Prized coin

This has probably been addressed already but I'm a newbie so here goes. I was just wondering what would be your prized coin or coins. You know, if you were granted one wish to choose the coin of your dreams what would it be?

 

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I don't know...maybe the 1950 PF66 NGC Franklin half...if it was a set it would be a complete set of Half dollars 1794-date....I hope to do a type set but I don't hold much hope in doing a date and mint mark set!...

Speedy

 

1870CC $20 Gold Piece. I think this design is one of the best. Especially the reverse.

 

Like this??...nope...not mine...I got to take photos for an article I wrote for the ANA...don't know if they will use it or not...

Speedy

 

but Speedy, there's no CC there!


But it is BEAUTIFUL!

 

Yep..kills the photo doesn't it!!!...I have seen 1 CC $20 gold piece in my 5 years of collecting...most of the time I have seen more than i but I also have only see 1 $3 gold piece.

Speedy

PS--I think its graded PCI MS63

 

1817 O-102 Bust half, PCGS AU53 the Eliasberg specimen 1817/14

 

I'd have quite a few but to narrow down:

1796 No Pole Half Cent
1802 Half dime
1796-1797 Half
1794 Dollar
1798 Small Eagle $5 (Probably would take this one)

 

Okay, well, I'm not into collecting all the really really old stuff you all are. My focus is on 1900-2000 cents, nickels, dimes, quarters, halves, and dollars. In this category, my dream coins would have to be the 1916-D Mercury Dime, the 1909-S VDB Lincoln Cent, and the 1932-D and -S Quarters.

That being said, I would really love to have an MS-quality 1857 Flying Eagle cent. I think the design is absolutely amazing, and it (to me anyways) is absolutely beautiful in any grade! I guess you could count that among my dream coins!

~AJ

 

I want all of them!


I might share some with you guys... but don't count on it!

 

No contest - an example of the copper 1 momme minted at England's Heaton Mint in 1869, proposed for use by the Japanese as their first modern coin, but rejected by the Meiji government.

Krause lists it as Pn3 and grossly undervalues it at $3,000!

When Japan did go modern the following year, the yen was valued at 1,000 momme.

 

I'd say my English Anglo-Saxon penny of King Athelstan struck in around 930 AD.

 

1927-D St. Gaudens Twenty Dollar Gold Piece would be one to look for. But I tend to like any/all St. Gaudens as well.

 

Why not the 1856 FE?

 

The 1907 Rounded Rim periods before and after the E Pluribus Unum..in MS 63 or better!! WOW What a dream

RickieB

 

Because my local coin shop has the 1857 FE Cent in BU condition sitting - tempting me - right in the glass case every single day I'm there!!!! Kind of like the Tell-tale Heart drama! LOL J/k.

~AJ

 

i like my foriegn coins. i have a 1927 australian penny, as well as a 1951 australian penny. plus many canadian, carribean, japanese, korean, british, irish and italian coins. *shrugs* i just think they are neat.

 

A real 1804 US silver dollar or a 1913 v nickel to bad they are a little out of my price range.

 

I've always wanted to complete my Lincoln cents, the one thats holding me back - 1909 S VDB.

 

1796-1797 Half (only one I lack for my Type Set)
1877 Half Dollar PATTERN (J-1528) by William Barber - incredibly beautiful
1907 St. Gaudens X-high relief Double Eagle with Roman date