"Follow The Leader" coin thread BY THEME (for ALL types of coins, tokens, and medals)

Looks like it has some Wood grain starting on the obv.
Improperly mixed alloy.

 

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Still doing mountains and sunbursts, A? Here's a cooking volcano!

 

Water birds it is...

 

I think the Frigate is a water bird.

 

Well, the bird (sea eagle) is eating a fish, so I'll consider it a water bird...

 

Albania.

Water Birds..

 

OK, got to post my new puffin again

 

Water Birds.

Lets start a new theme.
29. mm and Larger diameter.


The queen comes in at 32mm.
Post anything 29mm or larger.

 

Half of a water bird

 

65mm -- Mexico -- 5 oz Ag, 2015:

 

I was going to post this one somewhere, so why not here? A not quite recent purchase I got in a 'cleaned' PCGS slab. Bought it for my Dansco Type, so cleaned is acceptable, plus it's a nice variety. The coin has a respectable amount of die polish not showing too well in the photo, but in the coin show lights it appeared they did not cross the devices. Paid kind of strong money for a cleaned coin, but it has flash and, like I said, was a cool variety I didn't have.

Got it home, cracked it out and stuck in the album. Looked at it several times and for the life of me thought the 'excessive' lines were die polish, and nothing overtly cleaned, though certainly not a trauma free coin. The Japanese Mint often engaged in exuberant die polishing back in the day.

Anyway, I was getting a submission ready for NGC and figured what the heck and pulled it out of the album. NGC graded it straight...and now I have to decide if I want to stick it back in the album. It looked good there, but now exceeds my mental limit in value for a crack-for-album coin.

In general PCGS is doing more Japanese coins these days, and is slabbing more varieties. On the other hand, I agree with NGC. Decisions, decisions.


Japan 1 yen, 1870/Meiji 3. Type II. NGC MS-62 ex. PCGS Unc Details, cleaned. 38.58 mm.

Keep going with 'Big Coins' (or medals etc).

 

I like the big coin theme...

I will start with this little 45mm
$5

 

This is 47.8 MM weighs 46.7 g

 

39mm, Color of Gold.

Continue 29mm and bigger..

 

Here's a hockey puck for ya...

 

Here’s a set of 42mm $5 coins from Liberia.

 

Mexico one peso, 38.5mm

 

most of my coins are over 29mm. this one is 45mm I think: