Your Most "Precious" Coin

I had to google a bit to find it:
https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces43780.html
Commemorative issue
12th Anniversary Columbia Space Shuttle
Obverse
National arms
Lettering: REPUBLIC OF LIBERIA 2003
Reverse
Astronaut, space shuttle

Lettering:
COLUMBIA 1981-2003 IN SERVICE TO ALL HUMANITY FIVE DOLLARS

Features
Country Liberia
Type Non-circulating coin
Year 2003
Value 5 Dollars
5 LRD = 0.024 USD
Currency Dollar (1943-date)
Composition Copper-nickel
Weight 15.0 g
Diameter 32.9 mm
Shape Round
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
References KM# 829
https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces43780.html

Space Shuttle Columbia (Orbiter Vehicle Designation: OV-102) was the first space-rated orbiter in NASA's Space Shuttle fleet. It launched for the first time on mission STS-1 on April 12, 1981, the first flight of the Space Shuttle program. Serving for over 22 years, it completed 27 missions before disintegrating during re-entry near the end of its 28th mission, STS-107 on February 1, 2003, resulting in the deaths of all seven crew members. --
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Shuttle_Columbia

 

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Years ago, when my aunt passed away we found a drawer with a couple of hundred Indian cents in it. Around 1900 her house had been a family-owned general store so we assume this is where they came from. There was a wide range of dates including 2 1877's. This find re-ignited my collecting passion and I haven't quit since. By the way, this was the better of the two. Not great but never leaving my collection. I don't even collect US coins anymore.

 

Top notch coins, everyone! I love hearing (reading) about the personal significance of coins to others.

Every coin in my collection means something to me because each carries the stories of the people whose hands they passed through.

Each coin that's been gifted to me is especially important to me because to know that someone thought of me in this way completely blows my mind and I am forever grateful for the coins/artifact/books that have been given to me. (I really need to do a better job of getting pictures of my coins. I have been gifted others that aren't in this picture, but I lost a good chunk of my coin pics when my computer decided it no longer had the will to function properly. I just don't want any gifter to feel left out.)



The coin that is the most precious to me is the Widow's Mite. The lesson of the story attached to this small, seemingly insignificant coin is one I try to relearn everyday because in some way, at the the end of the day, I seem to forget about it.

Good work all!!

Erin