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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ryanbrooks, post: 961912, member: 10924&quot;]Nice contest <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>My first favorite would be this beauty:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee59/ryanbrooks11/1937-STexasOBV-5-1.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee59/ryanbrooks11/1937-STexasREV-6-1.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I think that the design on this coin is just plain magnificent. Especially when these have luster and are in great shape, they look astonishing. With very few minted of this date and mint, I would have to say this is one of my favorites. Not only I got this one dirt cheap a few years back, but it was my first commemorative (and now my only one!)</p><p><br /></p><p>But looks aren&#039;t anything. With number two on my list, I present to you the Elephant Token:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee59/ryanbrooks11/DSC06047-1.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee59/ryanbrooks11/DSC06050.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>No it isn&#039;t that pretty and not in the best shape (although that clip is premint, not post mint damage), it&#039;s mintage is incredibly low and there aren&#039;t many of these to go around. I am thankful I have not only one, but two of these beauties (the other a really good friend gave to me). This is one of the best one&#039;s I have seen, therefor making it to number two on my list.</p><p><br /></p><p>But mintage, beauty and design aren&#039;t everything. Sometimes it&#039;s just the history or feeling there is behind that certain certain coin, which brings me to number 3 on the list. </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee59/ryanbrooks11/1795WashingtonOBV.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee59/ryanbrooks11/1795WashingtonREV.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Washington pieces just fascinate me so much. All the history and uses they had behind them must be incredible. This one is a good one because it has a really nice surface, which is quite hard to find on these, especially since it&#039;s a two hundred year old piece of copper!</p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks for the contest![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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