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Message:: [QUOTE="The Penny Lady®, post: 1821215, member: 16948"]Thank you everyone.  I truly have enjoyed collecting these - they are my pride and joy.  It has taken me many years to acquire these, one piece at a time. I don't really have one favorite because, as I mentioned, each one has something unique that I like.  My favorite type of toning is the lustrous iridescent brown, like the 1914-D and 1955/55, but I also like the unusual toning on the 1867/67 and the 1894/94.  I bought the 1886 clamshell raw not knowing it had a split planchet until I removed it from the 2x2.  I also love the 1887 strike thru which I also bought raw - it's one of the most bold strike-thrus I've seen.  My favorite variety is the 1880 off center die clash.  But I also really like the 1864 bronze with the bulls-eye die lines on the face.  And the 1864-L engrailed rim is probably one of the first coins I bought for my collection, and was definitely the first piece of "exonumia" I bought - and it now appears in my "Penny Potpourri" exhibit (which I will be setting up again at the Houston Money show next week). I also picked up this 1909 from Broadstruck in Baltimore because he remembered that I had the 1942 and thought they would fit nicely together - which they do!: <img src="http://bluccphotos.com/clients/charmy/11-12-13/Images/27.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]