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  • determined
    determined Posts: 771 ✭✭✭
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    << <i>What's your dream coin? >>



    It's not a US coin, but just to mix it up a bit...

    Ptolemy X gave the gold coffin of Alexander the Great to mercenaries who he paid to help keep him in power. I image the gold coffin was then made into coins to disperse to the individual soldiers.

    I would like one of those.


    If not, one of the gold Athenian Owls made from the gold clothing of the statue of the Goddess Athena that resided in the Parthenon would be a dream coin as well.
    I collect history in the form of coins.
  • DrPete
    DrPete Posts: 1,497 ✭✭✭
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    We're dreaming here, so I'll go for it....

    1849 $20 gold piece (Smithsonian has the only one)
    1891 barber patterns (see above)
    1822 $5
    1906 barber proof $20
    1804 $ all three types
    1794 $ Specimen 66

    That's enough greed and dreaming for now....
    Dr. Pete
  • drei3ree
    drei3ree Posts: 3,430 ✭✭✭✭
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    For me, I hope to own an MS68 5c buffalo. image
  • mcarney1173
    mcarney1173 Posts: 927 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    I'm gonna be realistic here by not saying something like the 33 double eagle or a 1913 liberty nickel:

    My two picks are either:

    A nice 1818 quarter eagle

    That PCGS PF67+ 1909 V.D.B. Cent Gold CAC we've been discussing lately
  • mbogoman
    mbogoman Posts: 5,342 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Always has been and always will be a Pan Pac $50 gold octagonal slug. Ever since I first saw a picture of it in my first red book. I'll never own one, though, unless I hit a home run somewhere else...

    For a more realistic dream, my only wish list item for 2011 is a nice Pine Tree shilling. I'm sure I'll pick one up sometime next year. Got my eye on one coming up next month...

    mbogoman

    Asesabi Lutho

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  • TwoSides2aCoin
    TwoSides2aCoin Posts: 45,219 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    AU 55 1955 DDO RB Lincoln Cent
    I was born in '55 with reddish brown hair and I'm 55.
    Easy enough dream coin to get but if I do, it won't be a dream coin any more.
  • tydye
    tydye Posts: 3,894 ✭✭✭
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    The platinum 1814 CBH
  • Stuart
    Stuart Posts: 9,831 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    TradeDollarNut's new Draped Bust Half Dollar type coin is near the top of my Dream Coin list. image

    1797 Draped Bust Half Dollar MS-65 - ex Norweb Collection
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    Stuart

    Collect 18th & 19th Century US Type Coins, Silver Dollars, $20 Gold Double Eagles and World Crowns & Talers with High Eye Appeal

    "Luck is what happens when Preparation meets Opportunity"
  • johnny9434
    johnny9434 Posts: 34,096 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    an 1817/14 bust half image
  • mumu
    mumu Posts: 1,840
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    I would like to one day own a rainbow toned MS 65 or better 1921 peace dollar. Ive yet to even see one let alone estimate when I might even afford one.
  • jmcu12
    jmcu12 Posts: 2,452 ✭✭✭
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    I already own mine - Gobrecht Dollar.
    Awarded latest "YOU SUCK!": June 11, 2014
  • Barberian
    Barberian Posts: 4,643 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    I choice EF40 1964-D Lincoln cent. It's affordable.

  • WildWestHalfDollars
    WildWestHalfDollars Posts: 7,106 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November 27, 2023 4:58PM
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    Milled 1732 8 reales Mexico but other than that I already own my dream coin. The milled 1732 8 reales is a possibility I may own at some point. 45+- are known to exist in all grades.

    Liberty Seated Half Dollars

  • renomedphys
    renomedphys Posts: 4,016 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November 27, 2023 4:45PM
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    @renomedphys said:
    PR66CAM Flying Eagle Cent
    1838-O Half
    1794 Dollar in problem free VF or better
    Chain AMERI. cent in problem free AU or better
    Eliasberg's old 1793 S-13 beaded border Liberty Cap cent
    A really beautiful PR66 or better VDB

    ... all in no particular order

    Wow! Okay, 13 years later...

    I now own a PR65+CAM Flyer (Blay pedigree, so that's gotta count for something)
    no '38-O half
    no 1794 dollar
    I now own an AU53 Chain Cent
    I most certainly do not own Eliasberg's S-13 cent (or any other one for that matter)
    I do own a PR66RB VDB

    So I guess I'm halfway there, sorta :smile:

    Empty Nest Collection

  • 3stars
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    1936 Edward VIII sovereign. i think only one out there for public ownership

    Previous transactions: Wondercoin, goldman86, dmarks, Type2
  • Barberian
    Barberian Posts: 4,643 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    @jmcu12 said:
    I already own mine - Gobrecht Dollar.

    Mine just wiped out the coin budget for years and annoyed the gf to the point where I decided it best for all involved if I spring for a large gift for her.

    @braddick said:

    @Barberian said:
    I choice EF40 1964-D Lincoln cent. It's affordable.

    If you had placed one in your pocket back when this thread was initiated you would have your dream coin today.

    I didn't even recognize it was an old thread. So, I went forward to see who restarted it and found out that I did. LOL!
    This thread turned up as part of a search and I started reading it without noticing the date. You know the rest.

  • thebeav
    thebeav Posts: 4,118 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    I'm surprised to see I didn't post this back in 2010, but my dream coin has always been a '13 nickel......

    My Ebay Coin Store
  • PerryHall
    PerryHall Posts: 47,758 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    @thebeav said:
    I'm surprised to see I didn't post this back in 2010, but my dream coin has always been a '13 nickel......

    The type 1 (on the mound) or the type 2 (on the plane)?

    Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
    "Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
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  • braddick
    braddick Posts: 25,190 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    @thebeav said:
    I'm surprised to see I didn't post this back in 2010, but my dream coin has always been a '13 nickel......

    :#

  • may
    may Posts: 1,700 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Top pop 3 dollar proof.
    Flowing hair stella in cameo.

  • alaura22
    alaura22 Posts: 3,963 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    A 1939 Dime in PCGS PR-64cam that someone has that won't sell it to me :/

    Mike
    My Indians
    Dansco Set

  • TimNH
    TimNH Posts: 278 ✭✭✭✭
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    Holy moley, a thread revived from 2010. For me I don't care about this-or-that rare date, my thing is old, rare types. So -

    NE Shilling
    Higley Copper
    Sommer Island Hogge
    Half Disme
    Any 1793 copper in decent grade

    Yeah that should do for now.

  • Overdate
    Overdate Posts: 7,318 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    @thebeav said:
    I'm surprised to see I didn't post this back in 2010, but my dream coin has always been a '13 nickel......

    They were kind of pricey in 2010, but now I'm finding quite a few in change . . . :p

  • golden
    golden Posts: 10,536 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    1796 16-stars Half Dollar in PCGS fine.

  • s4ny
    s4ny Posts: 1,594 ✭✭✭
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    1854D $3 gold. AU 58 is OK

  • D808LF
    D808LF Posts: 777 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    1907 $10 Indian Type 1 Wire Edge.

    fka renman95, Sep 2005, 7,000 posts

  • TennesseeDave
    TennesseeDave Posts: 4,916 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    I did manage to acquire the 1878-CC Trade $ that I stated in the original post in VF-35, but stopped collecting Capped Bust halves before getting the 1815/2. Now it would probably be an 1876-s DDO Trade $.

    Trade $'s
  • NeophyteNumismatist
    NeophyteNumismatist Posts: 1,117 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    A 1792 Disme would be one heck of a cherry on top of my half cent collection. It won't happen, but I love to dream it.

    I am a newer collector (started April 2020), and I primarily focus on U.S. Half Cents and Type Coins. Early copper is my favorite.

  • BLUEJAYWAY
    BLUEJAYWAY Posts: 11,798 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    The best highest graded 55 DD cent with luster. Second place a top graded $20 Saint.

    Successful transactions:Tookybandit. "Everyone is equal, some are more equal than others".
  • Mercury
    Mercury Posts: 1,053 ✭✭✭✭
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    A Proof Peace Dollar

    Collecting Peace Dollars and Modern Crap.
  • lordmarcovan
    lordmarcovan Posts: 45,338 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited December 13, 2023 9:20AM
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    In US coins? Don't really have a single "dream coin", but here's one...

    (Edit: "someday plan to"? Nope. I'll never have one of these.)

    Collector since 1976. On the CU forums here since 2001.

  • lordmarcovan
    lordmarcovan Posts: 45,338 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    I guess a nice Pine Tree shilling would be on my list to have someday (if we're limiting it to pieces within the realm of possibility). A nice Fugio cent, ditto.

    Maybe a piece of pre-1834 gold.

    I probably couldn't afford even a gnarly 1796 quarter.

    Collector since 1976. On the CU forums here since 2001.

  • Crepidodera
    Crepidodera Posts: 457 ✭✭✭✭✭
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  • jedm
    jedm Posts: 3,266 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Maybe not this exact coin, but something on this order...

  • Lew
    Lew Posts: 173 ✭✭✭
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    1898 dcam proof Morgan, $

  • calgolddiver
    calgolddiver Posts: 1,804 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Early $10 gold to complete my type set

    Top 15 Type Set 1792 to present

    Top 10 Cal Fractional Type Set

    successful BST with Ankurj, BigAl, Bullsitter, CommemKing, DCW(7), DesertMoon, Downtown1974, Elmerfusterpuck, Joelewis, Mach1ne, Minuteman810430, Modcrewman, Nankraut, Nederveit2, Philographer(5), Proofcollection, Realgator, Silverpop, SurfinxHI, TomB and Yorkshireman(3)

  • bramn8r
    bramn8r Posts: 983 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    MS65RD 1922 No D Lincoln Cent

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