Which coins are on your Mount Rushmore of U.S. coinage?

This post by @Randy Abercrombie made me think of this. If you could erect a Mount Rushmore with four U.S. coins enshrined instead of U.S. presidents, which four coins would make the cut? You know, stuff that's legendary but not necessarily beyond your reach.

I started collecting as a youngster and I'm now approaching retirement age, and these were/are the legends in my mind I learned about them early on - your history and interests will be different than mine.

• 1909-S VDB Lincoln cent
• 1932-D Washington quarter
• 1916-D Mercury dime
• 1955 Doubled die Lincoln cent.

 

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The first half disme - first minted US coin, right?
St Gaudens double eagle- best gold design
Walking Liberty half dollar - best silver designed coin
One of the big copper cents to cover the best copper coin...

 

HIgh relief saint
half disme
chain cent
Gobrecht dollar

 

1794 flowing hair dollar
1885 trade dollar
1822 $5
1870-s half dime

 

Fugio cent
Buffalo nickel
Morgan dollar
High Relief $20 Saint

 

My Mt Rushmore would be a little different than most peoples as I have no desire to own any of them. They are the famous ones that even non-collectors have heard of.

1909 S VDB cent
1955 doubled die cent
1804 dollar
1913 Liberty nickel

 

Lol I’m in agreement with you on these 4 other than the 55 double die. Which I always thought cool. A 1804 dollar is great but I’d rather have a 1794 or a 84 and 85 trade.

 

Looking at my list again, I could be easily convinced to remove the 55 double die and replace it with a 1895 Morgan...not as famous to non-collectors, but another coin that most US collectors seem to covet but which I have never desired.

Would also even out my mountain as only one Lincoln cent would be represented.

 

1916 d merc dime
1921 Peace dollar
Stone mountain half dollar
Flying eagle cent

 

My reach as gone a bit higher than most collectors ...

1793 Chain Cent
1795 Flowing Hair Dollar
1795 half eagle
1907 High Relief $20 gold

 

1913 Liberty Head Nickel
1916 Standing Liberty Quarter
1804 Dollar
1880 Coiled Hair Stella

 

1857 Flying Eagle Cent
1909 S vdb Lincoln Wheat Cent
1878 CC Morgan Silver Dollar
1986 American Silver Eagle

 

Any Morgan Dollar
1909 S-VDB
1913 Buffalo Indian Head Nickel
1776/1976 American Bicentennial Silver Set
Thanks for asking.

 

12s Mercury. 44s silver nickel. And a 99WAM

 

Mt. Rushmore of u.s. coinage.....

 

Been waiting for it. Knew someone had to.

 

Yeah I was pretty shocked I read the thread and nobody went literal. Had a few ways to go with it but the teddy Roosevelt was the hard one of the 4.