What coinage do you study most?

I love that coin Bill you have some great examples in your collection i really enjoy when you post them ,thank you so much for sharing them Bill This coin is great leaning too

ewr
Error and variety coins are my main interest and Kennedy halves morgan dollars peace dollars etc etc
Jazzcoins Joe

 

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Me to, sort of. I'm now working on set #12. All sets #1 to #11 are completed. And they go in order of grade so that #1 is the best and progressively worse towards #12.

 

Kennedy halves, conditionally rare, long series (longer than Morgan dollars!), lots of cool die varieties esp. among the silver series. Lincoln varieties too.

 

SLQs, specifially 28-Ss

 

I've probably spent the most time reading about civil war tokens and hard times tokens, although I don't own many of them.

Go figure.

 

I have been spending time, well, the last few months reading over and over again, United States Half Dimes by D.W. Valentine and studying the examples that I have for varieties. There are many many die varieties in this series, more than I would have ever thought.

 

Early American coppers and John Reich silver - especially half-dimes.

 

You know, I don't see many of those around anymore. I was looking last week and anything but the 28-s was available.

Ruben

 

BU Morgan Dollars for me. Haven't seen one yet I didn't like.

 

Early Canadian coinage (especially large cents), early 1900 US coinage, and recently world proofs.

But I collect lots of others too!

 

"Quote:
Originally Posted by silvereagle82
World gold ..... those I own and those I plan to add to my collection.
Currently I'm studying the English/French Aquitaine Period, having just acquired two books on the subject.

You still haven't told me if that one is any good ??"

Doug,
Yes I think "The Anglo-Gallic Coins" by E.R. Duncan Elias (1984) is a great reference book. It is a nice combination of coin facts and history. It has a rarity scale and chapters for each King/Ruler but no mintages.

I also purchased "A Manual of Anglo-Gallic Gold Coins" by R.R. Beresford-Jones (1964) which is a a small book , 100 pages, but it also a great mixture of coin specifications, history and a few maps. A great reference for gold coins and is a reference bibliography for Elias's book.

Both have B&W illustrations/photo plates, not real great quality.

 

mostly lincolns and Morgans

 

no peace dollars? Which is better, Morgans or Peace dollars?

Ruben

 

Anything that interests me at any given moment.

I'll pull out a loupe and study it. I do it on a daily basis.

 

(1) Large Cents from 1816-1857
(2) Type Coins

 

If you mean by studying, buying as many coins as I possibly can for experience, Jefferson Nickels and Peace Dollars (my new obsession).

 

Conder Tokens - the tokens themselves and the history of the period when they were made.