Pan American Expo medal!!
It's impossible to say that about one coin but I can say that about one collection.
It it my contemporary counterfeits and electrotypes. and the one below is my most current addition.
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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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Beautiful coins, some I've never seen before. Learned a few things too!
My personal favorite, just the way I like old silver, from the lower reaches of the grading scale.
Way too many to choose from, and far too few pics.
One that always makes me sit and wonder in awe is an ancient with Tiberius on it.
Regardless whether or not you believe in the Son of God, the fact that it circulated in the time when Jesus walked the earth is amazing to me.
Other coins in my collection might be better condition and historic on their own (at the time when Washington and other FFs could have held or spent them or during the Civil War), still nothing amazes me like a 2000 year old coin that parallels the New Testament books.
well I have 3 favorites
this Japanese 2009 100 yen which my niece gave me from her trip
1932d wheat penny my sister in law gave me
and last this 1997 US penny which is the year me and my wife got married
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