If you were to go back in time, and get one coin from the mint

So, if you were to build a time machine and were to pick one coin fresh off the mint, astoundingly bypassing all of the security, and heading back home alive, what would you get? Explain.

I would get an 1849 P Coronet head $20. I would rather get the Meredith specimen over the Smithsonian specimen, because the Meredith specimen was lost, and was never found, yet. I would get this because only two were minted, plus it would look mighty fine in my collection.

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I'd take the SP66 1794 $1, have it auctioned off, and then buy a bunch of other coins!

Good choice on the 1849 $20. The poor Smithsonian specimen is hairlines to heck and back.

 

I could live with a 1943-D Copper cent! That would hold me for awhile.

 

Another great choice. There must be more out there.

 

Morgan 1893-S MS-65+

 

I too would take the sp 66 1794 flowing hair. That or a 1822 $5. Both coins I always dreamed of owning

 

After seeing it at the Chicago ANA show this year I'd say the 1794 66 $1 , sell it and get all the Bust Halves and CWTs I'd want with a bunch of early commems , Trade dollars and ancients . In other words , collecting what I do now but only more of them and higher graded . All while still working on my type set .

 

Double Eagle 1927 D....just my choice..

 

I'd go back to the New Orleans Mint under CSA control. I'd get a CSA half reverse muled to an obverse die engraved only with:

Longnine rocks

 

I would go with the 1913 nickel. That would do wonders for my collection.

 

1916 Standing Liberty Quarter, early strike.

 

2001 Buffalo Commem........

 

I don't know what purpose this would serve. Most of you have probably destroyed the world as we know it by changing history.

Chris

 

I would choose a 1933 eagle in proof or specimen strike. Not as famous as a double eagle but it would be a heck of a centerpiece for a collection.

 

I would take the very first coin off of the very first mint when it first stood up in 1792. No one but me would know it was a "first strike" in every sense of the word but that wouldn't bother me. The problem is, I have no idea which coin was struck first!

 

I would take a "first strike" 1793 Chain cent, not only for the value but also because nobody in our day has ever seen the true mint red color of an 18th century copper coin. Were they bright orange like the Gallery Mint reproductions or perhaps a darker color?

Then I'd have to devise a storage location to preserve the surfaces.

 

the first 1792 half disme made with George Washington's melted down silverware..

 

Since the criterion is "coin" I'll ignore patterns and questionable issues and stick to business strikes.
An UNC 1793 Flowing Hair, Chain Reverse Large Cent would certainly do it for me.
Need one for my type set and in the real world will probably end up with a VG at best.

 

I think I'd want the 1849 Coronet Double Eagle but in a MS68 or better.