What regular issue US coin reverse is your favorite?

291fifth · January 31, 2017 10:41AM

Mine is the Walking Liberty Half.

ajaan · January 31, 2017 10:43AM

Ike Dollar

SPalladino · January 31, 2017 10:51AM

Any one of the Ike Dollar reverses (other than the 1976).

Kove · January 31, 2017 11:19AM

Ike for me, too.

EldoEsq · January 31, 2017 11:20AM

Buffalo nickel for me!

1630Boston · January 31, 2017 11:42AM

The one favorite................That will take some thought.

Raufus · January 31, 2017 12:06PM

Ike for me too.

amwldcoin · January 31, 2017 1:59PM

Barber Half!

northcoin · January 31, 2017 2:06PM

For me it is the 1861 Paquet Reverse with its unique reverse design. Jeff Garrett and Ron Guth in their 2008 Third Edition of "100 Greatest U.S. Coins" place the 1861 San Francisco minted paquet at number 83 and note that "there are probably 200 to 300 examples known in all grades." An AU example is given an historical value by the authors of $85,000.00. No known uncirculaed examples exist.

The "story" behind the coin adds to its desirability:

**The Pony Express (or as it was known at the time, The Overland Mail Route) also ties into the story behind the survival of the small number of the 1861 San Francisco minted Paquet Reverse $20 Double Eagle gold pieces.

The correspondence from the East to stop production of the coin was delayed getting to San Francisco due to the time it took for messages to still be delivered via the Pony Express in 1861.
**

Click this link to see photos of the one in my own collection which I included at the bottom of the first post in the linked thread.

https://forums.collectors.com/discussion/914924/remembering-the-pony-express-at-the-carson-city-mint-a-photo-essay

Baley · January 31, 2017 3:18PM

My answer is the same as the obverse question, the 1798-1807 heraldic eagle reverse.

Both obverse and reverse are nearly perfect. Liberty, E Pluribus Unum, and the date. No real people, no mottoes, no commems of any kind, They should have stopped there, sure, change the date, change the metallic weight and composition as needed, change the relief and add the spaghetti hair and plastic looking feathers and use computers to "update" it (if you must; wish you wouldn't) can you imagine, a solid run of one design all this time? Sure, there would be the usual overdate and mintmarks, the occasional doubled die and various varieties and errors, rare ones and common ones, but how nice would it be to still have 2 1/5, 5, and 10 dollar coins?

I guess collections would be pretty boring compared to what actually happened, but it's my dream alternate universe nonetheless....

Walkerguy21D · January 31, 2017 3:24PM

In no particular order, because I can't choose: walking liberty half, buffalo nickel, and the small eagle designs on any of the early Federal silver and gold coins.

Jackthecat1 · January 31, 2017 3:36PM

Walking Liberty half dollar.

Justacommeman · January 31, 2017 4:49PM

Same as the obverse............The Walking Liberty.

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itsnotjustme · January 31, 2017 4:53PM

I think it needs to be an eagle.

Walking Liberty Half
Morgan Dollar
Ike Dollar (With a + for landing on the moon)

topstuf · January 31, 2017 5:16PM

Eagleguy · January 31, 2017 5:17PM

Sacagawea Dollar

oldgoldlover · January 31, 2017 5:19PM

Type Twe Double Eagle

Unknown · January 31, 2017 5:23PM

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koynekwest · January 31, 2017 5:39PM

A toss-up-Var 1 Buffalo 5c and Walking Liberty 50c.

Nic · January 31, 2017 5:45PM

Barber half.

ClosedLoop · January 31, 2017 6:05PM

That half reverse is stunning...WoW

BryceM · January 31, 2017 7:11PM

I'm quite fond of several including the buff nickel, Ike/SBA recycle, St. Gauden's soaring eagle, and the Peace dollar, but this design ALWAYS makes me stop and take a look: