I have around 10 of what I would consider dream coins on my list and all the coins are obtainable but just dont come with a friendly price tag. Some can take months of patience to obtain a nice looking specimen you wont have to trade up in a year because your unhappy. None are 6 figures and really dont need to be for me. I have bid on these of the below examples in the last 6 months and lost all. I was able to BIN this one and am very happy to have caught it. Cambodia, 1 Tical, CS 1208 (1847) KM 36, 36mm , 15.2 Grams Feel free to share any of your Dream coins you have obtain or whatever else.
It took me a long time to find my current avatar coin, a tetradrachm of the Parthian king Artabanos IV (c.10-38 AD). The heavily off-center reverse helped keep the price lower (the main draw for me was the unusual facing portrait, so the reverse didn't bother me): And this lifetime portrait denarius of Julius Caesar, struck January-February 44 BC, just a couple of months before his assassination. The significant wear and the banker's mark helped keep the price low, without (in my opinion) taking away too much from the attractiveness:
I didn't know it was a "dream" coin when I saw it. I had been looking for a nice multiple thaler and this one kind of fell into my lap. Hamburg. AR Doppelter Hochzeitstaler Diameter: 60mm Weight: 57.42 g 12h Struck circa 1650. Obverse: Man and woman standing facing one another and clasping hands; above, radiant name of god and dove Reverse: The Wedding at Cana. Cf. Gaedechens 1600; KM 147 (3 Thaler). Toned, lightly chased, minor edge bumps. VF. And then this one showed up at a small coin show. Obverse: The Annunciation Obverse Legend: AVE MARIA GRATIA. PLENA. DOMINVS Reverse: The Nativity Reverse Legend: PVER NATUS. EST. NOBI E FILIVS. DATVS. EST Note: Ref. G#1586. Prev. KM#F85. Composition: Silver Diameter: 59mm Weight: 56.5gm (1635-1668) 2 Thaler, (referred to as a Double Show Thaler or Tauftaler) The Annunciation, the announcement of Archangel Gabriel to the Blessed Virgin Mary that she would conceive and become the mother of Jesus design on the front and John the Baptist, baptizing Jesus Christ with three people watching on the back! Our research tells us that the front has a Latin legend that means "Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with you. Blessed are you among women" and the legend on the back may be German and might mean "Christ receiving his baptism from the leader in the Jordan" Both were coins that I assumed were out of my budget when I saw them but were able to make it work.
Antoninus Pius is my favorite Roman Emperor and when I had the funds to purchase an aureus, I bought this one: Antoninus Pius Aureus "Rome rules the world" Obverse: Laureate head right - ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P IMP II Reverse: Antoninus wearing toga, standing left, holding globe - TR POT XIX COS IIII Size: 19.5 mm Weight: 7.26 gm Struck: AD 155-156, Rome Catalog: RIC 256a
Well it's a US coin, but was very very much a dream coin I thought I would never own I still take it out a couple times a week just to believe it's mine lol...
That's a beautiful and clean looking coins. I only have one gold roman, but I definitely want more as I can.
It was pricey but comparatively speaking it was a good price. It was one of those that when I saw it in the dealer's case I said to myself "I can't afford that". He let me make payments which eased the pain.
