Coolest Coin You Have Had In Hand?

24 hours in the deep freezer got a silver quarter to about -12°F. That was pretty cool.



For me, it was probably the quarter eagle that my grandfather had. It was a wedding present from his mother, which was a pretty big deal since it was some of the first money that his late father had made after moving to America. Unfortunately, it's been lost for years.

From my current collection, my favorite is probably my 1852 3 cent silver. Neither rare nor valuable, but it has always intrigued me as a denomination, and has one of my favorite designs on a 19th century coin.

Probably my highlight was holding a PCGS (OGH, as I recall) 1794 Lib Cap (don't know the Sheldon number) in 66.

I remember it distinctly, the guy was also standing next to a table with ... was it 10 or 13... bronze Libertas Americanas, all graded AU+ by NGC. It was a pretty incredible table!

Oh, and I recently got to check out a Jefferson Head in 40ish. : ) Good days!

Supergrafx I am going to have to agree with you there. The size of a double eagle/1oz gold coin is the perfect size to weight ratio. That feeling of holding that chunk of AU gets my blood flowing.

This thread is awesome, thanks for creating it. I've held:

Raw 1909 S VDB with XF details my LCS bought at the beginning of the year for dirt cheap. They later put the coin in a 2x2 and the owner lost it. He put it in a really bad spot; in a blue whitman album just laying there so anyone could probably have stolen it.

I think I've held a 55 DDO. Raw I've also handled about half a dozen 1914 D cents. An 1882 MS66 Shield nickel, proof Indian Head cents, beautiful CC morgan's from AG-3 up to MS65+.

Just a ton of coins. I've been to the Smithsonian and I was inches away from the 1913 V nickel, 1933 Saint Guadens, 1804 Dollar, etc.

My LCS knows me really well ( loyal customer since 2004 :D ) and will let me handle whatever coin I'd like to see behind the display. We are talking about coins ranging from $30 all the way up to 10K+.

My personal collection: 1925 Norse American Thin Silver Medal, an AU-UNC coin that I picked up several months back for a mere $10.

Also have handled a number of raw and certified $20 Saint Gaudens. Out of my personal collection, I've handled a raw (approximately) MS61 1907 $5 gold piece. A beautiful coin.

Several days ago my LCS showed me a box full of ngc slabbed coins. In there was the proof Indian Head cents that I listed (too bad they were detail coins), and a 1796 G details LC.

Couldn't seem to get my hands away from that LC.

Triple Unite 1642 Charles I Oxford

For me it is probably an 1851 880 Reeded Humbert $50 gold slug. It's just a big coin.

However, the coolest (but not really worth anything) is probably an 1871 Round Liberty (California Fractional Gold 25C BG-857). It just tiny compared to the $50 slug.