What is Tour Most Cherished Coin in Your Collection?

It may not be the best coin in your collection, but for some reason it has a special place in your heart. Show me yours and I'll show you mine.

Mine happens to be the first coin in my collection. I went to grocery store to grab some snacks on my way to the river, and I use the self-checkout. When I got my change from the self-checkout, this 1821 bust dime came out in the place of a cent. By no means is that the best Queen in my collection, but by golly it sure is my favorite. It also kickstarted the 2nd most expensive, but by far the most time-consuming hobby I have taken on. Image circa 2012.

 

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Found this in change

 

most cherished coin... Belgium 10 centimes...

 

I have several that are close to my heart for various reasons. I would suppose this would be my top candidate simply because it as my only real find searching the Carolina coast after a hurricane with a much more experienced fellow that allowed me to tag along. Not much value, but I sure felt like something when I found it.

 

In 2019 I metal detected this 1942 Half Dollar in 2 feet of water about 8 inches deep. At first I thought I pulled out a clad Kennedy. And when I saw it was a Silver Walking Liberty I was in disbelief! I feels like a dream when you find a nice little treasue!

That's the Silver Half on top of all the other coins I detected that day!

 

My wife bought this for me 20+ years ago. I wouldn't
sell it or trade it for anything.

 

That pretty much changes everyday. Today? I'll go with this one...

 

One of these two. The dime I bought raw when I was 15. The dollar is probably my favorite coin I own

 

Cool, The wonder wheel in Coney Island. My home.

 

Wow what a tough question. I have so many coins and so much variety it’s tough to choose.
im going to choose one from my favorite set and that’s the Classic Commemoratives. I hope u like it.

 

@Mainebill- Is that 37 a slight rotated die?

 

There are only 2 coins in my collection that I would not be willing to part with. One is a coin from Turkey I have had since I was 8 years old and the other is this one.

This was a gift from my wife for our 25th wedding anniversary.

 

This is my first Morgan Carson city, and never new Booker T Washington had a coin

 

5 years ago I was metal detecting the homesite of the infamous Daniel McGirts who was an officer in the Revolutionary Army. But he became a turncoat and joined the Brits. After the war ended he could not go home and he got a land grant from the Spanish, moved to NE Florida and started a plantation. Later he became a highway man and a pirate.

I found a 1700s axe head, a Victorian lady’s mesh coin purse made of silver and overlaid with gold.
Then I found what I thought was a copper slug. However there was a faint bust of a man, some letters and the date 1783.
A Georvis Triumphos the only true token honoring George Washington for winning the war. 1783 is when we signed the treaty with England and there are other token honoring him but while 1783 is stamped on them they were made later.

The name means George Triumphed and it was minted in England. They claimed they didn’t know what Washington looked like and so used the bust of George III who LOST THE WAR.

It was known to have been used in Virginia, South Carolina and Bermuda and BELIEVED to have been used in Florida but there was no proof. At the same time I found mine another detectorist found one in St Augustine and we are jointly credited for our finds.

 

All the coins I inherited from my grandpa, and all the coins I found in change while visiting Mexico, Norway, Sweden, Netherlands, Germany, Switzerland, Liechenstein, Austria, Italy, Monaco, and France.

 

I'm fickle and I vacillate way too much.

Now don't you guys throw rocks, tomatoes and cabbages, but this is my current 'Fav'....I was lucky.





Old 'Fav''s?

 

Wow! That is the best photo I have seen of the 2019 Reverse Proof ASE. Nice job on that.

 

@green18- Nothing wrong with those!

 

You are too kind, my friend.....