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Are there ANY Coins you would consider a "National Treasure"?
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There is an interesting discussion on the Registry Forum regarding the 'Peacock' Ikes and whether they should be considered a National Treasure.
Are there a series of coins or even a single coin you do consider a National Treasure?
Are there a series of coins or even a single coin you do consider a National Treasure?
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Here are my choices:
1933 $20 Gold
1804 Bust $1
1964d Peace $1
1965 Proof Nickel
1895 Morgan $1
1913 5c
I'll think of some others, but here is my first "brainstorm". Since I live in MD, drive through DC to get to Arlington VA, I may decide to visit the display, see what they have and report back.
I love Ike dollars and all other dollar series !!!
I also love Major Circulation Strike Type Sets, clad Washingtons ('65 to '98) and key date coins !!!!!
If ignorance is bliss, shouldn't we have more happy people ??
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1 made...
resides in the Smithsonian collection...
it's priceless...
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Everglades
Grand Canyon
Yellowstone NP
WTC [when it was still standing]
These are national treasures where a large percentage of people are in awe. Realistically, how many are awed by a coin?
I think some years ago ANACS actually certified a heavily worn 1895 as a business strike. It was however later thought by many to be just a well worn proof.
dragon
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All 1804 dollars
1870-S $3.00 gold
All 1822 $5.00 gold
1849 $20.00 gold
All 1913 Liberty nickels
1792 Half disme
All high and ultra relief Saints
and several others.
dragon
1894-S Barber Dime, and the many pattern coins of the era.
Sommer Island coins becuase my daugter's name is Sommer!
President, Racine Numismatic Society 2013-2014; Variety Resource Dimes; See 6/8/12 CDN for my article on Winged Liberty Dimes; Ebay
It is infact, a national treasure. Much money will be put into housing it, and the other artifacts. And people will pay to see it.
My 1866 Philly Mint Set
Jeremy
Frank
"The silver is mine and the gold is mine,' declares the LORD GOD Almighty."
It represents the first steps our country took onto the world scene as a small country reaching out to form its first links of acceptance and friendship with other countries besides Mother England. The diplomatic gift sets that Roberts carried were to create bonds of friendship between our country and countries of importance in the trade routes of the eastern hemisphere. That one of these sets has come back home almost complete is a minor miracle. The other original 1804 dollars are nice but this one with its companions and the original gift box is truly a national treasure. And I would personally wish the coins would be busted out of those plastic tombs they are in and be returned to their original resting place where they spent over 150 years, the diplomatic gift box.
1792 half disme – arguably the first U.S. coin and probably made from Washington’s silver.
1793 Chain Cent – First coin issued for general circulation that was made at the Federal mint.
1907 High Relief $20 Gold – A great work of numismatic art and the beginning of a gold age of U.S. coin design.
At the middle of the list:
1787 Fugio Cent – First coin authorized by Congress
1776 Continental Dollar – Revolutionary War issue
Buffalo Nickel - The coin with the most “All American” symbolism.
Bottom of the list - Manufactured Rarities:
1913 Liberty Nickel - Product of mint employee fraud
1804 Restrike dollar – Ditto
1933 Double Eagle – Rare by circumstance, possible fraud if not by original theft from the mint then made so by government greed that confiscated half the sale price from the owners.
THE FIRST COIN ISSUED BY THE AUTHORITY OF THE UNITED STATES
showing the original thirteen colonies on the reverse of the coin and inspired by benjamin franklin without him and his efforts i think this country would not have existed.
sincerely michael
That George Washington highly valued the importance of the newly established Republic having its own coined money is without historical dispute from the fact that he made specific reference to the coinage of the half dismes in his inagural/"State of the Union" address of 1793. Yesterday morning I had the opportunity to spend a few hours in Philadelphia where I sat in the room where that address was given and was awed by the fact that the original chair in which George Washington would have sat was still there to view. (Until the capital was located onto the Banks of the Potomac in 1800, the U.S. Congress met in the building adjacent to Independence Hall, with the House of Representatives on the first floor, and the Senate above on the 2nd.)
made by the people for the people
we'll never see the like's again just my guess
<< <i>Are there ANY Coins you would consider a "National Treasure"? >>
Every single one of them.
2) For interest, the "Strawberry" Cent as the first counterfiet of a US issue, plus the super grade Chain cents
3) Historically, the 1792 half dismes
Or-- the first strike of our US Dollar--the 1794 copper one in the Smithsonian
4) The Brascher Doubloons for historic gold
5) The 2 best Proof 1884/85 Trade Dollars for beauty combined with their current world Trade significance
6) The fair/good 1894S dime for the world's most expensive ice cream cone
7) My rainbow toned MS67 DMPL Morgan $1??
That coin has a great, great story, but I don't buy the argument that it's a "National Treasure".
the first strike of our US Dollar--the 1794 copper one in the Smithsonian
Well, the starless version came first, but I still agree that the Smithsonian example is a national treasure.
I'll also add the following:
Any of the four original Confederate Half Dollars.
The pattern Fugio Cent with state names on the rings.
Any silver Continental Dollar.
JJF's set of Nova Constellatio patterns.
Any 1792 pattern. (Half dismes in silver are not patterns, BTW.)
Any Templeton Reid gold piece.
Humbert's own proof $50.
Doggedly collecting coins of the Central American Republic.
Visit the Society of US Pattern Collectors at USPatterns.com.
<< <i>1794 $'s.....
I agree wholehartedly
I'd expand the list of the coins mentioned here to a complete high-grade Type Set, and I'm willing to use your tax dollars to accomplish it.
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Significant because the 1787 doubloon is considered America's first gold coin struck and the 1794 silver dollar is considered America's first silver dollar struck.
They are fresh in my mind since I just saw both at the Money show in KC.
Significant because the 1787 doubloon is considered America's first gold coin struck and the 1794 silver dollar is considered America's first silver dollar struck.
They are fresh in my mind since I just saw both at the Money show in KC. <<<<<<<<<<
Is it true that the above National Treasures are being donated to the Smithsonian ? I seem to remember the present owner of those two coins claiming them to be National Treasures, and am wondering when they will be officially donated.
<< <i>Are there ANY Coins you would consider a "National Treasure"? >>
To me, the term "national treasure" refers more to a single, individual coin, rather than a type of coins.
And when I think of a particular individual coin that is a national treasure, I think of a certain bent and engraved 1860 double eagle.
It stopped a bullet at Shiloh, saving Lt. George Dixon from severe bodily harm, and was later carried by him as a lucky charm, but it didn't save him when the Confederate submarine CSS Hunley went down with all hands in 1864, just after becoming the first sub in history to sink an enemy warship.
The story that coin tells, and the way it went from being a historical rumor to a real find when the sub was discovered and raised, makes it a national treasure, in my opinion. It's difficult for me to think of any other individual US coin with such a colorful history.
If you don't know the story of this coin, you should read it. I didn't wanna post pics of it here because they're all clearly copyrighted, but you can read about it and see a picture here.
TorinoCobra71
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Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
<< <i>Thanks everyone for helping to compile a list of coins I will be writing to my congressmen about, asking him to help get these really declared National Treasures and to confiscate them from their current owners and placed in the National Collection at the Smithsonian for all of us to enjoy. Think that can't happen? Think again, the government can steal your house to build a Wal-Mart now. >>
Isn't that a crock???? Although we do need more Wal-Marts.
Interestng post, really enjoying this.
<< <i>The Smithsonian won't put them on display >>
That's fine though, they don't need to be on display. As long as they're in a musty government owned basement somewhere, where they can be polished to a nice bright shine, lacquered, and glued to traveling displays once a decade, these national treasures NEED to be taken away from their loving collectors. The travesty of personal property rights is coming to an end, I for one am happy to see this happen, too many rich people own these things, and it's just not right that they make all this money by breaking the backs of the little people, we the people need to confiscate that wealth and their accumulated collections. I'm sure Thomas Jefferson would agree.
Need more $$$ for coins?
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<< <i>The Smithsonian won't put them on display >>
That's fine though, they don't need to be on display. As long as they're in a musty government owned basement somewhere, where they can be polished to a nice bright shine, lacquered, and glued to traveling displays once a decade, these national treasures NEED to be taken away from their loving collectors. The travesty of personal property rights is coming to an end, I for one am happy to see this happen, too many rich people own these things, and it's just not right that they make all this money by breaking the backs of the little people, we the people need to confiscate that wealth and their accumulated collections. I'm sure Thomas Jefferson would agree. >>
I agree with you 100%, Wekar. It would be well if you opened a thread in the open forum for this. The latest Supreme Court decision is a clear example of how government greed and corruption if left unchecked can take away our most fundamental rights.
And you will not that the "liberal" Supreme Court justices led the charge for this. The modern liberal has no respect for human rights, only “government rights.”
We went on the "slippery slope" some time ago. It is only a matter of time......................
<< <i>You guys are a riot.
We went on the "slippery slope" some time ago. It is only a matter of time...................... >>
So what do you propose to do, give up?
Your rights can still be preserved if you remain vigilant and support candidates for public office who believe in the American system of human rights. AND property rights ARE HUMAN RIGHTS!
Down here in Florida Jeb Bush has already made it clear that he does not agree with the decision and will support legislation to curb this stuff. There was law that made it "legal" in Connecticut.
This decision should drive the point home that Supreme Court appointments have more a stake that just the anti-abortion stuff that that the fundamentalist Christians want. Liberals, with their agenda of insatiable government greed, are constantly looking for new ways to seize your income and your property. Yes, it’s a tough battle made more difficult by the appointed dictators in black robes who call themselves “judges,” but it’s a battle that we must continue to wage.
I'm not sure why the Govt. didn't try to accumulate the treasure before it was sold (the govt. could have afforded to buy it)
Imagine seeing that treasure in one place, such as the Smithsonian ? It would have been a huge money making attraction.
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