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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 3354461, member: 112&quot;]Well, I suppose if I were try to pick just one I&#039;d have to say the Netherlands gold ducat. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]888135[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]888136[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve studied them more than any other single coin and had more of them in my collection than any other single coin. And while it was the design that first caught my eye, it was the history of the coin and the effects it had upon the world that held my interest. For a very strong argument can be made that this was the single most important coin ever minted, it literally shaped the world to be as we know it today. But unless one studies them, you&#039;d never even be aware of that.</p><p><br /></p><p>It is also the only coin of the same basic design that dates back 433 years now that is still being minted today. In the entire history of coinage only 1 other design was ever minted for a longer period of time, and it too was a gold ducat, the Venetian ducat. It was minted, same design, for 750 years !</p><p><br /></p><p>There were many other designs that I liked a lot and most of them can be viewed by anyone who takes the time to look through the many albums I have posted here on the forum. And I say most of them because I quit collecting US coins before CT even came into existence, so only a few of them have been posted here.</p><p><br /></p><p>But I can list a few by name. I was always fond of Saints, the $10 Indian, Walkers, Buffs, some of the early gold. And among the more modern, ASEs and AGEs, and even a few commems. And had the design been chosen for the new small dollar in 2000, this would have been another favorite -</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]888148[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]888149[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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