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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;sylvester, post: 58022, member: 708&quot;]There are a few coins i could post but if it&#039;s got to be my best coin then i&#039;d have to root for the one below;</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I started collecting coins around about 1990 and whilst browsing through my father&#039;s old coin catalogue i saw many coins i wanted, most of them i have to admit i have now owned here and there, however briefly.</p><p><br /></p><p>But looking through the earlier coins issued in England in the 10th century AD, i noticed alot of strange and odd names. One name jumped out in particular, a guy called Athelstan (or Æthelstan) dunno why i just liked the look of it i guess, sounded very Arthurian. That and he was listed as the first true king of England (before him it had been all separate kingdoms and in some respects still was, Athelstan&#039;s kingdom, the Kingdom of Wessex was predominant by this period anyway so they had been laying claim to &#039;king of England&#039; for a while). But Athelstan (ruled 924-939) is the first one who could really claim the title and prove it.</p><p><br /></p><p>Thus i figured, or hoped may be one day i&#039;d get one. Thus i kept any eye out... didn&#039;t see a thing! Until two months ago, i was casually browsing the internet feeling a little disillusioned with my sixpence set and wondering whether coin collecting was still worth the hastle. Suddenly what turned up?</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.omnicoin.com/coins/899299.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Fifteen years after i first saw the guy and i though, &quot;i&#039;m having that&quot;, it wasn&#039;t cheap but it was a dream come true in more ways than one.</p><p><br /></p><p>Firstly because i had wanted one anyhow, secondly because it rekindled my interest i coins and helped me sort out the one thing that had caused much of the doubt and discontent. The collection had been suffering from a lack of focus and unachievable goals. I had to sell all my sixpences off to buy that coin and i don&#039;t even regret it. Having now got one of these tenth century Anglo-Saxon pieces i had bitten off more than i could chew and i&#039;m now so into them i&#039;m trying to put together a whole set of these coins one from each 10th century English king (I&#039;ve just bought another one for the set of a different monarch)... challenging indeed!</p><p><br /></p><p>Anyhow that&#039;s why that coin is my personal favourite &#039;BEST&#039;.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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