Poll: what would you want?

I would go with an Eide Mar denari. Minted by Brutus to celebrate his assassination of Caesar, I guess he didn't know how unpopular that act really was while he was celebrating. Second pick would be the silver coin with Mark Antony on one side, and Cleopatra VII on the other struck shortly before Actium. On that coin Cleopatra is described as a living goddess, while Antony just a "successful general". I guess we know who wore the pants in that relationship! A third pick would be a Kimon signed Syracuse coin, arguably the finest ancient coin ever minted.

This all depends on WHY I would want the coin. These choices would be for my own personal satisfaction, or course if I simply was free to sell one coin I would choose the most valuable one, probably either the 1933 double eagle or the 1849 double eagle. Sell that and buy all three of my picks!

 

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please don't drool too much

 

and then there's the other popular choices

 

Old Spanish Trail Commem. Half in MS70

 

I'm going to take a completely different route and say: The very first coin ever made.

 

The third one for me. Julian Leidman uses it as his avatar on at least one forum.

 

I'd also take a 1964 Franklin. There's gotta be at least one out there somewhere.

 

I didn't have a particular dream coin but would love to get one of those!

 

How about one of the missing gold Libertas Americana Medals which were given to King Louis XVI and Queen Marie Antoinette of France?

GatewayCoinGuy

 

um...does ms71 exist?

 

I would probable want a 1888 O morgan silver dollar! Like this post if you would want this too!

 

I would like to own a controversial coin , so it would have to be either:

1.) 1849 Twenty-Five Dollars California Gold (minted by Templeton Reid).
The reason for wanting this coin is because it was the only known example and was stolen from the U.S.Mint in 1858 and never recovered. This according to the 2011 RedBook.

or

2.) The 1974 Aluminum U.S. Cent (never allowed into circulation).

 

a Nepalese 1/512 Mohar
or
a 2007 Canadian 100 Kilogram gold Maple Leaf