My new MVC (most valuable coin)

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Very nice. One of my best: 79S 2nd reverse MS63

 

I personally love the Saint design, despite how common it is. I don't own one, just because I haven't been able to find one that fits my own personal goals. But if I were to rank the most beautiful US coins... the Saint would be high on that list. Yours is a very nice example!

As for my own collection.... because of how unique my coins are, and how long ago I bought many of them.... I have absolutely no idea which one would take top spot right now. I guess I can show you the one I paid the most for, but that was in 2012...

1815/2 NGC EF-45 Capped Bust Half, a coin I've shown many times:

 

Beautiful example of an iconic type, Rob!

 

My MVC also happens to be a St.Gaudens double eagle:



I picked it up as a present for myself for paying off my student loans back in March, 2020 -- days before covid shut down the world.

 

That's a nice chuck of gold!

 

It's tough to put a value on this one. Very few ever come up for auction.

 

For US coins, my MVC is probably this one, 1900-S 10c PCGS MS65 CAC (not that I care about the green sticker). It's special to me because several years ago I discovered (BCCS published) that there was a third Barber dime reverse type, and subsequently some new transition varieties. SF coined a small percentage of the old 1892-1899 reverse in 1900. I already had a couple other examples, one raw and the other AU53, but when I saw this gem example being auctioned I had to have it. It was attributed to the Alfred R. Globus collection. I tracked the previous sales back to the original Stack's sale of the Globus collection in 1998, where it was described as proof-like.

For world coins, this one takes #2 MVC but #1 for sentimental value. My grandfather was the head librarian at the Chicago Tribune, and the previous librarian had people all over the world sending him coins. When he passed away, the coins kept coming for a while, and grandpa saved them in a cardboard box. When he knew he was dying from lung cancer, he gave them away to his five grandchildren. We all took turns picking one, and then traded with each other. Somehow I ended up with the "King of Canadian Dollars." This and others sat in the same 2x2s for 50+ years, and a couple years ago I finally had ANACS slab them. It got MS62. I think it could go a point higher.


Finally, my #1 MVC. The 1947 Maple Leaf 50c curved right 7 was a mythical beast for me since I was a teenager and first heard about it. Supposedly less than 200 examples in MS and SP combined were coined. I saw this one auctioned a few years ago and decided to give myself a 60th birthday present. PCGS in their infinite wisdom (sarcasm) had graded it UNC Details Cleaned. Turns out it was just coated in lacquer. ANACS conserved it and gave it SP62. Why only 62, who knows.


You've seen all of these before. I have so few coins compared to others on here that I like showing them off over and over and over...

 

This is probably the most valuable coin that I own now. It's part of the "No Respect, No Respect At All" NGC registry set.

 

Here are my three most expensive coins, with regard to what I paid for them.

I'm waiting with bated breath to see if our own @johnmilton will grace us with a couple of his coins.

 

Here's my MVT. I know it doesn't look like much, but go try to find one!



R. T. Holland & Jr. 5 Quarts Strawberry Picker's Token. Castleberry, Alabama.

 

1986 Korean 50000 Won:

 

My most valuable is also a Saint I got as a gift from my dad when I got a promotion at work.

 

Okay, I'll bite. Here is my most valuable coin.



Here my second most valuable piece.

 

The 1808 quarter eagle is a nice coin, and it brought a strong bid in a Stacks' - Bowers auction when it was last sold in public, but the 1796 No Stars is rarer and in higher grade.

 

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