What are your 3 top favorite coins you own ?

I have many,like most of us collectors do
but if you had 3 coins in your collection that you like the most,
which would they be ? doesn’t have to be the most valuable.

 

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This is the first and, so far, only coin my wife bought for me. Very good choice on her end!

My flashiest looking Morgan, which these are absolutely crap pictures of.

And my Japanese 100 mon, which I received from winning a giveaway here. (Thanks again @lordmarcovan )

 

Honorable mention.

 

Yes, my favorite 3 changes at least weekly, but here's what I come up with today!

 

My brother gave this to my parents for their 50th anniversary. Made to be used as circulating, non Govt, currency.

 

2011 ASE WDDO-001


1943 P Silver Jefferson near mint


1899-S $5 Gold

 

Mine aren't all coins.

Z

 

#1: 1799 dollar #2: 18 TACH] 53/2 Double Eagle #3: 1908 St. Gaudens double eagle.

 

I have a few favorites.
My top Gold, Silver and Mint Error

2014 - $5.00 Gold Eagle - I won in a CoinTalk Contest
2017 - South Africa Silver Krugerrand
1972 - 5C Struck on Cent Planchet - From Fred Weinberg

 

1915-D MS65 Barber half
1908 MS65 No Motto double eagle
1900 MS62 DuVall 1-B Lafayette dollar

 

This I found in change
And these 2 because I'm a Phillie guy

 

Top two medals are bada$$, especially the skull, looks rare, very nice!

 

Picking my top three favorites is next to impossible. So, here are three of my top favorites.

This was my first Capped Bust Half Dollar. The seller said they had it in their collection for over 50 years.



One of the only known picker tickets with an image of the fruit being picked.
Ex: Michael Pfefferkorn



A very rare token, we're talking like maybe five known. I was very fortunate to find a Missouri trade token collector with a duplicate he was willing to sell!

 

Ok, these aren't my highest grade, nor my most expensive, but these are the ones that I'm most pleased to have in my collection.
1. Tiberius as Ceasar during Christ's adult life.
2. Byzantine Anonymous - Obverse image of
Christ. Reverse inscription "Jesus Christ King
of Kings".
3. 1871 2 cent coin. First U.S. Coin with motto
"IN GOD WE TRUST".

 

Certainly not the rarest or most expensive but probably my current favorites:

#1: Silver "penney" of Aethelred II, one of the middle group of Anglo-Saxon kings of "Angleland". My surname is very Anglo-Saxon and I share it with a famous AS king. If I can ever find a good example of Harold II, that will replace this as my favorite coin.

#2: Really love the Oregon Trail commemorative above all other classic commems. This one sang to me at the most recent FUN show.

#3: Really tough choice between two early US silvers so I'll post both. A 1795 half dime and a 1796 dollar.

 

1795 half eagle. I finally got an example of the Small Eagle on a gold coin!



1796 No Stars Quarter Eagle. My type set, up until the modern era where the mint has gone crazy, is complete!



1797 Draped Bust, Small Eagle Dollar. It's not the highest grade, but for the grade, they don't come any more perfect that then this!

 

The first one has a little brother. The big one is 80mm diameter. The little one is 34mm if I remember correctly.

The details on the little one is just as intricate as the large one, making the die engraving exponentially challenging. I love the ceiling work and the proof like sheen on the windows.

You can see some detail in the face on the bust at the end of the hallway .

Z