Favorite world coin!

everyone post pics of your favorite world coin

 

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How do you pick just one?:scratch:

 

whoahhhhh excellent choice

 

Amazing coins, where is the second one from, I'm guessing Switzerland.

 

Second one is a "shooting Thaler" from Switzerland as you guessed. St Galen 1874

 

This dumb machine wont let me upload pictures.. i'm at my daughters house and it is out dated.. but if you go to my profile and hit "home page" it will take you to my site.. The coin is a 1919 Great Britain Florin AU53 ICG

 

still my favourite..............http://www.cointalk.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=128441&stc=1&d=1309515171

 

I really like that Icelandic millennium coin.

In my own collection, I have many favorites. This is one-- 1902 matte proof sovereign:

 

This is my favorite.

 

Whoah.. that is an expensive coin.. but more importantly it is BEAUTIFUL the hair detail is superb and the reverse is very nice.

 

I have a few sovereign's but i usually buy them as gold.. this one looks particularly nice

 

I have never been able to decide on my favourite but it's one of these three :







Just indecisive, I guess.

All three are reputedly finest known - but with nobody grading these there are no formal records to be sure.

- the first is ex Lockett - he had 9 of them of which this the nicest despite the edge chip and scratches (I have only 3).

- the second has no provenance - and is much more common - but it's really hard to get anything from this period as nice as this - and probably has the best claim to being undisputedly finest known despite being more common.

- the third is ex Millennial - ought to have a longer provenance but I haven't traced it - the lack of images in early cataglogues makes it hard to track these - and despite the scarcity there are others which vie with it, a couple have better legends but not as good surfaces.

John.

P.S. This is my 'hello' post.

 

Wow i am very impressed with these picks.. shows that you are very "seasoned" but anyways thanks for post

 

Also! i went to your site from your "home Page" you have some really nice stuff i will be on later tonight maybe ill take another look

 

<br><br>Also! i went to your site from your "home Page" you have some really nice stuff i will be on later tonight maybe ill take another look

 

Thanks Rope,

I've been collecting for a long time - started in 1966 as a schoolboy with Irish halfpennies. And yes I do have a lot of nice stuff - and I like almost all of it (it's an open secret that I'm not very fond of Irish Gunmoney) - but favourites are special - either looked for a long time for them or just can't help taking them out to look at them - I can't open my Irish Edward I box without taking a peek at the penny - I've had it since 1988 and still can't believe the condition - and the more I see the more this one just stands out as head and shoulders above the other nice ones around.

John

 

This my 2nd favorite

 

Hard to choose a favorite but I'll go with this 1910 Bern (Switzerland) shooting medal.
Quite a few were struck in silver, but only 400 were struck in gold.

 

very cool. love the bear and the weird hat (which reminds me of those lizards that puff up)